Wondering what to get the travelaholic in your life this holiday season? You might grab some ideas from this Associated Press article that compiles gift advice from the likes of Pauline Frommer of the Pauline Frommer guidebooks, Brett Snyder of The Cranky Flier, the gear experts over at Magellan's, and yours truly.
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I'm thrilled to announce the ten winners of our contest. They've each won an early holiday gift: a pair of tickets to a New York City sneak preview of Paramount's new movie "Up in the Air" on Tuesday, December 1.
All readers are invited to join Jetsetter via this special invitation link and gain access to its exclusive low rates at top hotels. The ten top tipsters get not only fame and glory but also the opportunity to earn monetary credits toward Jetsetter purchases by inviting friends. As for the #1 tipster, she has won a free subscription to Condé Nast Traveler Magazine.
I've got an early holiday gift for ten lucky readers: Free tickets to a December 1 New York City sneak preview of Paramount's "Up in the Air," starring George Clooney. Not only are we giving away ten pairs of tickets to the movie screening but, in keeping with the spirit of the film, we're also going to solve your most frustrating frequent-flyer-mile problems.
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A reader writes: We would like to stay in the Tuscany area and visit Lucca, Montecatini, San Gimignano, Siena, and Florence, but we also want to go to Assisi and Rome
The "Where Am I?" Photo Challenge has its first winner!
What corner of the globe are you bound for next? Wherever you may be headed, if you carry your copy of Conde Nast Traveler, photograph yourself or a travel companion holding it up in some fascinating locale, and then email the picture to us, we'll publish it here and challenge everybody to guess where in the world you are. Sounds like fun, right?
I love a CEO who blogs. And yesterday I met a new one: Peter Shanks, the new president of Cunard Line. He doesn't just blog from his desk either; he blogs from the ship. Last month, for instance, he reported from Cobh, Ireland, where the Queen Mary 2 stopped to honor the 1198 lives that were lost there when the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat in World War I.
New York Post travel editor David Landsel lists ten of the best Twitter travel tipsters to follow. Yours truly is there (phew!), as are several who are on my personal Twitter A-List as well.
Desperately seeking a credit card that charges no currency-conversion fees for foreign transactions?
Just a quick reminder that the Adventures of a Lifetime Photo Contest ends on November 30. Four of the five amazing travel prizes are already spoken for, but the fifth one's a stunner: An eight-day trip to Tibet with leading adventure travel company Geographic Expeditions.
For a 10-12 day trip with wonderful properties, shopping, food and wine, and beautiful scenery to boot, I would recommend combining Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Chilean wine country (with a visit to Santiago, as well).
We depart out of Cleveland, Ohio, and would like to go to Sydney first, then back to France before returning home to the USA. Is there any way we can get a deal through one airline, so as to collect frequent-flier miles as well as save money? Would it be a good idea to look for a 'round-the-world ticket'?
A reader wants to fly to London in business class and is wondering how good chances are that she'll be able to upgrade using mileage.
If you prefer to drive rather than fly, some obvious options for culture vultures are Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Georgia. But if you're looking for a beach-resort-style break, since you've got a good chunk of time, consider the Caribbean
"Can you think of any ideas for a 40th birthday celebration? We are a group of friends who live 30 minutes outside of Manhattan. Any ideas for a one-night getaway for 6 or 8 couples?"
Where should a family with three young boys go during the Presidents' Week school holiday in February, or for Spring Break in April, that won't be an overcrowded headache? Here's your answer.
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