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  • Travel + Leisure readers name Udaipur best city

    AP – Mon Jul 13, 12:52 pm ET

    NEW YORK - The annual list of the "World's Best Cities" as chosen by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine was topped by a city that many Americans may not be familiar with: Udaipur, India.

  • Book offers guide to Manhattan architecture

    AP – Mon Jul 13, 12:39 pm ET

    NEW YORK - Interested in New York history and architecture? Check out the walking tours offered by the Municipal Arts Society on everything from Beaux Arts buildings on the Upper West Side to the neighborhood around the city's new High Line, an old elevated train track reclaimed as a park.

  • Virtual college tours: Low-cost campus snapshot

    AP – Mon Jul 6, 3:13 pm ET

    For high school students who have the time and money to travel, visiting a college campus is the best way to get a sense of the students, the faculty, and the feel of the place where they'll be spending four years (or more).

  • Tips for sending kids as unaccompanied minors

    AP – Mon Jun 29, 3:24 pm ET

    NEW YORK - The incidents involving two girls traveling as unaccompanied minors who ended up on the wrong planes may have parents worried about safe trips for kids traveling alone.

  • Cheers, Florida, for many great places to drink!

    AP – Mon Jun 29, 3:22 pm ET

    MIAMI - Where else but Florida could a place like Jimbo's exist?

  • Midwest Living recommends Indiana's Antique Alley

    AP – Mon Jun 29, 3:20 pm ET

    DES MOINES, Iowa - Turn a hunt for antiques into a getaway on the 60-mile stretch known as Indiana's Antique Alley.

  • Sarasota forever tied to the circus

    AP – Mon Jun 29, 3:05 pm ET

    SARASOTA, Fla. - Sarasota and the circus became forever linked more than 70 years ago when John Ringling decided to move the headquarters of his "Greatest Show on Earth" to the lovely Gulf Coast city where he spent his winters.

  • Review: 'Unlike' smart phone apps are hip guides

    AP – Tue Jun 23, 9:39 am ET

    MIAMI - A good guidebook is more than just a compilation of information. It's a travel companion with personality, a sense of humor and usually both strengths and weaknesses. With the proliferation of smart phone guides, a new cast of travel companions is vying to join you on your travels.

  • 10 barbecue restaurants recommended by Bon Appetit

    AP – Tue Jun 23, 9:38 am ET

    NEW YORK - It's barbecue season, and if you don't want to get out the grill and smoke up your yard, here are 10 restaurants recommended for their barbecue by Bon Appetit magazine's July issue.

  • 10 secluded beaches from Coastal Living mag

    AP – Mon Jun 15, 1:19 pm ET

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Looking for a beautiful beach without the crowds? Coastal Living magazine recommends 10 secluded beach destinations in its June issue.

  • New edition of road trip guide out with trip ideas

    AP – Mon Jun 15, 1:14 pm ET

    BERKELEY, Calif. - If you're thinking about a road trip and you need more than a map to help you plan, Avalon Travel Books is out with a new edition of "Road Trip USA" ($29.95).

  • Fort Laramie in Wyoming commemorates 175 years

    AP – Mon Jun 8, 4:25 pm ET

    FORT LARAMIE, Wyo. - The frontiersmen who built this outpost in 1834 picked a spot they hoped would enable them to dominate the regional buffalo-hide trade: a valley where two rivers run together and the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.

  • Finally, a book for people who get lost a lot

    AP – Mon Jun 8, 3:48 pm ET

    MUSKEGON, Mich. - Are you one of those people with no sense of direction?

  • Outdoor Life mag: Top towns for hunting, fishing

    AP – Mon Jun 8, 3:42 pm ET

    NEW YORK - The Idaho town of Lewiston ranked No. 1 on a list of top places to live for hunting and fishing.

  • Do 'I'm on vacation' posts pose security concerns?

    AP – Mon Jun 8, 3:03 pm ET

    Like a lot of people who use social media, Israel Hyman and his wife Noell went on Twitter to share real-time details of a recent trip. Their posts said they were "preparing to head out of town," that they had "another 10 hours of driving ahead," and that they "made it to Kansas City."

  • Solving the fly-versus-drive riddle

    AP – Wed Jun 3, 11:19 am ET

    MINNEAPOLIS - It may be the last big math problem to solve before school lets out: whether to fly or drive to that summer vacation.

  • How to run a bed and breakfast

    AP – Wed Jun 3, 11:16 am ET

    HOBOKEN, N.J. - It sounds like a dream job: You have a beautiful old home with extra bedrooms in a location with lots of tourists. You're a great cook and a people-person. Why not open a bed-and-breakfast?

  • Volunteer vacations on a budget

    AP – Wed Jun 3, 11:14 am ET

    NEW YORK - You could pay a lot of money for the privilege of donating your labor to a worthy cause somewhere around the world on a volunteer vacation. Or you could just throw your sleeping bag in the car, drive to a nearby park, and for as little as $150, spend a week in the wilderness rebuilding trails with other nature-lovers.

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