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Celebrity Travel: Go away with Mai Whelan of 'Squid Game: The Challenge'

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When Mai Whelan beat out 455 competitors to win $4.56 million dollars on “Squid Game: The Challenge” – the reality competition series based on the award-winning Netflix K-drama … minus the deaths! – she had all kinds of options to go away to luxurious destinations. But she surprised fans with her choice. “I asked my husband, Jay, to ...Read more

Rick Steves’ Europe: Rome's ancient superhighway

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The Appian Way, begun in 312 BC, was the engineering wonder of its day. It connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), ignoring natural contours and running in a straight line for much of the way. Eventually it stretched 430 miles to Brindisi – gateway to the East – where Roman ships sailed for Greece and Egypt.

While our modern roads seem to ...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: What's A Delta Skymile Worth In The Case Of A Refund?

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After American Queen Voyages changes Terrance Hardy's arrival port, the cruise line agrees to cover his additional flight expenses. But more than a year later, there's still no refund. What's going on?

Q: My wife, Judy, and I booked a cruise on American Queen Voyages two years ago. The trip was scheduled to depart from Chattanooga, ...Read more

Taking the Kids: Visiting an Irish castle

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It was all in the wrist. And I learned this the hard way at Ireland’s School of Falconry. The school is the oldest in the country — at Ashford Castle in western Ireland. The castle dates back to 1228 on the shores of Lough Corrib, the largest lake in Ireland, and the River Cong, which is reputed to have the best salmon and trout fishing in ...Read more

Rick Steves’ Europe: Embrace Hygge and Save Cash in Copenhagen

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Copenhagen is known for happy people and hygge (pronounced HEW-geh), which means enjoying the cozy simplicity of everyday life, like walking along the beach, or sharing a picnic of smørrebrød (open-faced sandwiches) with a friend. Where else would Hans Christian Andersen, a mermaid statue, and lovingly decorated open-face ...Read more

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Adrian Sutherland

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For Adrian Sutherland, touring gave him an eye-opening opportunity to experience life outside of his Cree community.

“When I started traveling more for my music, my family still lived in a very old house, which had mold in it at the time,” the musician said. “We've had no clean drinking water flowing into homes in my community for my ...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: Lyft Surprised Me With A $150 Cleaning Charge. Is This Allowed?

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Jared Hakimi finds a $150 charge on his credit card after a Lyft ride. Is that allowed? And will the charge stick?

Q: I took a Lyft recently in New York. I did not do any damage to the vehicle, but after the ride, Lyft charged me a $150 damage fee.

Initially, my bank flagged the charge as fraud. But when I contacted Lyft and asked for ...Read more

Taking the Kids: Spring fun and games on mountain slopes

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Blue skies, stellar mountain views, sunshine, music and plenty of swag. Welcome to spring festival season at mountain resorts. At Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, about 75 miles from Denver, on a recent Saturday, everyone was smiling, grooving to the music of the Lil Smokies — the adults, the kids...Read more

Rick Steves’ Europe: In the Swiss Alps, nature rules

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I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of the Switzerland's towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.

Avalanches are a part of life here – where humble yet tough mountain huts are built on the downhill side of giant and protective boulders. Hikers, hearing rivers of falling snow rumble in the ...Read more

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Raymond Lee

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For “Quantum Leap” star Raymond Lee, acting came about in a circuitous way. “I dropped out of high school, I landed at a community college and I haphazardly took an acting course and I liked it,” Lee said in a Zoom interview from his Los Angeles home. “Then I graduated from a community college, went to a state university and I somehow ...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: I Paid Extra To Get To My Cruise. Why Can't I Get Reimbursed?

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After Elaine Simmons' flight reservation is lost, she pays an extra $1,796 to get to her cruise on Norweigan Cruise Line. Why won't the cruise line help her recover the money?

Q: I recently took a Western Mediterranean cruise with my family, which included flight arrangements made through NCL. On the morning before our scheduled ...Read more

Taking the Kids: Visiting a local museum this spring -- 18 guaranteed to please

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Maybe you need a break from the beach … or the slopes. Maybe you’ve seen enough historic monuments for one trip. Wherever you are going this spring, add a museum or two to the itinerary. Of course, you want to hit the biggies – the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, D.C., t he American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum ...Read more

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Debi Derryberry

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Voiceover actress Debi Derryberry is best known for voicing the cartoon character Jimmy Neutron. But she is also a musician. Her latest children’s album, “Gotta Go Green,” will be released on March 8. “’Gotta Go Green’ is a collection of songs specifically targeted to caring for our environment, climate change, carbon footprint … ...Read more

Rick Steves’ Europe: History lives in Prague

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Prague is one of Europe’s best-preserved cities, having been spared from last century’s bombs. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hilltop Castle Quarter, which looms above the city and dominates the skyline. Filled with high art and grand buildings from the past 1,200 years, this area is packed with history. Even today, you feel like ...Read more

Taking the Kids: Planning your first multigenerational cruise

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Maybe this is the year to go on a family cruise.

Maybe it’s finally time that you gather the extended family for a multigenerational adventure, even if cruising is something you never thought you’d do.

That was the case of an Ohio grandmother who told me on a ...Read more

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State picks up travel tab for migrants who want to leave Chicago

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On a recent Tuesday morning, a family of three packed up their duffel bags outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side en route to El Paso, Texas, where they said they had relatives waiting. They had been in Chicago for four months.

Moises Sanchez, 24, had been a barber in his home state of La Guaira, Venezuela. He had the word “family�...Read more

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US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan as tensions in strait simmer

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A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Republican Mike Gallagher arrived in Taiwan, a visit that may exacerbate an already fraught relationship between the island and China.

The group will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice President and president-elect Lai Ching-te and the incoming No. 2 Hsiao Bi-khim during their three-day trip, the ...Read more

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Keeho

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After spending most of 2023 and this past January on a world tour that took them across five continents, P1Harmony leader Keeho said he is already looking forward to hitting the road again. “When we first started touring, I was a little scared that I would get tired of it,” the bilingual Korean- Canadian singer said in a Zoom interview from ...Read more

Rick Steves’ Europe: Cold War memories in today’s Berlin

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Whenever I travel to Berlin I can’t help remembering my spooky Cold War visit back in 1971. I vividly recall how, after we’d toured East Berlin, our tour bus was stopped and emptied at the border so mirrors could be rolled under the bus before we returned to West Berlin. They wanted to see if anyone was trying to hitch a ride to freedom with...Read more

Taking the Kids: A spring break to please everyone

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We all know that traveling with kids (and grandkids) can be messy, aggravating, expensive and, of course, wonderful. Lots of memories are a big bonus.

Planning a trip that will please everyone can be just as difficult. It’s important to realize — and remind everyone — that everyone will need to compromise, that no one will get their pick ...Read more