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Scams on hotel-booking-website users. Also, cruise ships and norovirus.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 477th issue of your monthly foreign travel magazine.
Europe far from the madding crowd
Crowds are becoming an increasing nuisance at top European attractions. There’s almost no way to experience places like the Sistine Chapel or the Palace of Versailles without a constant and raging commotion of tourists.
When to splurge in Europe
I’ve always been a fan of budget travel tips. For 30 years I’ve written and lectured about ways to stow away, picnic and get special deals to be able to afford international travel.
Under the microscope: The Big Three airlines are showing their colors
In 2005 I made a vow that in 10 years I would revisit a topic of increasing concern at that time: “Is the US airline industry moving in the direction of becoming a monopoly?” Forty-seven years ago, in 1968, Simon and Garfunkel lamented to a war-weary American public, in the famous line from the hit
Thriving in Europe’s most expensive cities
Mastery of Europe’s major cities — Rome, Paris, London, Vienna — is the mark of a good traveler. Teeming with color, energy and cultural vibrancy, these places, while expensive, richly reward the thoughtful traveler.