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Dedicated to the art of traveling and living well

Dedicated to the art of traveling and living well

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How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise

How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise

River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...

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Travel News & Advice – December 30, 2024

Travel News & Advice – December 30, 2024

FTC in the U.S. passes law about "junk fees." This new law prohibits bait-and-switch pricing that hides fees at hotels and in live-event ticketing. It's about time, right? But bear in mind that this doesn't prohibit fees, just the hiding of them. Free city tours...

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Hotels, Resorts, Spas

Hotel Review: The Luxurious Hotel Imperial Vienna

Hotel Review: The Luxurious Hotel Imperial Vienna

Many hotels fancy themselves as “Grand” and “Royal,” but in the case of Vienna’s Hotel Imperial, the description can be taken literally. Custom-built in 1863 as Palais Württenberg, it was designed and constructed as a residence for Duke Philipp of Württemberg, who...

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Food, Wine, Spirits

Cruise & Sail

How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise

How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise

River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...

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Museums, Entertainment

Ancient Theater Themes Could Apply to Present USA Politics

Ancient Theater Themes Could Apply to Present USA Politics

I decided to go back and reread some of the theatrical plays of antiquity that I had read many years ago as part of my high school curriculum. I dusted off my copies of Euripides, Sophocles, and Aristophanes and started going through them, especially looking at what...

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Travel Advice, News

Turkish Airlines Introduces Culture to the Skies

Turkish Airlines Introduces Culture to the Skies

As a travel writer and frequent flyer on many different airlines around the world, I am seldom impressed with onboard flight innovations that usually are designed to appeal to an elite, select few. But Turkish Airlines, the flag carrier for Türkiye (Turkey), just...

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