Travel Blogs and Columns

Keeping your hotel room and belongings secure

We know, we know — when you’re on vacation, the last thing you want to worry about is hotel security. But returning from a day of exploring Mayan ruins or sampling French wines to find that your hotel room has been ransacked is a surefire way to put a damper on an otherwise decent trip. Break-ins, fires, natural disasters and terrorist attacks are just a few of the potential threats to travelers’ safety in hotel rooms. While we don’t... Full story

Some prices can be too good to be true

Royce Smith planned to visit Sydney, Australia during spring break to attend an arts festival and work on a book, when he found an unbelievably good fare on American Airlines’ Web site: A round-trip ticket from Wichita, Kansas, to Sydney for just $1,198. In first class. “I jumped on the deal,” said Smith, an assistant art professor...