Thanksgiving twists from coast to coast

Lots of other ethnic groups have flocked to America’s shores since the first Europeans arrived, and they’ve all created their own twists on turkey, pumpkin pie, and other Thanksgiving staples. Anglo-Americans, the Atlantic Coast It comes as no surprise that those with deep roots on the Atlantic Coast, site of Plymouth Rock and the earliest [...]

Holiday travel advice debunked

Take your car in for a tune-up. Give yourself extra time if you’re flying. Oh, and it’s going to be one for the record books. You’ve read that before, haven’t you? When it comes to the travel tips you see just before every major holiday, you can count on paint-by-numbers reporting: a AAA prediction followed [...]

Holiday travelers waited longer to book this year

Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren’t going at all. Travelocity reports that the average advance purchase fell to 55 days for Thanksgiving travel this year. That’s 2.6 days later [...]

Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck

Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn’t expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City. Despite some recent improvements, the Big Apple’s three major airports continue to be the country’s worst air travel bottleneck. Through [...]

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. The group, which surveyed 1,350 households, said there will be about 33.2 million people traveling by car this year — a 2.1 percent increase from last year. [...]

Tips for smart, healthy holiday travel

As if traveling with the kids over the holidays weren’t tough enough, this year we must contend with airline surcharges and swine flu, as well as all the usual annoyances and delays that go along with traveling — especially with children — during the busiest travel weeks of the year. There is some good news, [...]

Thanksgiving travel: Highways will be more crowded

Holiday travel expected to rise by 1.4% from last year, but fewer Americans will fly, AAA says. After a sharp drop last year, more Americans are expected to travel for the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday, although travel by air will decline, according to a forecast from motorist group AAA issued Wednesday. AAA said that 38.4 million [...]