Bringing sexy back, with $1B: Miami hotel reborn

It takes a lot to impress here, a place where magazine models shop and $100,000 cars creep by without a batted eye. But there are exceptions, and in the 1950s and 60s the only one that mattered was the Fontainebleau hotel. Blending five-star luxury with chic, progressive style, it was where Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra [...]

Real Montana: Big Sky or Big Mountain?

There are two big destination ski resorts in Montana. Big Sky, near Bozeman, is expensive and polished. Big Mountain, near Whitefish, is not. You can go as big as you want in Big Sky Country. But which is the real Montana? I grew up there and can tell you with authority, they both are. Here [...]

Travel tips for the inauguration

Here is some advice if you are hoping to go to the inauguration: HOTELS: Most downtown hotels are already filled, but there are still some rooms available in outlying areas of the city and the suburbs. Many hotels are requiring three- and four-night minimums. Travelers can check Web sites such as Expedia and Orbitz for [...]

Hotel rooms vanishing quickly for Inauguration

Heading to the capital city to be part of history on Jan. 20? Good luck finding a room. You might be able to ante up $40,000 for a four-night stay at a fancy hotel, or you can crash on someone’s couch or floor. Anything in between is just about gone for Barack Obama’s Inauguration. With [...]

Books that make you feel better about staying home

Feeling bad that you can’t afford a vacation? Travel books with titles like “Don’t Go There!” and “I Should Have Stayed Home” may make you feel better. For $15 or so, you’ll get a laugh out of vacation horrors that you’ll be happy to miss. Other travel books out this year include coffee-table beauties — [...]

Paris doesn’t have to be expensive

Paris may be the most visited city in the world, yet it’s also one of the most expensive. “This city is worth the price,” says veteran tourist Alex Wadkin, 71, a retiree from Dublin, Ireland, sipping a $6 cup of coffee on the Champs-Elysees. “If you avoid expensive neighborhoods — like this one — you’ll [...]

Thanks to the flat economy, travel deals abound.

Vacation, tours, cruises, Hawaii — they’re all within reach this fall and winter. The stock market is swooning. The economy is wobbling. An election is pending. The future is foggy. Sounds like a great time to take a vacation. What better way to relieve stress? In fact, tourists who scrape up the cash this fall [...]