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Northwest Airlines to add $80 fuel surcharge for 2009 flights
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:40pm GMT
Northwest Airlines Corp. confirmed on Thursday that it will add fuel surcharges of up to $80 for many domestic round-trip tickets. -
Ewan McGregor takes the 'Long Way Down'
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 9:37pm GMT
Ewan McGregor trades a lightsaber for a BMW motorcycle in Long Way Down, a documentary series about biking from Scotland to South ... -
Hotel deals urge travelers to stay in state, not at home
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:36pm GMT
Hotels across the USA are giving state residents special breaks to encourage vacations despite high gas prices and a weakening ... -
10 great festivals to cure the summertime blues
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 8:29pm GMT
Music festivals are to summer what rock is to roll. USA TODAY gets the lowdown on late-summer and fall festivals from Rolling ... -
Atlanta tops list of the world's busiest airports
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:58pm GMT
Nearly 4.8 billion passengers took to the air last year, with Atlanta's Hartsfield International atop the list of the world's ... -
Taxes add up for travelers
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:15pm GMT
A study released today by a business travel group shows that travelers and company budgets are hit hard by taxes. -
US Airways' frequent-flier cutback sparks protest
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 1:15pm GMT
An influential frequent-flier advocate is publicly taking US Airways to task for killing a major perk in its frequent-flier program. -
UNESCO adds 27 sites to the World Heritage list
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in July in Quebec City to add the 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the list. -
Michigan village holds a rubber ducky extravaganza
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
The village of Bellaire in Northern Michigan is holding its Rubber Ducky Festival, Aug. 6-17, including a race in which 2,000 ... -
Chanel art exhibit to land in New York's Central Park
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
A spaceship-like art pavilion will land in New York's Central Park this fall, the latest stop in a worldwide tour meant to pay ... -
Florida lighthouse lost to the sea now stands again
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
The lighthouse fell over in 2005, smashing to pieces in the gulf. Members of the St. George Lighthouse Association decided to ... -
Emirates takes delivery of its first A380, orders more Airbus planes
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 8:53pm GMT
Emirates Airlines took delivery Monday of the first of 58 Airbus A380 superjumbo planes it has ordered and said it had signed ... -
10 great haunts for seekers of the paranormal
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:31pm GMT
With The X-Files: I Want to Believe opening in theaters, now is as good a time as any to seek a paranormal experience of your ... -
Experts seek cause of Qantas jet explosion
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:46pm GMT
Investigators found fragments that appear to bolster the theory that an oxygen tank exploded on a Qantas jet, forcing it to make ... -
U.S. eyes Qantas probe into bottles in wake of 747 blast
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 1:44pm GMT
U.S. aviation regulators are monitoring the investigation into an explosion that ripped a hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing ... -
Public tours resume at Arkansas hydroelectric plant
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Tours at at Bull Shoals Dam have resumed on a limited basis because of continuing security concerns after the Sept. 11 attacks. -
Mario Andretti to be guest of honor at historic Monterey auto race
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Mario Andretti will be the guest of honor at this year's Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, taking place Aug. 15-17. -
Airport Check-in: In translation, on arrival
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 7:00am GMT
With international arrival traffic up 16% from 2007, Seattle-Tacoma has seen increasing demand for its phone translation service. ... -
U.S. eyes Qantas probe into bottles in wake of 747 blast
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 4:21am GMT
U.S. aviation regulators are monitoring the investigation into an explosion that ripped a hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing ... -
Stop a speculator, save an airline?
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 2:52am GMT
Regulating the oil futures market is unlikely to bring sustained and substantial relief to a desperate airline industry. -
Oxygen tank explosions eyed as Qantas jet hole culprit
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 3:46pm GMT
Australian investigators were exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo ... -
Drunken passengers force flight to land in Germany
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:50pm GMT
Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying ... -
Buddhist festival parades are Sri Lanka's answer to Mardi Gras
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
The annual Esala Perahera festival is a parade of whirling dancers, costumed elephants, stilt walkers and fire throwers. -
Salman Rushdie, Tiki Barber scheduled to appear at National Book Festival
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
The Library of Congress is organizing the festival for Sept. 27 on the National Mall. -
Life on Vacation: Lush island harbors luxury amenities
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:59pm GMT
St. Lucia is small, rugged, mountainous and lush think Hawaii without the luaus. -
10 great haunts for seekers of the paranormal
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 6:06pm GMT
With The X-Files: I Want to Believe opening in theaters, now is as good a time as any to seek a paranormal experience of your ... -
Union votes for Lufthansa strike
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:45pm GMT
Germany's biggest airline faced a major strike by its ground and cabin crews next week after union members voted overwhelmingly ... -
More road trip horror stories from our readers
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:36pm GMT
In 2005, my wife, Susan, and I and another couple decided on a Scandinavian driving trip vacation. -
Road trip horror stories
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:36pm GMT
USA TODAY travel staffers as well as some of our readers share their favorite tales of road trips gone awry. -
Union votes for Lufthansa strike
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:58pm GMT
Germany's biggest airline faced a major strike by its ground and cabin crews next week after union members voted overwhelmingly ... -
Road trip horror stories
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:52pm GMT
USA TODAY travel staffers as well as some of our readers share their favorite tales of road trips gone awry. -
Even Southwest's outlook is uneasy for 4th quarter
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:51am GMT
Buffeted by stubbornly high fuel prices and a soft economy, U.S. airlines are facing such a tough outlook next quarter that even ... -
Grilled cheese vies to be the greatest thing on sliced bread
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:38am GMT
The humble sandwich has been making its way onto menus of well-heeled restaurants, and it isn't the simple sandwich your mother ... -
Road trips have come a long way
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:52am GMT
"Staycations" notwithstanding, most Americans still take to the road for their family sojourns. -
More road trip horror stories from our readers
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:30am GMT
In 2005, my wife, Susan, and I and another couple decided on a Scandinavian driving trip vacation. -
Volunteers give air travelers a hand out of the blue
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:18am GMT
Volunteers are trying to offset the shrinkage of customer service by roaming the nation's airports, looking for passengers to ... -
'Mamma Mia!' What a setting for a film!
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:09am GMT
The new movie version of Mamma Mia! is winning universal raves for its sun-dappled Aegean setting. -
Agents of celebration for FBI centennial
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:07am GMT
One Washington attraction is commemorating the FBI's 100th birthday with a new exhibit. -
The Model T marks its own milestone
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 12:02am GMT
Ford's Model T is marking its centennial with a celebration at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Ind. -
10 great haunts for seekers of the paranormal
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:53pm GMT
With The X-Files: I Want to Believe opening in theaters, now is as good a time as any to seek a paranormal experience of your ... -
Life on Vacation: Lush island harbors luxury amenities
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:46pm GMT
St. Lucia is small, rugged, mountainous and lush think Hawaii without the luaus. -
NYC lawyer sues Delta over delayed, stressful trip
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 10:19pm GMT
A New York City lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines Inc. for $5 million, claiming the carrier's incompetence and indifference left ... -
Alaska tourist attacked by grizzly bear near lodge
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 9:52pm GMT
A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from an Alaskan lodge. -
Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' heads for Broadway
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Jill Santoriello has been working on her stage version of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities for a long time since Ronald ... -
Midwest Airlines announces cut to schedule
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 1:10pm GMT
Citing the struggle with rising fuel costs, Midwest Airlines has announced it will cut its flight schedule, dropping flights ... -
Denali National Park tests hybrid buses
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 11:11am GMT
For years, visitors wanting to see Denali National Park's grizzly bears, moose, sheep and caribou have had to ride school buses ... -
English heritage group says neglect, weather and even rabbits put historic sites at risk
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 9:00am GMT
English Heritage has surveyed about 70,000 buildings, monuments, parks, battlefields and shipwrecks and says one in 12 is in ... -
Airport check-in: Birmingham may honor civil-rights pioneer
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 5:39am GMT
In a meeting earlier this month, the Birmingham Airport Authority approved a proposal to rename it Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International ... -
Beijing: No flights during Olympics opening
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 5:57am GMT
Airlines are being told to stay away from Beijing's airport during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and further scrutiny ... -
Travel + Leisure ranks the world's best cities, hotels, airlines
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
Savannah, Ga., has made it on to Travel + Leisure's list of top 10 cities in the U.S. and Canada for the first time. -
Hotels splurge on pools to make a bigger splash with guests
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 5:56pm GMT
Hotel pools are going off the deep end when it comes to luxury, novelty and entertainment. -
Weak dollar drives up cost of studying abroad
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 4:29pm GMT
The dollar has dropped steadily just as more students have been heading overseas. -
Life on Vacation: Where waterfronts are plentiful, affordable
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 3:49pm GMT
Second homes are nothing new in the Brainerd lakes region. -
Magazine puts the spotlight on Tulsa's Art Deco architecture
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 3:37pm GMT
Preservation magazine profiles the city's deco style in a cover story for its July/August issue. -
Mandela's former prison faces challenges as a tourist destination
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 3:22pm GMT
The former prison on Robben Island is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles. -
Holiday travel will get costlier
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 2:29pm GMT
If you want to travel during the fall or winter holidays, consumer travel experts say you ought to be checking prices now. -
U2's Bono, Edge win Dublin hotel legal battle
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 11:59am GMT
U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into ... -
Pittsburgh forges ahead
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 11:26am GMT
This city is often overlooked and underrated as a travel destination but it has more in the way of diversions than many cities ... -
Shop till you drop $500, get free goodies
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 3:05am GMT
In a summer of incendiary gas prices and airfares, even shopping malls are offering incentives to entice tourists. -
Could you stand for a cheaper flight?
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 2:56am GMT
How far would some Americans go to save on an airline ticket? -
Vegas may be down, but Steve Wynn is looking up
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 12:31am GMT
In a year that brought headline-making layoffs at some Las Vegas casino hotels, Strip mogul Steve Wynn has glad tidings. -
10 great places to go wild over zoo animals
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 11:36pm GMT
Former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, who has visited dozens of zoos around the world, shares his list ... -
D.C. museum puts dirt on display
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 9:52pm GMT
Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. -
US Airways pilots: We're pressured to cut fuel
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 11:03am GMT
The pilots union for US Airways said Wednesday the airline is pressuring pilots to use less fuel than they feel is safe in order ... -
Why time off is time well spent for your health
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 5:06pm GMT
Taking vacation days at home or skipping them altogether may increase risk of heart disease, tension, depression, fatigue and ... -
FAA announces runway safety improvements
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 3:51pm GMT
The Federal Aviation Administration announced measures Monday to improve runway safety, including the installation at major airports ... -
Sign language is part of Disney's world
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Shows, parades and other attractions offer American Sign Language Interpretation services for deaf and hearing-impaired visitors. -
Alamo survivor's Austin home gets new life
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Susanna Dickinson and her daughter were spared by Mexican Gen. Santa Anna, who instructed Dickinson to carry the tale of the ... -
Airport Check-in: China adjusts routes for Olympics
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 6:07am GMT
In time for the Summer Olympics, flights from Europe now have more direct paths as they fly into some of China's biggest cities. ... -
10 great places to flag down a fabulous feast
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 6:34pm GMT
The growing demand for fresh local bounty has led to more food trucks and carts working the streets nationwide, especially during ... -
Bombardier launches jet to challenge Boeing, Airbus
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 2:24pm GMT
Canada's Bombardier announced Sunday that it will build a 110 to 130-seat passenger jet, the CSeries, in a Canadian bid to challenge ... -
Transformed Beijing is ready to greet Olympic visitors
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:50pm GMT
China's capital has undergone a transformation so thoroughgoing that "makeover" doesn't begin to describe the change. -
UAL to record $2.6B to $2.7B in 2Q charges
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 7:54pm GMT
United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said it will record $2.6 billion to $2.7 billion in accounting charges in the second quarter, ... -
California tourism fighting fires, too
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 3:44pm GMT
The state's tourism industry is scrambling to reassure vacationers that most hotels, attractions and campgrounds are open and ... -
New hotel chains offer eco-chic, hip value
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:58pm GMT
In a tranquil setting near Minute Man National Historical Park, not far from where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were ... -
Books that beat the road-trip blues
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:56pm GMT
These books might help pass the time on summer road trips both close to home and far away. -
Tokyo emerges as global culinary power
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:49pm GMT
Globe-trotting gourmands deserve a reward for even attempting to tackle this city's Godzilla-sized, peculiar and wholly zen-sational ... -
Hop on and head into Harley history
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:27pm GMT
The Harley-Davidson Museum is stuffed with 150 motorcycles, historical photos and biking apparel. -
Life on Vacation: Trail to the west of Vail leads to lofty living
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 11:12pm GMT
With "starter" houses in Vail selling well into seven figures, many second-home buyers are flocking to a nearby alternative to ... -
Feds probe JFK near-miss claim
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:11pm GMT
Federal aviation officials were looking into a claim by air traffic controllers that two planes one departing for Chile and ... -
Legoland Discovery Center to open in Chicago suburb
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Fans may already be familiar with the Legoland theme park in Carlsbad, Calif., but this will be the first Legoland Discovery ... -
Olympics spur new China guidebooks
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Along with books from major travel publishers come four noteworthy new products: a literary companion, Mobil and Zagat guides, ... -
New botanical gardens offer a taste of Maine
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
At the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, you'll find nearly 1,300 varieties of plants, world-class sculptures and a restaurant ... -
AirTran to cut 180 pilots, 300 flight attendants
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:04pm GMT
Discount carrier AirTran Airways is cutting 480 jobs, or more than 5% of its work force, amid difficult financial times due largely ... -
21% of U.S. flights late in May
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 7:59pm GMT
U.S. airlines' performance continues to improve this year, as the rate of on-time flights in May outpaced both last month and ... -
TSA takes steps toward speedier laptop X-rays
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:19pm GMT
Four months after TSA announced that it was ready to ease the laptop-removal requirement, final steps toward one of the most ... -
Airline ontime ratings mediocre, but improving
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:14pm GMT
U.S. airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers ... -
Resorts increase airline subsidies to lure skiers to Colo.
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:09pm GMT
Higher airfares and trimmed flight schedules could end up raising the subsidies Colorado ski resorts pay airlines to bring out-of-state ... -
Locals staying home ease Arizona's tourism losses
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 4:57pm GMT
Travelers who used to make the White Mountains a pit stop on the way to Colorado or Utah are plunking down there and staying. -
Genealogy center opens in Independence, Mo.
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
The 52,000-square-foot building, which opened June 21, replaces a facility one-quarter its size. -
New York's Seaway Trail preened as world-class birding region
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Local birding groups are working on a year-long series of events promoting the region as a prime birding destination. -
Airport Check-in: Atlanta's gun notice; new Northwest carrier
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 3:17am GMT
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta is reminding the public of a rule that may seem obvious to many travelers: No guns are allowed at ... -
New law leads to fight over guns at Atlanta airport
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 11:38pm GMT
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta is reminding the public of a rule that may seem obvious to many travelers: No guns are allowed at ... -
Travel experts: U.S. share of foreign tourists slips
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 7:00am GMT
Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign ... -
Get close to endangered gorillas in Rwanda
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 9:00pm GMT
Visitors spend one hour with the gorillas, and are allowed to get as close as 22 feet to them. -
Tension builds over Coney Island rebuilding plan
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 4:07pm GMT
The Fourth of July weekend has always been one of the most exciting times of the year for Coney Island: Crowds line the boardwalk ... -
'Rent' moves from Broadway to the book shelf
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
Rent may be saying goodbye to Broadway on Sept. 7, but the long-running pop-rock musical will still be around in print. -
Magazine holds hometown video contest
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 9:00am GMT
GOOD magazine is looking for videos created by regular folks about what there is to see and do in their hometowns. -
Madame Tussauds' in Berlin unveils wax figure of Hitler
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 7:11pm GMT
Madame Tussauds' has a new museum in Berlin complete with a controversial wax Adolf Hitler hunkered down in his bunker. -
Yellowstone reports record June visitation
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:36pm GMT
Park officials say Yellowstone recorded more than 612,000 recreational visits last month. -
Airport 'go-arounds' probed as possible safety hazard
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:09pm GMT
Controllers worry that without more safeguards, a deadly accident is going to happen. -
New England antiques show features 150 dealers
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 3:22pm GMT