On the lure of the travel tattoo

"Do people tend to get body art while on vacation because they’re actually embracing the moment, feel out of character and able to do anything they want, or because they’ve had a few too many margaritas?"



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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: Tourism in Tripoli Creates Optimism

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

















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The many faces of Siem Reap

"I thought I'd be seeing ruins in a dense jungle, Tomb Raider style...turns out this was the local place for a Sunday getaway." says filmmaker Ish Gagno.



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HomeAway loses in its attempt to stop San Francisco rentals law

Vacation-rental provider HomeAway‘s attempt to stop new regulations for house rentals in San Francisco has been halted. Today a district judge dismissed ...



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The False Narrative of Rewarding Expensive Fare Customers

In offering commentary on the major changes coming to the British Airways program, Lucky concludes, This change is pretty in line with what I expect from airlines in 2015: British Airways is being less rewarding to those on lower fares British Airways is being more rewarding to those on expensive fares “British Airways is being […]

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Photographer's notes: Niagara Falls

The early rise, the long drive, the chilly air — it was all worth it for this one image.



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Should You Transfer Amex Points To British Airways With 40% Bonus?

As I first wrote about in mid-December, the US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 40% bonus on transfers to British Airways Executive Club through January 31, 2015.

Since this promotion expires in a few days, I had actually written a post last night about whether I thought it made sense to speculatively transfer points, which I originally scheduled for this morning.

Of course that all kind of changed this morning when British Airways Executive Club announced a pretty substantial award chart devaluation for bookings made as of April 28, 2015.

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The Earth through an astronaut’s eyes

Watch your world shrink into a ball of light as the ISS spins around the Earth at 28,000 kilometres per hour.



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Sun, surf ... and surgery?

Inside Man's Morgan Spurlock travels to Bangkok for cheaper health care and a relaxing recovery. Watch CNN Thursday at 9pm ET for more.

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Seven Years AND COUNTING to Install New Runway Lights in New York..

Some folks were surprised when American Express

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My Mom And Me Are Presently On A Flight To…!

Let me start by saying that the purpose of this trip isn't necessarily to write a great review. In other words, I'm not taking my mom to the Park Hyatt Jeddah on Saudia, and connecting on Kuwait Airways to Bandar Seri Begawan, so I can take the Royal Brunei 787.

Instead, the goal of this trip is to make my mom smile.

For some quick background, I was actually supposed to fly to Australia via Europe and the Middle East today, and was going to spend three weeks in Australia.

Then last week I started having second thoughts about the trip, as I was a bit burned out with travel after an absolutely crazy flying schedule for a couple of months. And I was enjoying spending time with my parents, and didn't want to leave them for a long time.

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In Transit Blog: New Cruises for Single Travelers

SinglesCruise.com has new itineraries for solo travelers, and Tauck has lowered the price of single supplements on many of its trips.

















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Comcast thinks my husband is an a**hole – and they put it in writing

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Family Time: London Flat With Kids

National Geographic Traveler columnist Heather Greenwood Davis is the magazine’s family travel advocate, guru, and soothsayer. Here’s her latest advice.



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Airlines comeback at jerk passenger

When a passenger complained about unattractive flight attendants on social media, Argentina Airlines served up this brilliant comeback. Check it out:



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