36 Hours: What to Do in Vienna

A Velázquez show, sprawling skating rinks and sizzling schnitzel are among the wintertime enticements of the capital.

















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Why Restaurants in Airports Are So Bad (And Why You Should Stop Eating at Shake Shack)

Tyler Cowen wonders whether the Shake Shack IPO means it is time to stop eat there? After an IPO, the equity share of the original creators — in this case Danny Meyer — is diluted. Meyer’s incentive to maintain quality standards and his personal brand name is weakened. The subsequent public shareholders are more likely […]

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Overnighter: A Stroll by the Casbah in Northern Morocco

Chefchaouen may be known for its location amid hashish farms, but its relaxed charms go far beyond that.

















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Tips For Staying Awake Until Midnight On New Year's Eve

For many people the hardest part about New Year's Eve is simply staying awake long enough to make it to midnight.



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Say

40 ways to wish your friends and family a happy 2012.



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In Transit Blog: A Safari With a Closeup on Big Cats

A Wilderness Travel safari to Namibia will allow participants to see veterinarians and researchers working on cheetahs, leopards and lions.





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Consider Buying Amazon Gift Cards Today

One of the most compelling no annual fee credit cards is the Chase Freedom®, which offers 5% cash back on up to $1,500 of spend in rotating quarterly categories. As I wrote about in September, the fourth quarter bonus categories include Amazon, Zappos, and select department stores.

Anyway, today is the last day of the quarter, so if you haven't yet maxed out your fourth quarter bonus category, I'd seriously consider purchasing some Amazon gift cards with your Chase Freedom® today.

I think Amazon gift cards are as close to "good as cash" as gift cards get, given that Amazon sells just about everything.

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I Heart My City: Laura’s Sydney

Laura Bronner is an American expat who has been living in Sydney for the last two years. After graduating from college she set off on what was supposed to be a year of travel; that was almost four years ago. Since then she has lived and traveled all over New Zealand and Australia.



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A New Way to Earn Miles When Paying Your Rent

Via the Forward Cabin, Radpad, a service that offers both credit card and debit card payments for rent, offers a monthly check-cutting service to landlord that only charges a $4.95 fee when using a debit card. Your first month’s rent payment is free with a debit card. Then it’s $4.95 for up to a $5000 […]

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LGBT traveler’s wish list for 2015

LGBT travelers have a lot to be thankful for—and a lot to wish for. Let’s take a critical look at LGBT travel destinations this holiday season.



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My Suite At The Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Was Vandalized!!!

My suite at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur was vandalized..... and I had to clean it up!

We recently wrapped up a 4-day stay at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. (Review coming soon.) On the second afternoon of our stay, we received a call from the manager of housekeeping informing us that there was a situation regarding the stool in our bathroom. He wanted to know if we were aware of the ink marks on the top of it. My wife replied that we were not, but said she would go to the bathroom to have a look. Yep, sure enough there were some ink marks on it. The manager said that his housecleaning crew had tried to remove the marks, but they were unsuccessful, and if they couldn't be removed, the stool would be unusable. He said he would be down to discuss the matter with us.

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Postcard From Penang

There’s no finer end to a day in Penang, Malaysia, than to watch the tropic sun drop into the Strait of Malacca. Drink to the dusk with a cold Tiger beer, a reward for exploring the tightly packed and steamy streets of the city’s preserved inner core—a 640-acre UNESCO World Heritage site known by its English colonial name, George Town.



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Think only Putin runs Russia?

The Russian strongman gets by with a little (okay, A LOT of) help from his cronies.



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Gilgal Sculpture Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilgal Garden is a wondrous little patch of land created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century. Hidden away at the center of a block behind houses and businesses, it contains 12 original sculptures, and over 70 stones engraved with Mormon scriptures, poems, and literary texts.

Child, a Mormon, spent nearly twenty years working on the garden, located on about a half-acre behind his home. The most arresting of his creations is a sphinx with the head of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Faith. However, the garden is filled with all kinds of strange carved images, such as grasshoppers and disembodied heads.

There is even a life-sized statue of Child himself. A visitor must walk a stone path to view these works of art. Each stone is engraved with biblical and literary quotes.

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Ruh-Roh: Are American’s Business Awards Offline, Just As Points Are About to Expire?

Business ExtrAA is the American Airlines small business program, where points are earned in parallel to AAdvantage miles. It’s an opportunity to double dip — you add your Business ExtrAA number to reservations and earn business points, while the traveler earns frequent flyer miles as usual. And then you redeem the points for travel, or […]

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