Travel and commuting

How to maximize your return on airline miles

Booking one-way travel and avoiding peak travel times are two ways to get the most out of your airline miles.Associated…

February 4, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

Trying to get a refund can leave you spent

That’s what happened to James Quinn, who planned to vacation on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in October. The…

February 4, 2018

Travel

Even in winter, Denver Botanic Gardens offers lessons in beauty, science, art

It surely is winter at the Denver Botanic Gardens York Street, east of downtown Denver. Outside, the vibrant colors of…

February 3, 2018

Travel

Rising Utah liquor sales fueled by more non-Mormons, tourism

A worker at a state liquor store changes prices on wine, liquor and beer in Salt Lake City. In Mormon…

February 1, 2018

Travel

Experts warn of risk of sinkhole in popular New Mexico area

Empty water tanks sit at the edge of a brine well operation, shown at right of tanks, as a major…

January 31, 2018

Food

Chef Profile: Jocelyn Skill cooked to travel the world

Her journey to Durango, though, was a long one, leading her around the world and connecting her with the rich…

January 30, 2018

Travel

Serbia museum benefits from renewed interest in Nikola Tesla

The Serbian museum, dedicated to everything to do with the 19th-century inventor and electricity pioneer, remained in relative obscurity for…

January 30, 2018

Southwest Life

BLM to hold travel management meetings in Cortez, Durango

Ruined tower, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.Courtesy of Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management In 2017, the BLM released…

January 29, 2018

Travel

U.S. government forecasts tourism growth despite recent slump

Despite a slump in international tourism to the U.S. in the last two years, the U.S. Department of Commerce on…

January 29, 2018

Travel

Delta changes policy for service, support animals

Delta Air Lines is changing its policy for service and support animals as the number of animals in the cabin…

January 28, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

The mystery of the suddenly increasing airfare

When he recently searched online for a flight from Rochester, New York, to Boston, he says he found several affordable…

January 28, 2018

Travel

Lena River tour explores remote, rugged northern Russia

Travelers cross Arctic Circle on two-week journey

January 27, 2018

Travel

Southern states join to promote civil rights tourism

Fourteen states stretching from Kansas to Delaware, including all of the Deep South, are joining to promote the U.S. Civil…

January 25, 2018

Travel

Lawsuit alleges Motel 6 discriminated against Latino customers

A lawsuit filed Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 alleges Motel 6 discriminated against some of its Latino customers in Phoenix by…

January 24, 2018

Travel

Indoor velodrome expected to draw cyclists to Detroit

The Lexus Velodrome, which had its grand opening Monday, is in an inflatable, climate-controlled dome a few miles north of…

January 23, 2018

Travel

Discovery shows pirates liked treasure – and books

A piece of paper from books found on board Blackbeard’s ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge. To find paper in the…

January 22, 2018

An American in Spain

Spaniards display emotion, affection in a way Americans don’t

In this column and on my blog, I am trying to focus on the differences between visiting a country and…

January 21, 2018

Travel

Globe-trotter’s test: 7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents

Rinse and repeat. The Massachusetts marathoner, who won the 2016 World Marathon Challenge – seven marathons in seven days on…

January 21, 2018

The Travel Troubleshooter

Are you prepared next airline IT outage? It’s coming

He should know. As the author of Humans vs Computers, a book about ordinary people caught between wrong assumptions and…

January 21, 2018

Travel

National Park Service photographer captures history in detail

“Oh my God, it just got really bright for a second,” he said at Camp Greentop in Catoctin Mountain Park…

January 20, 2018

Travel

Grand Teton’s 2017 visitation marks busiest on record

According to the National Park Service, the western Wyoming park had more than 4.9 million visits last year, a 3…

January 18, 2018

Travel

U.S. travel industry launches plan to reverse tourism decline

Vapor forms across the wings of an Airbus A380 as it performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show,…

January 17, 2018

Travel

Colorado skier numbers down amid warm, dry winter

Colorado Ski Country USA, which represents 23 resorts, recorded 13 percent fewer visits at its member operations through Dec. 31,…

January 16, 2018

Travel

Start planning your 2018 vacation now: Here are the best times to book flights

Travelers should typically book their flights from three weeks to two months in advance, depending on the special day, according…

January 15, 2018