Travel

‘Booze Traveler’ explores how world drinks

Sampling spirits, making friends around the globe

November 29, 2014

Fuel is cheap, but airfares keep rising

They’re simple questions with complicated answers. But Jake Oakman, for one, would like to know. So would many holiday travelers.…

November 29, 2014

Travel

How I learned to love the RV

overrides anxiety during family’s tour of Southwest

November 29, 2014

Local News

You have rights as an airline passenger

Traveling can be stressful when in the friendly skies

November 26, 2014

John Peel

Durangoans help Nepali village

see past and push for future

November 23, 2014

John Peel

Warm greetings from this side of the world

Members of the Karma Bhotia Foundation Trekking Group post for a photo in Chyamtang, Nepal. Durango Herald columnist John Peel,…

November 17, 2014

Travel

Isles of highs and lows

Vanuatu a raw – but beautiful – vacation destination

November 15, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Outbreaks test airlines’ refund policies

A survey late last month by Unicomm, an organizer of trade shows and conferences, found that 41 percent of active…

November 15, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Seated next to a pooch on a plane? Too bad

On their first flight on Sun Country Airlines, they shared the cabin with two small dogs. “My daughter suffers from…

November 1, 2014

Travel

Park preserves vanishing tallgrass prairie

The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas is one of just a few places in the country where you can…

November 1, 2014

Travel

Scandinavia’s warm embrace

Landscape, culture, friends make this vacation feel like a return home

November 1, 2014

John Peel

In many ways, Nepal worlds away from the West

Durangoan’s journey to Nepal reveals differences from West

October 26, 2014

Travel

Crash course

Practicing what to do when your plane goes down

October 4, 2014

Travel

8,578 miles: World’s longest nonstop flight

An Airbus A380 taxis to its gate at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport after flying 8,578 miles from Sydney, Australia.Qantas/Associated Press…

October 4, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Who’s really to blame for your delayed flight?

“I’ll sometimes grab an extra tray or two to help move things along,” says Johnson, who runs a fitness website…

October 4, 2014

Letter from Korla

Learning how to live in China

up the language, forget your manners and get acquainted with rice wine

October 4, 2014

John Peel

A walk in Kiwi land

Durango woman making waves – and footprints – with upcoming 1,800-mile trek

September 20, 2014

Travel

More travelers discover allure of fall tourism

For empty-nesters, baby boomers and others oblivious to school calendars, the appeal of a fall vacation includes hotel and airfare…

September 20, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Should buying plane tickets be like buying cars?

Witkin combed through his local newspaper, consulted the Kelley Blue Book and clicked on several auto-buying websites. Finally, he stumbled…

September 20, 2014

Travel

Gross things can happen to good passengers

board a plane and find your seat stained with bodily fluids. Now what?

September 20, 2014

Local News

Runway improvement planned

Project engineer Ben Gonzales with Jviation Inc. said he would be identifying areas in need of total replacement and partial…

September 17, 2014

Local News

Celebrate San Juan Skyway on Tuesday

The San Juan Skyway is a 236-mile loop of highways through the San Juan Mountains that goes through Durango, Mancos,…

September 7, 2014

Travel

U.S. eager to cater to Chinese tourists

California is the No. 1 destination of Chinese tourists in the U.S. Visitors from China each spend an average of…

September 6, 2014

Travel

Passenger explains seat dispute, use of Knee Defender

James Beach said he’s embarrassed by the way a confrontation over a reclined airline seat unfolded. But don’t expect Beach…

September 6, 2014

Letter from Korla

To Kashgar and back Patience a virtue – and necessity – when traveling in China

Xinjiang doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to Chinese provinces. Ask Han Chinese from Beijing, Sichuan or Shanghai…

September 6, 2014

Travel

Reclining an airline seat can be risky business

space shrinks, confrontations more common between fliers

September 6, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Are airlines profiting at your expense?

Then again, maybe it’s the fees. Airline add-ons, which cover “optional” services for everything from reserving a seat to changing…

September 6, 2014

Travel

Johnny Cash’s colonial past

singer raised on government collective in Arkansas

August 30, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

A few pictures can save you from damage claims

Just ask Steve Wolf, who happens to be an expert on photographic evidence. When he recently rented a car in…

August 30, 2014

Travel

Mimicking airlines, hotels get fee-happy

This year, hotels will take in a record $2.25 billion in revenue from fees and surcharges, 6 percent more than…

August 30, 2014