Travel

Missing from New Zealand’s slopes? Snow

The Remarkables ski area near Queenstown, New Zealand, is one of several large ski areas that has been making snow…

August 16, 2014

Pompeii: Dead city lives in ruins, imaginations

In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later,…

August 16, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Time to terminate unfair, one-sided cancellation rules

Most airline tickets are nonrefundable and require a hefty change fee plus any fare differential. And many hotel rooms are…

August 16, 2014

Travel

Touching the clouds

hiking highs in 100-year-old Rocky Mountain National Park

August 16, 2014

Letter from Korla

A curious culinary experience: Western food in China

One day, I asked my boss why it was like this, and she replied, “This is what Americans like to…

August 2, 2014

Travel

The challenge of keeping our skies safe

improves as airline industry expands worldwide

August 2, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Are travelers giving up on loyalty programs?

After years of putting up with blackout dates, broken promises and bait-and-switch games, American travelers – particularly air travelers –…

August 2, 2014

Travel

Great white tourism

sightings lure visitors to Cape Cod and merchants cash in

August 2, 2014

John Peel

Bringing the past into the present

Durangoan returning to help native Nepalese village

July 20, 2014

Travel

19-year-old flies 29,000 miles around globe

Matt Guthmiller, 19, completed the more than 29,000-mile journey in a leased single-engine airplane late Monday night when he touched…

July 19, 2014

Travel

‘Sweet Home Alabama’ to welcome tourists

“Alabama The Beautiful” signs that have stood at the state line since 2003 will be replaced with green and white…

July 19, 2014

Travel

Car rental companies rev up exotic offerings

In the past few years, some of the biggest car rental companies have added the finest cars money can buy…

July 19, 2014

Travel

Traveling with your teen

impossible, right? These strategies can make trips fun for everyone

July 19, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Who should pay for mistake? United or me?

I am writing to you for advice and help regarding a most frustrating experience with booking award travel and the…

July 19, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Is this surprise car-rental damage claim for real?

Q: Last March, I rented a vehicle from Hertz in Los Angeles. When I picked up the car, I noticed…

July 5, 2014

Travel

Tiny Belize teems with jungle ruins, sea life

That ancient appeal draws in backpackers eager for adventure as well as divers ready to gawk at its bustling reefs…

July 5, 2014

Travel

Busting five myths about tipping

There’s no need to leave money for a hotel housekeeper. The median hourly pay for U.S. hotel housekeepers is $9.21,…

July 5, 2014

Letter from Korla

Wild and untouched

China’s Bayinbuluke Grasslands reward the adventurous traveler

July 5, 2014

Travel

Scientists resume digging at La Brea Tar Pits in LA

Officials at La Brea Tar Pits are reopening a shuttered exhibition hall and reactivating an excavation site, allowing visitors to…

June 28, 2014

Travel

Fidel’s former limos reborn as taxicabs

Today, the limos have been decommissioned and repurposed as Havana taxicabs, at the service of tourists who want a little…

June 28, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

U.S. credit cards can let you down when overseas

When I motored south from Alsace, France, to the Italian Alps not long ago, I failed to do that. It…

June 28, 2014

Local News

Hop on a bike, take a walk or catch the bus

Commute Week will kick off today at Durango Farmers Market

June 20, 2014

Travel

Mysterious Manaus

50,000 World Cup tourists expected in this rainforest city

June 14, 2014

Travel

Roaming the ruins

old villa beckons darkly

June 14, 2014

Travel

More airports adopt free Wi-Fi

“Wi-Fi Before You Fly. Now Free,” it announced. Saving a speck of time and trouble, Parker tapped directly into the…

June 14, 2014

Travel

For World Cup tourists, sticker shock to kick in

Tourists enjoy the sunset on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. World Cup tourists should prepare to dig deep…

June 14, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

My mom died, but my airline won’t refund my fee

Q: I recently flew from Washington to Chattanooga, Tenn., on US Airways, because my mother was ill. I planned to…

June 14, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Five common travel mistakes: Avoid them

But simple as that sounds, in practice it’s not always that easy. Let me say right from the outset that…

May 31, 2014

Letter from Korla

adventure extends to the dinner table

May 31, 2014

Travel

Remembering WWI

Serenity – and beauty – emerge from Flanders Fields battlegrounds

May 31, 2014