Travel News

Billions for high-speed rail; anyone aboard?

AP - Thu Mar 26, 5:04 PM ET

To Americans, high-speed trains evoke the gee-whiz factor of a trip to Tomorrowland: Ride futuristic cars that zoom you to a destination in a fraction of the drive time — without having to fight your way through an airport. Read a book, do paperwork, take a nap while you whoosh ahead in high-speed comfort.

Business Travel

  • Continental says business travel still falling AP - Wed Mar 18, 1:35 PM ET

    MINNEAPOLIS - Continental Airlines Inc. said declining business travel is hurting a key measure of revenue, and that the drop-off has gotten worse since January.

  • White House says it encourages business travel AP - Fri Mar 13, 3:23 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS - The White House is encouraging encouraged Americans to travel, soothing words for the tourism industry that had complained for weeks that a remark from the president about corporate junkets had a chilling effect on business travel.

  • A police officer walks past a double-decker tourist bus in Havana, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Under legislation passed late Tuesday by the U.S. Congress, restrictions on travels of U.S. citizens with family in Cuba, will be lifted allowing them to visit the island nation more often and stay as long as they like. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
    Cubans applaud rolling back US family travel rules AP - Thu Mar 12, 12:36 PM ET

    HAVANA - Cubans say Washington's easing of travel and spending restrictions for Cuban-Americans visiting the communist island will be a boon to small business and a key step toward warmer relations with the United States.

AP Travel News

  • Billions for high-speed rail; anyone aboard? AP - Thu Mar 26, 5:04 PM ET

    To Americans, high-speed trains evoke the gee-whiz factor of a trip to Tomorrowland: Ride futuristic cars that zoom you to a destination in a fraction of the drive time — without having to fight your way through an airport. Read a book, do paperwork, take a nap while you whoosh ahead in high-speed comfort.

  • State Department holds 'Passport Day' Saturday AP - Thu Mar 26, 4:49 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of State is holding a national outreach event, "Passport Day in the USA," on Saturday.

  • Marcus Hotels and Resorts marketing director Cassy Scrima is seen in the lobby of the Pfister Hotel Monday, March 23, 2009, in Milwaukee. Hotel companies, long steadfast in requiring business clients to forfeit deposits when they cancel or scale back corporate events, are starting to soften their stance. 'We understand the predicament people are in, and as a hotel you want that repeat business to come back to you,' Scrima said. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
    Hotels willing to deal to keep conference business AP - Thu Mar 26, 3:05 PM ET

    MILWAUKEE - Hotels companies, long steadfast in requiring business clients to forfeit deposits when they cancel or scale back events, are starting to soften their stance.

AP Travel Features

  • A girl walks through a hall of mirrors at the City Museum, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in St. Louis. The City Museum, housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company factory, is an eclectic mix of mosaics, sculpted caves to explore, slides to barrel down, even a massive outdoor playground where kids climb through tunnels, towers and suspended airplanes. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    St. Louis on the cheap: From the Arch to the zoo AP - Thu Mar 26, 11:30 AM ET

    ST. LOUIS - The French who founded this city in 1764 left instructions for having a good time. The Germans brought the beer, built the brick mansions and got things organized. Henry Shaw, inspired by the gardens of his native England, created a magnificent botanical garden. The Italians gave us The Hill neighborhood of tidy working-class homes and terrific restaurants, bakeries and specialty food shops.

  • In this Nov. 24, 2007 file photo a general view of Ancient Olympia stadium as the burned hill of Kronos, is seen in the background, southern Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)
    Greek ruins tell stories, from Acropolis to Jesus AP - Mon Mar 23, 12:18 PM ET

    DELPHI, Greece - I saw the news on a sunny spring day, traipsing through ruins where the Oracle held court, in a place once deemed the center of the Earth.

  • In this photo provided by the Turkish Tourism & Culture Office the Library of Celsius in Ephesus, Turkey are seen. (AP Photo/Turkish Tourism & Culture Office)
    Ruins of Ephesus: From goddess Nike to St. Paul AP - Mon Mar 23, 12:02 PM ET

    EPHESUS, Turkey - If you're visiting Greece and its islands in the Aegean Sea, the ruins in Ephesus, Turkey, make a worthwhile side-trip. From the port of Kousadasi, it's about a half-hour to what was once a Roman city of a quarter-million people, but left in ruins by pestilence and earthquake. (Tours are available, and the best way to go.)

AP Travel Columns

  • Celebs' favorite places, from Brooklyn to Nepal AP - Mon Mar 23, 12:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A new book from National Geographic asks celebrities to name their favorite places in the world, and the answers range from Nepal to Brooklyn.

  • New guide to Beatles sites in and around London AP - Mon Mar 23, 12:36 PM ET

    NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - If you can't make it to Liverpool on your next trip to England but you're a Beatles fan, there are plenty of places in and around London where you can pick up the trail of the Fab Four.

  • 10 coastal wildflower hikes for spring AP - Mon Mar 23, 12:35 PM ET

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Springtime means wildflowers, and Coastal Living magazine's April issue recommends 10 hikes along the coast where trails yield carpets of color as the weather warms up.

Aviation.com

  • A man pushes a baggage-filled cart through the snow at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Monday, March 2, 2009. A massive winter storm caused more than 900 flight cancellations at Newark Liberty and the two other New York area airports. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
    The Baggage 'Insurance' Airlines Never Tell You About Aviation.com - Fri Mar 20, 11:22 AM ET

    Federal regulations require that if an airline loses or damages your luggage or its contents then they are required to pay up to $3300 in compensation when you fly domestically in the US. However, the airline will attempt to depreciate the value of your loss, and will require receipts to prove your claim. (Coverage may be considerably less for international travel from the US, or from the European Union). ...

  • Confessions of a Fat Fingered Airline Fare Analyst Aviation.com - Tue Mar 10, 2:15 PM ET

    Brett Snyder is currently the force behind Crankyflier.com, a web site that comments on the airline industry. But for several years, he was one of the hundreds of folks who work in the pressure cooker atmosphere that is the lot of the airline airfare analyst. These are the people who decide how much you'll be paying for your next flight. They watch what their competition is doing, and react as quickly as possible to match or beat what other airlines are charging. ...

  • Avoiding Lost Luggage Blues Aviation.com - Wed Feb 25, 3:15 PM ET

    How can you avoid having your luggage lost and what should you do if it goes go astray?