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From the enchanting It’s a Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls to a decadent Gilded Age Christmas tour at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site and the fabulous bounty of trees and vintage trains in New York City, there is an array of remarkable experiences to uncover during this holiday season. You’ll find festivals, charming holiday
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New York City lights up for the holidays like nowhere else on earth. Here’s your complete calendar and guide to the best NYC holiday tree and Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremonies, vintage subway rides, Kwanzaa celebrations and more. Enjoy NYC on the cheap with these FREE and family-friendly 2023 holiday events. If you want to spend
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The ski and snowboard season gets underway officially on Thanksgiving Weekend, with downhill destinations from Alta in Utah to Windham in New York either already open or opening, and several are celebrating important anniversaries or introducing important new trams and lifts. Here’s a round-up of the most important news for those with snow brains. Season
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The 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is getting ready to be the centerpiece of New York City’s holiday celebrations. The 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives on November 11. The 12-ton, 80 foot tall tree will be wrapped in more than 50,000 multi-colored, energy-saving LED lights and crowned with a 9-foot, 900-pound Swarovski star covered
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Beer is an integral part Germany’s culture and history. It is estimated that Germans drink an average of over 100 liters per person yearly, much of it consumed at annual Oktoberfest celebrations each fall, including Munich and Stuttgart, where the two largest Oktoberfests are held. Oktoberfest in Munich (my mother’s hometown – she was born
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Got the wanderlust and an active passport? Then take advantage of these super cheap flights to Europe as low at $99 each way. Book your flight by Sept. 13 to London, Rome, Paris, Oslo and Berlin and enjoy a fall, winter or spring holiday in Europe for less, from gateways including New York City, Boston,
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Simply, some airlines are better than others for reliability, comfort and customer service, availability of lounges, how easy it is to book, change or cancel a flight, even how friendly it is to family seating and pets. If you are traveling soon, these are the top ten US airlines, for all those reasons, and more.
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ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter visits Churchill, Canada, where polar bear outnumber humans.
Standing on its hind legs, an adult male polar bear can reach 18 feet or more, so you don’t want to be in a cute little subcompact car, or even a pick-up, that a curious bear could push over or climb on. The “tundra buggies” that carry tourists for close-up views of these phenomenal animals are bigger and tougher than the bears. Think school bus on steroids.
Consider one of these five eco-hotels for your next travel escape, including one destination with a LEED certified spa and another within a UNESCO World Heritage site. The super green eco-hotels are new members of Beyond Green, a global portfolio of sustainable hotels, located in such popular destinations as Miami Beach, Lake Tahoe, Maine and
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Allegiant is celebrating six new routes with a limited-time airfare sale of one-way tickets as low as $40. The new routes launch in November in time for holiday travel, to popular vacation spots including Nashville, Portland, Phoenix and several Florida destinations. Tickets are on sale on the airline website. Flights must be purchased by July
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