Online Traveler: Niche sites offer lots of hotel deals

Go online to book a hotel room, and you'll be bombarded by options from Las Vegas to Laos, in no particular order.

 

Year of the Deal awaits 2010 bargain hunters

If you thought the travel bargains were unbelievable this year, just wait until 2010. I'm fully aware that this prediction flies in the face of conventional wisdom. I mean, how many travel experts have you seen on TV lately, warning that the deals are going, going, gone?

 

Stories help sell this town's wines

PASO ROBLES, Calif. - A framed jacket draws the eye when you walk into the downtown tasting room of D'Anbino Vineyards & Cellars.

 

Travel Troubleshooter:

Question: I am having a tough time getting my money back from Best Western, and I need your help.

Personal Journey: Cowgirl dreams become reality

With my 50th birthday looming, I wanted to celebrate in an active fashion. On my desk sits a black-and-white photo of me at age 6, wearing a blue-and-white cowgirl outfit and swinging an imaginary rope. An avid horseback rider for most of my life, the cowgirl is still there.

 

10 for the Road

10 for the Road You can plan now to attend these weekend events, occurring within a few weeks and within a day's drive of Philadelphia.

Ark. house was Clinton's first home

HOPE, Ark. - The Bill Clinton First Home Museum will soon be a part of the national park system, a designation that will give the modest structure on a busy street more visibility as a tourist destination.

CruiseCritic names best lines, ships

Royal Caribbean won the award for best family cruise line and Carnival won in the category of best for first-time cruisers in CruiseCritic.com's annual editors' awards.

 

Foreign Exchange

Here is what a U.S. dollar buys (in commercial trades; consumer rates may be lower). Country   Oct. 29 Year ago   

 

Top 10

New Golf Courses From Golfweek magazine: 1. Rock Creek Cattle Co. Deer Lodge, Mont. 2. Palouse Ridge Golf Club