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Overseas smartphone fees can be a horror story

You know the zombies that pop back to life even after you stab them with a pitchfork? It's the same with smartphones.

More for Your Money: Getting the best airfares

It's difficult to know when to buy an airline ticket and when to wait. Some sites offer to guide you on the timing of your purchase.

Perks and pointers for spending less

Here are some tips to add to your storehouse of money-saving knowledge. For instance, you can get money back when a hotel room rate drops....

How to make the most of a trip to the nation's capital

A spring break in the nation's capital is a rite of passage for some families, but if the airfare from the West Coast to the East has...

A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes,...

Going the distance to get airlines awards

You keep hearing about people who take these fabulous trips (see story) and they don't pay a penny — or very many pennies. You have...

Turning 40 this year? Red Roof Inn has a $19.73 room for you

It's good to be turning 40 this year. Red Roof Inn, which also marks its four-decade...

More for Your Money: Readers share hard-won wisdom

One of the biggest trouble spots for travelers is the topic of money — how to spend wisely on vacation, what to do in foreign...

Booking flights too early can be as expensive as booking too late

Anyone who has booked a last-minute flight knows you pay more when you wait. But you also pay more if you book too early. What's too early?...

California: Breakfast, parking, hotel near Disneyland for $119

Anyone taking the kids to Disneyland

Catalina Island: Affordable Avalon getaway starts at $121 a night

Colorado: 60% off ski-in ski-out resort rooms in spring

Vail Cascade Resort & Spa in Vail, Colo., is offering deep discounts on rooms this spring for a two-night stay. The ski-in ski-out hotel...

Starwood Hotels offers prix-fixe meals at 75 restaurants

January is the time to look for travel deals

Now that the obligatory holiday trips to see family are in the books, consumers hoping for a more leisurely getaway may want to keep their...

Airfare to Europe: Yes, there are ways to save

After fuel prices sent airfares skyrocketing last summer, you may have sworn off travel to Europe. We can't predict whether summer 2013...

Affordable travel tips from the experts

We long for travel, but we long even more deeply for affordable travel.

Your Money: The best ticket prices when traveling with kids

If you are flying with kids, you may be able to get a discount, depending on the children's ages and your destination. You can often find...

Hotels hang — and will sell — local art

Hotel rooms once were just a place to shower, sleep or maybe indulge in breakfast in bed. Now they're also spots to pick up a souvenir...

L.A. to Sacramento aboard the Greyhound Express

Mindful that great American road trips occur in all sorts of vessels — heck, Huck rode a rickety raft — we're on a Greyhound bus...