TRAVEL

It's summertime, and undoubtedly you are planning a fantastic getaway to beat the summer heat. Want to get the most bang for your travel buck? Here is a handy hotel guide to get you started.

If you call them, they will come. That's what the U.S. government is betting on with its first-ever national tourism campaign from Brand USA.

A large portion of the East Coast has been hit by a heat wave that will expand upward over the weekend and head north, potentially shattering records.

The Palestinians' bid for a UNESCO World Heritage site proved successful Friday as committee members voted to put the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on its renowned list.

The United Nations cultural agency has added the legendary city of Timbuktu to a list of historically significant sites in danger as rebel factions skirmish in northern Mali.

Want to experience nature but are put off by the thought of pitching your own tent and have some money? A new craze called glamping - a portmanteau of glamour and camping - might be for you.

Under Islamic president-elect Mohamed Morsi's government, many in Egypt's beleaguered tourism industry are dreading bans on everything from alcohol to modern art to bikinis.

From busy lanes along the feet of skyscrapers and a throng of commuters armed with cutting edge technology, to shamanistic shrines and grand palaces, Seoul -- a city of ten million -- is an amalgamation of a modern high-tech metropolis retaining the legacy of age old traditions.

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Moving away from the search paradigm and toward one of exploration, Airbnb hopes to make its revamped website more like the travel experience itself.

Dress too sexy and you?ll get harassed. That?s the message the Shanghai Metro told its riders last week on the popular Twitter-like micro-blogging site Weibo.

Lena Pettersson was on an international flight from Amsterdam to Tanzania where she was forced to sit near a corpse during the 10-hour flight, prompting Kenya Airways to partially reimburse the Swedish journalist.

The vast new Colorado wildfires that erupted on Saturday and spread through Colorado Springs, are posing threats to tourist areas close to Pikes Peak and Rocky Mountain Park.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meets this week to select new additions to the World Heritage List. But with little money and over 900 sites already, is the World Heritage emblem now just a fancy name for a lame duck?

With prices at all-time lows, here's a look at some of the best beaches in Greece, where you can help out the Greek economy and get a bargain at the same time.

Shadowy figures stalk the streets of Mexico during Day of the Dead celebrations. A friendly Beluga whale smiles as a scuba diver swims alongside in the White Sea. These images are among the winning photos now on display at the Royal Geographic Society in London.

The name Sears may bring to mind kitchen appliances or lawn and garden supplies, but now the retail chain is dipping its toes into a new venture: your vacations.

Route 66 hasn't been a real highway for almost three decades, but its hold on travelers' imaginations has revived motels, diners, souvenir shops, gas stations and other buildings along the iconic American byway.

A mechanical failure on a JetBlue airliner forced 135 passengers aboard a Las Vegas to New York flight to endure several hours of terror, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to launch a full investigation into the incident.

Scotland's national tourism body, VisitScotland, is thinking Brave, spending $11 million to promote tourism alongside the new Disney Pixar film.

Nik Wallenda?s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls did exactly what both ABC and the towns of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont. hoped it would: attract hordes of spectators.

The first thing thousands of international delegates headed to the G-20 summit will likely see as they land in Los Cabos, Mexico, this week will be the spiny bush-clad hills and azure waters that typify southern Baja California.

Don?t count on your travel insurance company to fork over the bill if you have an accident abroad while under the influence of alcohol or nonprescription drugs.

You might want to pack a bottle of hand sanitizer the next time you turn on the lights and TV on a trip away from home. A new study reveals that light switches and TV remote controls are the dirtiest surfaces in a hotel room.

"Everyone says, 'You have to be transparent, you have to be honest and open,'and then you are -- and then people want her head on a plate."

Sean F. White's video Terra Sacra Time Lapses offers a mesmerizing glimpse of life on all seven continents.

Tourism officials hope a record-breaking stunt can help boost Niagara Falls' economy, but historians fear the city is once again tainting Mother Nature with unnecessary spectacles.

TripAdvisor just released its 2012 TripIndex of the most affordable -- and most expensive -- popular tourist cities around the globe.

Though foreigners are now banned from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Chinese name for Central Tibet, the Himalayan hinterland has experienced a boom in tourism thanks to Chinese visitors.