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Tue
4
Mar '08

Close call! 5 tips for avoiding a near-miss

epa01235343 Spectators watch the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino with its southwest side burning on the top from a fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 25 January 2008.  The fire on the roof of the 32-story casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sent flaming debris raining down, but the blaze eased after about an hour and no serious injuries were reported.  EPA/JOHN LOCHERPlanes clipping one another. Hotel fires. Multi-car pileups. There are no shortages of near-misses in travel, but Christopher Elliott says close calls don’t need to be curtain calls.


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Tue
4
Mar '08

Travel tips in the time of mergers

By the time you read this, two or more of the Big Six airlines may have announced a merger. Or a series of them. Or they may have jointly declared that they are combining into the Big Red One. Or they may have done nothing at all.

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Tue
4
Mar '08

Swanky vacation spots Down Under

Most Private Spa: At the 13,000-square-foot Miri Miri Spa at the all-inclusive 93-room St. Regis in Bora Bora, guests head to a private island to enjoy massages and facials inspired by Tahitian and Pacific Rim traditions, which incorporate monoi oil, brown algae, pure mother of pearl and luminescent pearl powder. The signature body scrub begins with an exfoliator made of natural marine actives to rid the skin of impurities, followed by a light massage with pearl powder and kamani oil, ending with an application of pearl shimmer.Want to take a vacation that exceeds expectations? Head to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.


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Mon
3
Mar '08

When travel arrangements go bad

A recent column about a group of 73 cruisers left stranded by their so-called “travel agent” elicited howls from the professional travel agent community. John Frenaye wades into the fray, urging travel consumers to be more careful when they make their travel arrangements. Watch out, he says. There are sharks in the water.

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