Bachelorette parties becoming more exotic & inventive
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Avital Binshtock
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05.30.07
Editor's note: Click the thumbnail at left for a full-page view of the graphic that accompanies this story. (Opens in a new window) If there's a grown-up version of the no-boys-allowed slumber party, it's the bachelorette party. And this bride-to-be's last chance to kiss off the whimsies of yo...
2007 a banner year for cruise deals in Caribbean & beyond
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Rosemary McClure
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04.13.07
Cruise fares have fallen so sharply in recent months that travelers waiting for their ship to come in may find that it's just on the horizon and sailing toward them at full speed. \"There are some fantastic deals out there,\" said Emerson Hankamer, president of discount agency Vacations to G...
In Mexico, American-run B&Bs offer bang for the peso
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Donald S. Stroetzel
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03.30.07
Casa Obelisco in San Francisco, a little fishing village on the Nayarit coast of western Mexico, is not your typical B&B. Its four balconied rooms feature king-sized beds. The tiled baths are private, with twin sinks. And at one end of the pool, bar stools are bolted to the bottom. That's wh...
Mexico's Playa Chacala: Sun, sand & something more
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Christopher Reynolds
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02.24.07
Sure, there's a great beach here, fresh fish, tall palms and only about 400 locals to share them with. But let's start with the treachery and deception. \"You wouldn't believe the snakes. Snakes as big as your head,\" says Ben Laird, a Wisconsonite who bought a vacation home here last year. ...
Mexico: Less-trod trails near San Miguel de Allende
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By Judith Fein
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01.19.07
When I arrived in San Miguel de Allende, in Guanajuato state in central Mexico last December, I felt as though I were home in Santa Fe, N.M., minus the central heating. San Miguel was picturesque, with scores of ethnic shops and artists. And that was the problem. I craved the unfamiliar. So I...