Asking Eric: No one wants to hear my travel stories

Dear Eric: I have been fortunate to have met a number of well-known people and visited many locales worldwide, often, due to my business, places where tourists don’t go. Occasionally, someone in a group I am with mentions reading about a person or place I know something about from personal experience. If I volunteer that […]

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Travel Guides 2024: Things to see and do from their trip to Paris, France including Mont Saint-Michel and The Stairway to Heaven

The Travel Guides are going for gold on an Olympics French holiday! And while Paris will be the hub of Olympic activity, four hours away from the city is one of France’s most breathtaking sights: the 1300 year-old Mont Saint-Michel. Stream new episodes of Travel Guides on 9Now. This miraculous abbey and tiny village below […]

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Harris: Savings tips for last-minute summer travel

By Charlestien Harris July is almost gone, and those last-minute trips can get quite expensive.  Summer travel is almost considered a staple these days, providing consumers with a break from the day-to-day work week. Your last vacation opportunity of the year may be just around the corner, and while travel can be expensive, there are […]

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Four travel gems in France: A guide through lavender fields, sleepy ski villages, and the region’s ‘Hamptons’

Despite its density of storybook towns, international travelers have long relied on a circuit of tried-and-true favorites in France: Paris, Bordeaux, and the Côte d’Azur. The following four regions are no secret; the French, and some smart Brits, have long understood their appeal. But they have largely escaped international attention beyond that, leaving them blissfully free of […]

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11 tips for alcohol-free travel

I joke to my therapist that cutting out alcohol improved my mental health more than five-plus years of seeing her – and actually saved me money, unlike our sessions. My breakup with booze started as an experiment. Just like stopping birth control pills made my emotions swing like a pendulum, I was curious how my […]

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