For checked or carry-on luggage, try using zip ties instead of costly metal locks. Our TSA tipster says that these are long plastic ties that lock and can't be opened unless cut.

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Ever had a good deal disappear when you clicked on it? Is it the old bait and switch?

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Is it time for travelers to pay higher fares so that airlines can invest in their fleets and improve quality of service?

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There are a few days left in Virginia’s 75th Historic Garden Week, which ends on April 27. The Garden Club of Virginia sponsors the event and says that it is "the oldest and largest statewide home and garden tour in the county."

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Editor Justin Bergman, who lived in China for a while, offers tips on how to travel there on your own.

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The TSA is scheduled to expand its Black Diamond security checkpoint program to Milwaukee today, making it the 13th airport so far to offer self-select lanes based on ski icons (green for beginners, blue for intermediate, and black for expert).

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Do you have a trip planned with the girls in the next few months? If so, where are you going, and what will you do there?

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Walt Disney World announced yesterday that the Disney Dining Plan will be offered free with select vacation packages.

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In his most recent retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, Murakami’s 90-plus-works use popular culture to investigate branding and identity...in the form of life-size transformer dolls, anime-inspired paintings, and a 10-minute cartoon episode.

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Frida fans, take note: the largest U.S. show of the painter's work in 15 years is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from February 20-May 18.

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The Baltimore Museum of Art is promoting two new exhibits by inviting the public to share their own artworks for possible display in online galleries.

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Free--and nearly free--bicycle rentals are a great way to save in European cities. We list new programs in Zurich and Bern, plus the programs that have started in the past year.

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Virgin America has big plans for its in-flight instant messaging service. But a recent test drive suggests passengers aren’t ready for it.

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For a couple of weeks, a London Hyatt recently had a "Reader in Residence" (journalist Damian Barr) who read to guests free of charge. What unique hotel amenity would you pay for?

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You might have a new museum to add to your list of must-sees: The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced plans to add a second location in downtown New York.

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