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I have a confession. I have an immense collection of postcards that never reached their intended recipients. Lack of postage, a complete address or even motivation have turned countless scribbled postcards into nothing more than bookmarks in my guidebooks.

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New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas AP - Mon Nov 16, 5:15 PM ET
NEW YORK - Looking for inspiration for your next trip?
Lonely Planet offers new Vancouver guide AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:10 PM ET
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series.
Outside magazine's best ski resorts AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:08 PM ET
NEW YORK - Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont.
New travel site Moebii provides targeted searches AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 PM ET
An online search of any major North American city will yield a flood of blogs, advertisements, and diarists' musings. A Google search of "Vancouver" alone yields 87 million hits. Narrow it down to "Vancouver dining" and you still get 8.3 million responses.
Tips for getting the best deal when you rent a car AP - Mon Nov 2, 1:25 PM ET
NEW YORK - Travelers have been able to score decent deals on hotel rooms and airfares over the last year. But car rental prices have increased dramatically despite the weak economy.
Winter vacation homes: Tips for renters and owners AP - Mon Nov 2, 1:23 PM ET
NEW YORK - Winter is a traditionally slow season for vacation home rentals. But if you're a would-be renter, you can score terrific bargains on offseason rentals and enjoy a different type of getaway, sipping hot chocolate in front of a cozy fireplace instead of running around to see the sights.
Q&A: Tips for traveling safely during flu season AP - Wed Oct 28, 12:57 PM ET
NEW YORK - Last spring thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there emptied beaches and resorts.
Trans World Expedition: Driving around the world AP - Wed Oct 28, 12:48 PM ET
NEW YORK - In November, I'll be quitting my job and heading out on one of the last true adventures left on earth: Driving around the world.
Explore Savannah's historic squares, parks, homes AP - Wed Oct 28, 12:47 PM ET
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Savannah was founded in 1733 and was one of America's first planned cities, with a series of squares and parks that can still be enjoyed today.
Travel book goes mobile with scannable QR code AP - Wed Oct 28, 12:46 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around.
New book: Life's take on 'Wonders of the World' AP - Tue Oct 27, 5:03 PM ET
NEW YORK - There were seven wonders in the ancient world, and contests have been held to identify manmade and natural wonders of the modern world. Now a new book, "Life Wonders of the World," offers another take on the concept, profiling 50 wonders in six categories.
CruiseCritic.com awards annual editors' picks AP - Tue Oct 27, 5:01 PM ET
PENNINGTON, N.J. - Royal Caribbean won the award for best family cruise line and Carnival won in the category of best for first-time cruisers in CruiseCritic.com's annual editors' picks awards.
San Fran named best US city by Conde Nast Traveler AP - Mon Oct 19, 10:09 AM ET
NEW YORK - San Francisco was named the best U.S. city to visit for the 17th year in a row in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
Gettysburg-Monticello route named scenic byway AP - Mon Oct 19, 8:48 AM ET
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The Journey Through Hallowed Ground, a historic driving route that meanders 180 miles through four states, has been named a National Scenic Byway.
Wine tourism, on safari or from the armchair AP - Tue Oct 13, 11:14 AM ET
"In Search of Bacchus: Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism" (Scribner, 287 pages, $30), by George M. Taber: Thirty-three years ago, George M. Taber set the world of wine on fire with a four-paragraph dispatch about a tasting in France that compared the work of French vintners with those of their counterparts in California. The California wines won, and winemaking in the New World has never been the same.
Parents magazine recommends 10 snow resorts AP - Mon Oct 12, 2:29 PM ET
NEW YORK - Parents magazine looked at more than 100 winter resorts and came up with a list of 10 places in snowy destinations that cater to families.
Frommer's produces its first guide to Honduras AP - Mon Oct 12, 2:24 PM ET
HOBOKEN, N.J. - Frommer's has just debuted a new travel guide to Honduras.
Hotels on the Web, beyond the usual go-to sites AP - Mon Oct 12, 10:57 AM ET
Go online to book a hotel room, and you'll be bombarded by options from Las Vegas to Laos, in no particular order.
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards AP - Mon Oct 5, 2:20 PM ET
NEW YORK - Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky — especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.
Spooky lighthouses, from Oregon to Florida AP - Mon Oct 5, 2:01 PM ET
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - No such thing as ghosts, right? But a lonely lighthouse can look a little spooky on a foggy coastline above the pounding waves. The October issue of Coastal Living magazine describes six lighthouses with haunted legends. They are:
Naturally spooky: Bats, spiders and catacombs AP - Mon Oct 5, 11:54 AM ET
Haunted house attractions and ghost tours can be a lot of fun. But some things are naturally spooky, with no fake blood or recorded howls required.
Not-so-ordinary Tennessee State Capitol is 150 AP - Tue Sep 29, 11:21 AM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In this city of songs and sequins, it's not a honky-tonk. Or a recording studio. Or a Grand Ole Opry guitar.
Preparing your iPhone for international travel AP - Mon Sep 28, 3:15 PM ET
CANCUN, Mexico - An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:
'Bed in a Tree' guide to unusual hotels all over AP - Mon Sep 28, 3:13 PM ET
NEW YORK - How would you like to sleep in a giant seashell, wine barrel, prison cell or castle?
Budget Travel Extra Mile Awards for innovation AP - Mon Sep 28, 3:12 PM ET
NEW YORK - New services and features from Kayak.com, American Airlines, JetBlue, Google and TripAdvisor honored with Extra Mile Awards from Budget Travel magazine.
El Morro: History written on stone AP - Mon Sep 21, 6:11 PM ET
EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. - For centuries, Spanish explorers, U.S. Army troops, wagon train emigrants and railroad surveyors carved their names on a huge sandstone outcrop in what's now a national monument famed for those inscriptions.
Foliage from the water: Viewing spots for boaters AP - Mon Sep 21, 4:43 PM ET
CHICAGO - If you enjoy fall foliage, consider doing some of your leaf-peeping from the water.
Conde Nast Traveler recommends 10 national parks AP - Mon Sep 14, 4:26 PM ET
NEW YORK - Conde Nast Traveler is marking Ken Burns' new PBS series about the national parks, "America's Best Idea," with a look at 10 national parks and recommendations for how to see them.
Area travel guides keep it simple AP - Mon Sep 14, 1:54 PM ET
It seems almost every travel guide offers a glimpse of California's famed Napa and Sonoma region, the wine country that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.