In Transit Blog: Southwest Will Begin Flights to Caribbean

Southwest Airlines took a step toward becoming an international carrier this week with the announcement that it would begin daily service to Aruba, the Bahamas and Jamaica this summer. The news – perfectly timed to entice chilly travelers hunkering...

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In Transit Blog: Beatles ’14: Two Hotels Celebrate an Anniversary

In February 1964, the Beatles made their first trip to the United States, igniting Beatlemania stateside from New York to Miami. Fifty years later, hotels the band visited then are marking the anniversary in ways small and large. In the token-nod department,...

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In Transit Blog: Check-In by Smartphone

Aiming for efficiency, two Aloft hotels will begin offering keyless check-ins, allowing smartphone-equipped guests to bypass the front desk and proceed directly to their rooms, where doors will open when activated via Bluetooth technology and the phone...

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In Transit Blog: For Fliers, a Month Marked by Cancellations

The new year has gotten off to a rough start for fliers, with winter storms causing tens of thousands canceled flights in the first few weeks of 2014 (more than in January 2012 and January 2013 combined) and a forecast that has both airlines and passengers...

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In Transit Blog: Up in the Air on Sunday? JetBlue Has a Super Bowl Plan

Any true football fan wouldn't be caught anywhere near an airport on Super Bowl Sunday, but just in case, JetBlue Airways is at the ready, with in-flight viewing options to watch the game, cheap beer and a snack that tastes like wings. Those traveling...

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In Transit Blog: At New York Hotel, a Crowd-Sourced Lego Project

In a lemonade-from-lemons move, Yotel New York, the capsule hotel near Times Square, has turned a construction-masking wall into a 30-foot collaborative art project using Lego building blocks. Guests are invited to embellish the 30-foot-long Lego wall...

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In Transit Blog: Outbreak Brings Royal Caribbean Cruise to an Early End

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suspected to be the norovirus has forced a Royal Caribbean cruise ship to return to port two days before the end of its scheduled 10-day voyage. The Explorer of the Seas, which set out from Cape Liberty, N.J.,...

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In Transit Blog: Cowboy Poetry and Rodeos

Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, in Elko, Nev., a tradition sponsored by the Western Folklife Center in that city. Poets, storytellers, musicians, radio personalities and now even bloggers come together to...

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In Transit Blog: On the Horizon: Berlin International Film Festival; ‘This Is Not a A Silent Movie’

Film On Feb. 6, the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale, will begin . The film festival will award lifetime honors to the British director Ken Loach and feature over 400 films, including the world premiere of "The Monuments Men," about...

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In Transit Blog: Cowboy Poetry and Rodeos

Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, in Elko, Nev., a tradition sponsored by the Western Folklife Center in that city. Poets, storytellers, musicians, radio personalities and now even bloggers come together to...

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In Transit Blog: On the Horizon: Berlin International Film Festival; ‘This Is Not a A Silent Movie’

Film On Feb. 6, the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale, will begin . The film festival will award lifetime honors to the British director Ken Loach and feature over 400 films, including the world premiere of "The Monuments Men," about...

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In Transit Blog: Cowboy Poetry and Rodeos

Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, in Elko, Nev., a tradition sponsored by the Western Folklife Center in that city. Poets, storytellers, musicians, radio personalities and now even bloggers come together to...

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In Transit Blog: On the Horizon: Berlin International Film Festival; ‘This Is Not a A Silent Movie’

Film On Feb. 6, the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale, will begin . The film festival will award lifetime honors to the British director Ken Loach and feature over 400 films, including the world premiere of "The Monuments Men," about...

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In Transit Blog: Healthier Options in the Air

Health-conscious fliers trapped at 30,000 feet no longer have to slim-pick between cans of Pringles and bags of Chex Mix, at least on Delta Air Lines. On transcontinental flights, the carrier recently added wraps made by Luvo, a packaged food maker that...

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In Transit Blog: Savannah Starts a Bike Program

Savannah's Chatham Area Transit (CAT) will officially begin its new public bicycle sharing program on Friday, making it one of a growing number of major metropolitan areas in the United States to do so in recent years, and the first in Georgia. The...

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In Transit Blog: Horizon: Artifacts of the Mayans; ‘Tales of the City’ Finale

ART An exhibition on the Maya civilization will be at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science from Feb. 14 to Aug. 24. Featured will be artifacts, many on display for the first time, and immersive walk-in environments, like re-creations of a sacred...

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In Transit Blog: Absence of Snow Brings Out Hikers and Horses in Yosemite

One skier's drought is a potential hiker's gift. California's current drought has inspired DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, concessionaire at Yosemite National Park, to open its horse stables, normally closed for the winter, and offer trail rides....

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In Transit Blog: Submit Your Summer Vacation Rental Questions

It may be in the 40s in New York City, but it's nonetheless prime season for solidifying summer plans if yours include renting a vacation home. Do you have questions about East Coast summer vacation rentals? What's the best way to find a house? What...

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In Transit Blog: Bike Trips With a Boost

If the thought of cycling in the Alps or even keeping up with your more buff partner in the rolling hills of Tuscany exhausts you, consider taking an electric bike, newly offered by the Britain-based outfitter Inntravel. The company, which specializes...

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In Transit Blog: Submit Your Summer Vacation Rental Questions

It may be in the 40s in New York City, but it's nonetheless prime season for solidifying summer plans if yours include renting a vacation home. Do you have questions about East Coast summer vacation rentals? What's the best way to find a house? What...

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In Transit Blog: Submit Your Summer Vacation Rental Questions

It may be in the 40s in New York City, but it's nonetheless prime season for solidifying summer plans if yours include renting a vacation home. Do you have questions about East Coast summer vacation rentals? What's the best way to find a house? What...

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In Transit Blog: Submit Your Summer Vacation Rental Questions

It may be in the 40s in New York City, but it's nonetheless prime season for solidifying summer plans if yours include renting a vacation home. Do you have questions about East Coast summer vacation rentals? What's the best way to find a house? What...

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In Transit Blog: Maupin Takes Final ‘Tales’ on the Road

The author Armistead Maupin begins a tour this month to promote "The Days of Anna Madrigal," the last novel in his "Tales of the City" series. First published in 1976 as a serial in The San Francisco Chronicle, the stories were praised for bringing the...

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In Transit Blog: Trips for Bikers — and Those Who Aren’t

Sacred Rides, a Canadian-based outfitter that focuses on single-track mountain bike tours for experienced riders, has introduced a line of Bring-Your-Partner trips that mountain bikers and their non-biking companions can enjoy together. The new Rocky...

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In Transit Blog: Your Comments on Places to Go in 2014

Each year we compile a list of places to go in the coming year. And each year we hear from readers: agreements, disagreements, celebration, anger, bewilderment. Here's your chance to weigh in on this year's roundup of 52 spots, which starts with Cape...

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In Transit Blog: A Musical and House of Scandal

There's nothing like a scandal to attract an audience. That's good news for Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose latest musical, "Stephen Ward," is based on a British scandal so licentious that it resulted in the resignation of two government officials and the...

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In Transit Blog: Enhancements for Expedia

Expedia, the travel booking website, has stepped up its search game in recent weeks, adding three features to help travelers find — and organize — the best flights possible. The first, Flight Recommendations, automatically suggests alternative itineraries...

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In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Austria; California; Amsterdam

Mozart Week, Salzburg Lovers of Mozart, above, gather every winter around the time of the composer's birthday (Jan. 27) in Salzburg, Austria, his hometown, for a week of opera and concerts by orchestras, chamber groups and soloists. The festival, organized...

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In Transit Blog: Your Comments on Places to Go in 2014

Each year we compile a list of places to go in the coming year. And each year we hear from readers: agreements, disagreements, celebration, anger, bewilderment. Here's your chance to weigh in on this year's roundup of 52 spots, which starts with Cape...

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In Transit Blog: A Musical and House of Scandal

There's nothing like a scandal to attract an audience. That's good news for Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose latest musical, "Stephen Ward," is based on a British scandal so licentious that it resulted in the resignation of two government officials and the...

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In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Austria; California; Amsterdam

Mozart Week, Salzburg Lovers of Mozart, above, gather every winter around the time of the composer's birthday (Jan. 27) in Salzburg, Austria, his hometown, for a week of opera and concerts by orchestras, chamber groups and soloists. The festival, organized...

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In Transit Blog: Your Comments on Places to Go in 2014

Each year we compile a list of places to go in the coming year. And each year we hear from readers: agreements, disagreements, celebration, anger, bewilderment. Here's your chance to weigh in on this year's roundup of 52 spots, which starts with Cape...

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In Transit Blog: A Musical and House of Scandal

There's nothing like a scandal to attract an audience. That's good news for Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose latest musical, "Stephen Ward," is based on a British scandal so licentious that it resulted in the resignation of two government officials and the...

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In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Austria; California; Amsterdam

Mozart Week, Salzburg Lovers of Mozart, above, gather every winter around the time of the composer's birthday (Jan. 27) in Salzburg, Austria, his hometown, for a week of opera and concerts by orchestras, chamber groups and soloists. The festival, organized...

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In Transit Blog: Your Comments on Places to Go in 2014

Each year we compile a list of places to go in the coming year. And each year we hear from readers: agreements, disagreements, celebration, anger, bewilderment. Here's your chance to weigh in on this year's roundup of 52 spots, which starts with Cape...

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In Transit Blog: A Musical and House of Scandal

There's nothing like a scandal to attract an audience. That's good news for Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose latest musical, "Stephen Ward," is based on a British scandal so licentious that it resulted in the resignation of two government officials and the...

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In Transit Blog: A Major Addition to Virgin Islands Park

Virgin Islands National Park – which already encompasses 60 percent of the tiny Caribbean island of St. John — just got a little bigger. The beach at Maho Bay and its surrounding hillside recently was sold to the National Park Service in a $2.5 million...

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T Magazine: Food Matters | A Peek Inside the Hottest New Restaurant in Paris

No one could ever accuse the French chef David Toutain of forgetting his roots. Conveyed to the table by a very serious young woman in a well-cut black pantsuit, a gently curved rectangle of white bisque porcelain contained two salsifies, which had been...

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In Transit Blog: Travel Site Will Emphasize Personal Advice

Virtuoso, the luxury travel network with close to a 1,000 hotels and 335 affiliated agencies globally, introduced a site this week that aims to marry technology with the human touch. Virtuoso.com has two major elements: first, there are reviews of its...

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T Magazine: Food Matters | A Peek Inside the Hottest New Restaurant in Paris

No one could ever accuse the French chef David Toutain of forgetting his roots. Conveyed to the table by a very serious young woman in a well-cut black pantsuit, a gently curved rectangle of white bisque porcelain contained two salsifies, which had been...

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In Transit Blog: A Major Addition to Virgin Islands Park

Virgin Islands National Park – which already encompasses 60 percent of the tiny Caribbean island of St. John — just got a little bigger. The beach at Maho Bay and its surrounding hillside recently was sold to the National Park Service in a $2.5 million...

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In Transit Blog: In Hong Kong, a Glittering Exhibition

Newly minted Chinese millionaires may be rushing to buy Chinese art, but the Mengdiexuan family of Hong Kong has already assembled a brilliant collection all its own: hundreds of astonishing pieces from 1500 B.C. to the 18th century. Now that collection...

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In Transit Blog: Making Tracks for Cheese

First chocolate, now cheese. Goldenpass of Switzerland has introduced a cheese train as a winter counterpart to its summer chocolate route. The excursion offers travelers the opportunity to experience the culinary traditions of the Pays d'Enhaut region....

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Frugal Traveler: Tips for Travel Savings in 2014

Break a resolution yet? If any were travel-related, here's some good news: In 2014, you can save while staying the traveler that you are. In other words, set your nonnegotiable standards, then minimize costs and maximize value. For example: Let's...

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Q&A: Travel Trends and the Year Ahead

Where do you plan to go in 2014? That's a question advertisers in the travel industry are eager to find the answer to. And for a pretty good idea of that answer — and some insight into when and how to pitch you — they turn to data-marketing companies...

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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: Winter Storms Freeze U.S. Flights; How to Rebook if You’re Stranded

Walkabout A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors. On Monday, winter storms continued to hobble travel plans across the United States, as thousands of flights have been either canceled or delayed. There have also...

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T Magazine: Site to Be Seen | An Artistic Armchair Travel Platform That Visits the World’s Most Amazing Places

Growing up in rural Maine, the brothers Darrell and Oliver Hartman learned to love the outdoorsy, adventurous life from their dad, who was the director of the state's parks. Trips in early adulthood to places like Greece, Nicaragua and India ensured...

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Frugal Traveler: A Winter Weekend in the North Fork

It's free to watch the sun set over the wetlands that fringe the causeway connecting East Marion and Orient, near the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork. If the weather has been dry enough in this wine country just across the bay from the Hamptons,...

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In Transit Blog: In Hong Kong, a Glittering Exhibition

Newly minted Chinese millionaires may be rushing to buy Chinese art, but the Mengdiexuan family of Hong Kong has already assembled a brilliant collection all its own: hundreds of astonishing pieces from 1500 B.C. to the 18th century. Now that collection...

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In Transit Blog: A Makeover for the Affinia 50 in New York

Affinia 50, a 10-year-old hotel property in Manhattan's Midtown East neighborhood, has undergone a $20 million transformation. The 10-month renovation included an overhaul of the 251 guest rooms and public areas like the lobby, corridors and second-floor...

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T Magazine: Site to Be Seen | An Artistic Armchair Travel Platform That Visits the World’s Most Amazing Places

Growing up in rural Maine, the brothers Darrell and Oliver Hartman learned to love the outdoorsy, adventurous life from their dad, who was the director of the state's parks. Trips in early adulthood to places like Greece, Nicaragua and India ensured...

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Chasing the Northern Lights in Alaska

Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: the Aurora Express train, the author looks for the northern lights, a view from the train, the aurora viewing hut at Chena Hot Springs. We hurtled across the tundra in the dark....

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