From overseas adventures to weekend getaways, you’ll find travel inspiration here, including the hottest destinations at home and around the world.
A salute to women in uniform
This country is indebted to women who break molds, chase lofty dreams and answer the call to service.
Hot trends on the slopes
We asked editors of Ski and Powder magazines to pinpoint trends in skiing. Their forecasts:
Creativity helps these veterans work through pain
ST. LOUIS — The few fast-food jobs former Spc. Randy Johnson took after his medical discharge from the Army usually ended when he didn’t show for his shift.
New military-only resort opens on Virginia coast
The military is adding Virginia’s oceanfront to destinations like Hawaii and Florida where service members and their families can get some affordable rest and relaxation.
Tales from the Whiskey Trail
We spent a week this spring traveling the “American Whiskey Trail,” visiting seven of the 16 operating distilleries and historical sites that make up the trail.
President, soldier, distiller
MOUNT VERNON, Va. — He led troops into battle against tax-evading whiskey makers, but President Washington was no enemy of the bottle.
Whiskey fast facts
Think you know everything there is about American whiskey? Read on and really amaze your buddies with your stunning command of booze news.
A spirited adventure
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Once upon a time, this was the wild, wild West. That was more than 200 years ago, of course, long before airports and interstates, long before Kentucky and Tennessee became...
Sept. 11 memorial U.S. tour begins in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A traveling exhibit featuring a 4-ton (3.6-metric ton) steel beam that will be part of a Sept. 11 memorial in New York’s ground zero kicked off a national tour...
But seriously, folks...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Soon after Jan Donahue’s husband deployed to Iraq for nearly two years with the Minnesota National Guard, one of her neighbors tied a yellow ribbon around a tree in the...
Snowstorm continues to disrupt travel in Denmark A snowstorm sweeping Scandinavia continued to disrupt travel Friday, shutting down bus and train service in Denmark and forcing SAS airline to cancel dozens more flights in and out of Copenhagen, the...
U.S. tourist in Costa Rica kills mugger By Marianela Jimenez, Associate Press Writer An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended off two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police...
Calif. woman fights for passenger rights By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writer For more than eight miserable hours, Kate Hanni sat aboard a grounded plane at a Texas airport, yards from apparently empty gates. A few weeks after that December ordeal, the brassy real estate agent...
Get it in gear: Carry-on bags roll out the innovation By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY A year when the quart-size plastic bag became the ultimate travel accessory would seem to spell hard times for purveyors of travel goods. But the industry is taking in stride the Transportation...
U.S. softens rules on kids' passports By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY U.S. and Canadian children will not need passports to come into the country by land or sea, the Homeland Security Department announced Thursday. The decision was praised by tourism groups and...
You don't have to live in Paris or NYC to swap homes By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Writer The appeal of home exchange vacations is basic: free lodging with many of the comforts of home. It's easy to imagine swapping for a vacation destination. But what if your hometown doesn't immediately...
American Airlines increasing flights in New York By David Koenig, AP Business Writer American Airlines is adding flights to and from New York, raising the stakes in a showdown pitting the nation's largest carrier against Continental Airlines and storm-battered JetBlue Airways.
State tourism ad shows photo of Alaska, not Tennessee By Jessica Fender, The Tennessean One of the advertisements in a national campaign by state tourism officials to attract mountain bikers to Tennessee shows a photograph taken in Alaska.
'Bill of rights' for fliers questioned By Alan Levin, USA TODAY Aviation experts warn that proposals for a "bill of rights" for airline passengers could lead to unwieldy regulations and could actually create more inconvenience for travelers.
2 more flights abandoned fliers on way to Denver By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY In a second recent incident of its kind, about 100 passengers on two airline flights diverted from Denver because of bad weather were left behind at a Nebraska airport on Feb. 8. The airport manager...
Astronauts to open Canyon attraction Buzz Aldrin, the Apollo 11 astronaut who walked on the moon in 1969, plans to be among the first to stroll above the Grand Canyon in a massive, glass-bottomed observation deck.
More tour operators highlight educational travel By Seth Sutel, AP Business Writer Universities and museums have organized learning-oriented trips in the past, but the trend has been booming in recent years and is now becoming part of the mainstream business of the travel...
13 dots in an airline logo? Superstitious complaints prompt change By Raf Casert, Associated Press Writer This week, Brussels Airlines workers were changing the 13-ball logo on the tail and sides of an Airbus 319 and adding a 14th one in response to complaints from superstitious customers in the United...
For an hour or a week, visit an Irish castle By Sheila Flynn, For The Associated Press The image of majestic stone castles rising from rolling green fields is a romantic one, a fantasy held by many travelers who dream of Ireland.
Meet the USA's Best
Check out video profiles and show your support for the elite military Olympians and Paralympians with Team USA, courtesy of TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
And the Winners Are...
The "Beyond The Basics" Tool Kit
Meet the USA's Best
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