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  • The Completely Obsessive Absolutely Indispensable Guide to Disney World

    An insider manual to Disney World for first-timers and fanatics alike.By Nicholas DeRenzo | For more money-saving advice, subscribe to our newsletterMagic Kingdom's Astro Orbiter, which takes in some of the park's best views (Stephanie Adams)

  • Experts’ Top 9 Ski Tips

    The pros weigh in on every aspect of your skiing holiday--including your socks. Even you black-diamond types might learn a thing or two.By Heather Eng | Subscribe to our newsletter

  • 10 Memorable Spots to Propose

    We can't guarantee that proposing marriage at one of these memorable sites will get you a yes, but it definitely couldn't hurt.By Zach Everson | Subscribe to our newsletter THE CLASSICS

  • What's the Best Day to Buy a Plane Ticket?

    You may have your favorite travel site, but often when you book matters more than which online agency you use.

  • 8 Ways Couples Can Make the Most of Traveling Together

    Eight couples share ideas on how to make the most of traveling together.By Julie O'Hara | Subscribe to our newsletter

  • Experts' Tips on How to Drink Beer Better

    Brewmasters and industry insiders weigh in on how to pour, store, and judge a fine beer-and survive a long night at the pub.By Kate Appleton, Monday, Mar 17, 2008, 3:00 PM | Subscribe to our newsletter

  • Top 10 Places to Take Your Kids Swimming this Winter

    No matter how cold it gets outside, you'll always find temperatures in the 80s in these indoor water parks, where you can do everything from surfing 35-mph waves to riding a lazy river. By Laura Kiniry, Thursday, January 6, 2011 | Subscribe to our newsletter Splash Lagoo

  • What's the Best Social Network for Travelers?

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  • 10 Scenic Airport Landings

    Everyone knows views are best from above. That's why we asked pilots and flight attendants who've racked up millions of sky miles to locate the world's most beautiful approaches. You'll definitely want a window seat on these flights.By Kristin Luna, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | Subscribe to Budget T

  • Readers' best sign photos

    Posted by: Kate Appleton, Monday, Jan 3, 2011, 4:10 PM | Sign up for Budget Travel's Newsletter for Deals Click the image to launch the slide show. (Courtesy bevandlee/myBudgetTravel)

  • Five Family-Friendly Activities in Europe

    Five totally unorthodox, completely kid-friendly ways to explore the continent.By Nicholas DeRenzo LONDONSearch for TreasureArchaeologist (and mother of six) Fiona Haughey leads two-hour trawls along the muddy banks of the River Thames. Previous searchers have taken home Elizabethan pipes, Tudor til

  • Confessions of… a Mall Santa

    Don't Miss: An Album of Santa Photos Gone AwryIn the 54 years that Jim Heichelbech has played St. Nick, he's seen plenty of naughty and nice. From bizarre gift requests (Viagra?) to physical training that starts in July, the 80-year-old reveals what it's really like to suit up.

  • The 5 Best New Pie Shops in America

    In the past few years, good old-fashioned American pie has taken a leap from country windowsills to big-city storefronts. Meet the newest members of urban baking's upper crust.By Nicholas DeRenzo, November 2010 issue | Subscribe to Budget Travel's newsletter

  • A genius travel beauty tool for just $15

    While doing some late-night internet shopping with my sister on a recent Girlfriend Getaway (family edition!), we came across a life-changing (or at least trip-changing) device that promises to solve one my personal travel pet peeves.With all due respect to the innovative "perfume stand-ins" out the

  • How to Fight a Cold on a Trip

    Having a head cold on a plane may make you contemplate the guillotine. But you can reduce the severity of the symptoms by trying these "counter measures" from the American Pharmacists Association:

  • The World's Best Street Food

    Anyone who's ever bought fresh steamed crab from a Bangkok canal boat or sampled hot, crisp frites on a Brussels sidewalk knows that not all stellar meals are served in courses-or even come with silverware. In fact, certain cities around the globe have cult followings built entirely around their str

  • Cigarettes made for in-flight smoking: Good or bad?

    Electronic cigarettes could make flying fun again for American smokers. USA Today reports that charter jet company Global Exec Aviation is the starting to offer fliers free electronic cigarettes on its U.S. flights.

  • Latest Tech Tools: Save vs. Splurge

    Great gadgets don't come cheap, but even big-ticket items can be a good value. The secret is choosing one with the features that actually matter to you. E-READER

  • 7 Ways Doctors Stay Healthy on Vacation

    Medical experts weigh in on healthy travel. Use their battle plan to avoid colds, jet lag, and other troubles. 1. Jet lag "It takes your body typically one day to adjust to each time zone traveled, so if you've gone through seven or eight time zones, it'll be about one week before your internal

  • 11 Must-Haves for a First-Aid Kit

    Dr. Richard Wenzel, an expert in infectious diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University, lists 11 medical items that should be in every tourist's first-aid kit. Pepcid CompleteThe drug eases heartburn by combining a stomach-acid reducer with an antacid. "But be careful mixing antacids and antibioti