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A few weeks back, I dropped my daughter, Ida, off with a neighbor and rushed to work. This is the sum total of what I know about the woman I [...]

The Travel & Leisure Reader's Poll ranks the best hotels, spas and cruise lines in the world. Overall, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, TX, has the best hotel service in the US. The Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, AZ, ranks as the best spa service. Crystal Cruises ranks as the top cruise line.

Road trips are an economical and practical vacation idea for American families, particularly with expected lower gas prices and hotel rates. Fifteen road trip destinations are profiled, including attraction information. Suggested sites include Tucson, Arizona, Telluride, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee.

A downturn in the travel industry has created a buyer's market for travelers looking to save money. Travelers are encouraged to use the Internet or look for package deals as a way to save money. Cost-cutting tips for booking airline tickets, cruises, hotels and tours are provided.

The winners of the 2000 Conde Nast Traveler Ecotourism Award are listed. They include tour operator Rainforest Expeditions and the Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge in the Himalayas.

Holiday destinations where sins such as greed, gluttony and envy can be indulged are listed. They include Los Angeles, CA, and Naples, Italy.

Issues concerning security on airlines since the Pan Am 103 aeroplane exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1998 are discussed.

The cities of Antwerp, Belgium; Bristol, England; Leipzig, Germany; Lille, France; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Riga, Latvia; Sofia, Bulgaria; Stavanger, Norway; Valencia, Spain; and Zagreb, Yugoslavia are recommended travel destinations, as the cities have made improvements that make them more attractive.

The police in the Caribbean are making extra efforts to reduce crime.

There are several places travellers may visit to experience romantic intimacies. Among which are: the Le Montrose Suite Hotel at Los Angeles, and the Havasupai Lodge at Grand Canyon, Arizona where one can swim in clear blue waterfalls.

Travel can be a blend of unpleasant and wonderful things. While travelling connotes pleasurable recreation, unpleasant situations ranging from accidents, security problems, expensive hotels, terrorist attacks to foul medical services may also be met.

Some of the overall best travel Web sites include Orbitz.com, Expedia.com and Travelocity.com. For booking hotels, Hotels.com and Quikbook.com are excellent. If price is most important and specifics are not, Priceline.com and Hotwire.com are two to try.

In Kuwait, retail is a way of life. The Villa Moda is a 23,000-square-foot shopping mall featuring high-end shops. This is where Kuwaiti people, particularly the women, go for fun. Women look for runway fashions there and go back day after day to spend money.

With all the changes in the airline industry, business travelers have suffered. Some positive changes, however, include a larger coach seat, more amenities for the coach passenger, loyalty cards and, since the airlines and hotels need customers, an ability to complain and get upgraded.

In the near future, new technology will revolutionize one's stay at a hotel. High-speed Internet access is one high technology that is now available in hotel rooms, but soon there will be such technological advances as retinal eye scanning, wireless device use by patron and staff, flat-panel, plasma-screen televisions, motion detectors and more.

European airlines are following the lead of Southwest Airlines and offering low costs with no frills. Using smaller airports, more efficient jets, bare-minimum in-flight service and direct bookings enables the airlines to offer cheap prices.

The Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA; Warehouse District of New Orleans, LA; and Las Vegas, NV are becoming known for their social activity at night, their Latin flavor and the burgeoning arts scene. Travel tips and descriptions of the areas are given.

The 2001 Conde Nast Traveler Ecotourism Award was awarded to the Wilderness Safaris tour operator in southern Africa; the Lisu Lodge in Northern Thailand and the Chumbe Island Coral Park on Chumbe Island, near Zanzibar because of their efforts to preserve their local environment.

The possibility of space travel becoming commercially viable is discussed. At present, space travel is prohibitively expensive.

Travel agencies are employing different strategies, like handling a particular type of trip in a designated place in order to survive. The use of the Web sites is also an advantage in terms of booking and getting the best deal.

Tour operator Fernando Ochoa of Mexico, Sorensen's Resort in Hope Valley, CA and the Ghana Wildlife Department and its aerial rainforest walkway in Kakum National Park received honors from Conde Nast Traveller for their achievements in promoting ecotourism.

The El Nino phenomenon has brought varied environmental and economic changes to the large number of countries it has affected. Southeast Asian countries have experienced bush fires which accounts for the low tourism rate. Heavy rains created a new lake in Peru which can be used for irrigation purposes.

A survey conducted by 'Conde Nast Traveler' magazine revealed that a growing number of people are willing to spend approximately $50,000 for package tours. These include ocean cruises, round the world journeys and Asian tours.

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