We rented a villa with nine bedrooms and five bathrooms…

You can go home again.

Research is a tricky word, which is why I try to avoid it at all costs.

Love them for freeing independent travelers with their wealth of information, or hate them for making everywhere accessible to the backpacking masses, the Lonely Planet guides have undeniably rempapped the face of travel.

Budget Travel Online’s “Web Smart” feature has an interesting piece this month about the business of predicting airline ticket prices.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 1/21/07

Travel headlines for the weekend of 1/14/07

Not everything in Paris is horribly overpriced, even in these days of the Euro. Just a coin or two can buy you a piece of a French national tradition, in the form of the best bread you’ll ever taste.