Karrysafe is a line of stylishly functional bags and money-belts designed by Joe Hunter and Adam Thorpe of Vexed Generation, in conjunction with a UK initiative called Design Against Crime.

37.2 million people traveled over the Thanksgiving weekend last year, and experts predict more next week. If you plan to be among them, look at this week’s NY Times “Practical Traveler,” which has a survival guide on how to survive the worst of it.

There seems to have been a choice of two topics in the travel stories published this weekend: creepy, Halloween-themed tales, or serious newspapers (the WaPo, the NYT) trying a fresh take on the been-there, done-that subject of the Caribbean.

Ever wondered what’s behind the curtain at the end of the baggage claim conveyor belt? Or, what would happen if you just hopped on?

It doesn’t come as much of a shock, after the great foiled-terror-plot/checked-luggage crisis of two months ago, that August has earned the record for the greatest number of “mishandled�? bags in four weeks.

Travel news headlines for the weekend of August 13, 2006: new airport security rules, and play-it-safe summertime destinations.

The business-traveler fantasy of the carry-on-only flight is no more. In response to Thursday’s news of the foiled plot to blow up trans-atlantic flights using liquid explosives, air travelers were greeted with an onslaught of new security restrictions.

Travel news headlines for 3/21/06