Travel headlines for the weekend of 12/24/06

The travel pages kept it real this weekend, with stories on stunt trips and secret destinations, tips on how to find and avoid political hotspots, and news about how growing numbers of people are changing some beloved destinations.

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.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 10/22/06.

It must be the unseasonably early cold-snap – this weekend’s travel features skipped over the exotic destinations and adventures, in favor of hibernation-season comforts like food, wine, socializing, and luxe lodgings.