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Five Hotels Under 250 Dollars In Places You Actually Want To Go – USA, Europe

As money becomes tighter in this shrinking economy, it’s nice to know there are places out there offering stylish and unique accommodations that won’t break the bank. Jennifer Knoepfle offers five great options when planning your next destination.

Jennifer Knoepfle

Trekking Tigers in the Wild – India, Asia

Uday Patel is our personal guide in wildlife safaris and tiger trekking expeditions in India’s tiger reserves.

Uday Patel

The Best French Food May Not be in France: A Culinary Tour of Quebec

Save yourself the overseas airfare, and join Robin Locker on a tour of excellent French food in Canada.

Robin Locker

9 Tips on How to Travel Greener

Want to know how to hot the road while reducing your environmental impact? BootsnAll writer Julie Blakley gives you 9 tips on how to travel greener

Julie Blakley

The Sex Lives of Glowworms – Waitomo, New Zealand

John M. Edwards has no intention of conquering claustrophobia by going caving – until he remembers Pat Boone eating a giant mushroom in "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

John M. Edwards

Bed Sacks and Leech Socks: Vietnamese National Parks – Vietnam, Asia

Kes Donahue flew into Ho Chi Minh City on the 17th of December 2007 in search of birds – fabulous and drab, widespread and endemic – in parks, remote and only accessible by car or van.

Kes Donahue

Camping the Great Wall: Escape from Simatraz – China, Asia

What happens when a couple of foreigners, like Rebekah Pothaar and Thor, play barbarians and occupy a piece of the Great Wall of China for a weekend? Prison Break, anyone?

Rebekah Pothaar

Amsterdam along the IJ – Netherlands, Europe

Alan Ged notices that Amsterdam has recently started with multiple projects around the IJ to get off its 17th century image and to create a new basis for its growth outside the tired city center.

Alan Ged

Camping Out Like Crusoe in the Cook Islands – Pacific Islands

In the South Pacific, John M. Edwards says so long to civilization and pitches his tent on a deserted motu home.

John M. Edwards

Beyond the Astronomical Clock – Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Puzzled by the attraction of the Astronomical Clock? Attracted by the beauty of Charles Bridge but not the crowds? John Guzdek believes he has the guide to the real Prague.

John Guzdek

A Not So Gay Ho-Hum Christmas in Paree – Paris, France, Europe

In Paris’s Muslim quarter, Barbes Rochechouart, John M. Edwards finds ho-hum Christmas cheer, but not much champagne or beer.

John M. Edwards

Over-Water Bungalows Around the World

Daydream along with us, as BootsnAll tours most of the finest and more luxurious over-water bungalows and villas at resorts around the world.

Roger Wade

The Real Santa’s Workshop – Sieffen, Germany, Europe

All along you thought that Santa’s Workshop was located at the North Pole. Gordon H. Ficke found it’s in a remote area in the dark forests of eastern Germany.

Gordon H. Ficke

Six Unique Small-Ship Cruises

If you’d like to set sail, but aren’t in the mood to have thousands of others along for the ride, have a look at six interesting options that Deanna Hyland has found.

Deanna Hyland

Five Reasons to Visit a National Park – USA

Some of the greatest places on earth are inside U.S. borders, maybe near your own backyard. Ann Deiterich outlines five reasons to visit national parks in the USA.

Ann Deiterich

Agent Orange – Vietnam, Asia

In Hue, Vietnam, John M. Edwards finds a cafe, located nowhere in the Lonely Planet guide.

John M. Edwards

Adventures in Snowboarding Solo – Alberta, Canada

Margaret Leak tries her luck snowboarding in Banff National Park.

Margaret Leak

Five Destinations Most Travelers Have Never Heard Of

Feel like you are running out of worthwhile destinations? Cherrye Moore takes us to five excellent places to visit that most people have never heard of.

Cherrye Moore

Camping in Western Australia’s National Parks

Want to get away from it all, camp out under the stars, and explore nature’s wonders? Western Australia’s National Parks have it all. Jill Harrison knows.

Jill Harrison

Seven Unique Ski Resorts You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

Tired of skiing all the famous places? Here are seven with interesting quirks that you might consider instead.

Peter Frick Wright

Mountains of New Zealand

Basho Matsuo and family tour some of the great mountains of New Zealand, where they find peace in the wilderness.

Basho Matsuo

Six of the Most Remote Islands in the World

Really in the mood to get away from it all? Cherrye Moore takes us on a tour of 6 of the most remote islands on earth.

Cherrye Moore

At the Whim of Berlin – Germany, Europe

Follow Tom Dibblee as he searches couchsurfingdotcom for an apropos place to stay in Berlin.

Tom Dibblee

11 of the Most Extravagant Ski Resorts in the World

Dreaming of an over-the-top luxury ski vacation full of opulence, grand lodges, spas and private chalets? BootsnAll writer Julie Blakley brings you a list of the 11 most extravagant ski resorts in the world.

Julie Blakley