WHEN hostilities broke out between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese
guerrilla group, my weekly radio show was besieged by calls from
listeners who were scheduled to depart on vacations to the Middle East.
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THE best-matched married couple I know, other than my wife and me,
are a university professor and a psychological therapist.
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AS autumn nears and hurricanes threaten tropical cruises and resorts,
many Americans turn to low-cost golf vacations and mid-priced foliage tours.
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PEOPLE who procrastinate in making summer vacation plans probably
feel dismayed about their prospects now that we’re in the middle of
the hot-weather season.
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IN the hotels of Xian, China, three kinds of Americans can be found:
tourists who go there to see the 7,500 terra-cotta warriors at an
excavation site just outside of town; couples and single women
seeking to fulfill the residence requirements for adopting a Chinese
child (Xian is a major center for adoptions); and some intensely
committed visitors, most single, who have signed up with Global
Volunteers to teach English at an elementary school.
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NEARLY every avid traveler has heard of Expedia and Travelocity, and
Priceline.com is almost a household word.
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THE first Club Med I ever saw was on the islands of Guadeloupe in the 1960s.
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“LET me tell you about the very rich.
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OCCASIONALLY, I piece together a column of travel odds and ends –
bits of information that I’ve gleaned from my mail or other sources.
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