Cheap Flights to San Diego

Cheap Flights to San Diego

San Diego, the beautiful city by the Pacific Ocean, about two hours south of Los Angeles, has arguably the best climate in the U.S. and a healthy, laid-back attitude too. It has a great ethnic and cultural mix, and its close proximity to Mexico – Tijuana is less than 20 miles away – makes for great Mexican cafes and restaurants.

Food lovers can find excellent Latin, Central and East Asian, Middle Eastern, Italian, Greek, and Pacific Islander food throughout the city. Pick up the scent in the Gaslamp Quarter, Little Italy, La Jolla and Old Town.

The ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Salt Lake City

Cheap Flights to Salt Lake City

Set between the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake, the City of the Saints is best known for its Mormon roots and some of the world’s greatest skiing.

The powdery snow of the Wasatch Mountains is known as “The Greatest Snow on Earth.” Having hosted the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City offers winter-sports enthusiasts world-class facilities. In the summer, the mountains offer great hiking, ranging from easy walks to rock climbing the higher peaks.

But make no mistake, Salt Lake City has urban lifestyle offerings. In the performing arts the Utah Symphony and ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Philadelphia

Cheap Flights to Philadelphia

Founded by the Quaker William Penn, Philadelphia is a planned city, designed from scratch. As the Europeans colonized America, planned cities were often built on new sites or on the ruins of native American settlements.

Beyond its rich historical past, Philadelphia includes ethnic neighbors that provide an even richer tapestry of American diversity. From African American historical tours to tours of the Italian markets, to the “Wok and Walk” tour of Chinatown, Philadelphia today embraces everyone – even ghosts. If you’re brave and ready, take a candle-lit walking tour of Society Hill where the whispers and shadow’s ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Phoenix

Cheap Flights to Phoenix

Phoenix, the largest city in the southwest, is surrounded by the vast Sonoran Desert. The landscape and the climate invite you to outdoor activities and excursions that range from rugged adventure to lofting in hot-air balloons to bus tours. The eternally warm weather makes Phoenix a prime vacation area, enticing visitors with an abundance of resorts, spas, golf courses, and shopping.

The name of the city, Phoenix, acknowledges its rise from the ashes of the long-vanished Hohokam peoples, who had developed an elaborate and complex irrigation network. The ancient Indian village is now a major metropolitan area ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Orlando

Cheap Flights to Orlando

Orlando welcomes more tourists than any other place in Florida, with its main attractions Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios.

Walt Disney’s vision turned Orlando, and the adjacent Lake Buena Vista and Kissimee areas, into the world’s busiest, biggest, and best-known theme park, Disney World. The park opened in 1971 and has been making childhood fantasies come true ever since. Today, Disney World includes Epcot, a futuristic showcase of the world’s different cultures; MGM Studios, a working animation and television studio; and Animal Kingdom, where you see animals in themed habitats. SeaWorld gives visitors an interactive look ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to New York

Cheap Flights to New York

The Mid-Atlantic region comprises New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. What surprises many people is that New York City, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City are only an hour or so apart. Although New York City tends to overshadow the rest of New York state, the state has particularly beautiful areas—the Catskills, Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid, and the Finger Lakes. Albany, in upstate New York, beckons city dwellers for weekend getaways, and post-industrial Buffalo is now artsy.

The long stretch of beaches along the Jersey shore in New York has been a vacation and resort area since 1900. ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Newark

Cheap Flights to Newark

Most travelers think of Newark as a starting or stopping point on the way to somewhere else, giving little thought to the city itself. Few realize that Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and the third oldest major city in the U.S.. The city has a wealth of historic sites and diverse cultural attractions.

Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is the fifth largest cathedral in the United States with towers reputed to be taller than those at Westminster and Notre Dame. The cornerstone was laid in 1899, and construction was completed in 1954, ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Nevada

Cheap Flights to Nevada

Most visitors go to Las Vegas to gamble and experience luxury hotels and an uninhibited nightlife. Vegas also draws conventions and trade shows to the state, Reno brings in more gamblers, and snowbirds and gamblers flock to Laughlin and Bullhead City.

How legalized gambling came to Nevada goes back to the Comstock Lode. Discovered in 1857, this was the largest silver deposit ever mined. As it was mined out, the population declined, and then the Depression closed the mines. In 1900, in what Lawrence Friedman dubbed “a burst of ingenuity,” Nevada started to legalize things that ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Miami

Cheap Flights to Miami

Why Go: Miami is often called the “Gateway of the Americas” due to its cultural and linguistic ties to North, South, Central America, and the Caribbean. It lies between the Miami River, Biscayne Bay, the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. But forget gateways and get to the beach.

South Beach is great for people-watching. Its ten miles of beach plays host to the beautiful (and sometimes eccentric) people. Don’t forget the backdrop. The Art Deco district within South Beach has the largest concentration of Art Deco arcitecture in the world. In contrast, North Beach boasts examples of ... [Read this entry]

Cheap Flights to Los Angeles

Cheap Flights to Los Angeles

If it’s worth seeing, doing, or buying, Los Angeles has it. With terrific weather, easy access to the Pacific, and rich ethnic diversity, there are plenty of options. But unless you’re content seeing a very narrow slice of the City of Angels, you’ll need to have a car to make the most of your visit.

Sample exquisite cuisine from more than 140 world cultures or spend like a celebrity on Rodeo Drive. The budget-minded will enjoy free attractions like the “artrageous” Watts Towers or the beautiful Getty Museum. Many visitors take a flight to L.A. to ... [Read this entry]