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Authorities are considering a new transportation scheme that would link payments for the New York City subway, the London Underground, the Paris Metro and other rail networks with a simple card.

Mention that you’re going to Colombia, and people think you’re crazy. But they haven’t been. My husband Dan Prescher and I are just back…and wow….

It’s warm and sunny on the early morning streets of Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo. The caretakers in the park are hosing down the sidewalks…waiters are straightening tables and opening bright yellow umbrellas at the sidewalk café. The neighborhood bakeries are open for cappuccinos and pastries, and newsstands are handing out today’s paper…

For John Wells and his wife Tonja Aaron-Wells, spending the holiday season in Campeche, Mexico, on the Yucatán Peninsula’s Gulf Coast is a four-year tradition.

We’ve all gone on vacation and fallen in love with a place that’s hard to leave. You promise yourself you’ll come back and visit… But you really wish you never had to go back home. Well, you don’t. You can figure it out. I did…. For me the place was Buenos Aires, Argentina. I love its unique mix of European and Latin American cultures.

With a bit of ingenuity and a dash of wit and wangle, you can overnight in fine accommodations for next-to-nothing or even free. So don't let a small travel budget keep you home. Here are six offbeat ways to bunk down on the cheap all over the world.

Whether you’re living overseas or just traveling there for a holiday season vacation, the world is full of opportunities to escape that tired old Christmas routine. And what better way to mark the change that with some retail therapy? From hand-crafted baubles to exotic gifts for loved ones, going overseas for seasonal stuff with a difference makes sense.

You want to leave it all behind for that one idyllic Caribbean island…a place surrounded by incredibly vibrant and colorful seascapes…your very own hard-to-reach haven….

Ever think of taking a one-way trip to Hawaii? How about crossing the Atlantic in style? Perhaps you like the idea of a slow boat to Panama, taking in some of Mexico’s and Costa Rica’s most beautiful spots along the way….