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Category: Travel and Vacations
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Five Places to Visit in Oahu, Hawaii, With Singer Jack Johnson
The Hawaii-born singer-songwriter and activist recommends some places he loves on the island he still calls home. And yes, surfing and music are involved.
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In Milan, Putting an A.I. Travel Assistant to the Test
On her first visit to the northern Italian city, our reporter compares the itineraries of two travel advisers: one virtual, the other human. Here’s what she found.
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Delicious Wine, Welcoming Hosts and Bucolic Picnics Are Found an Hour South of Silicon Valley
A growing patchwork of small and bucolic wineries an hour’s drive south from Silicon Valley are making and serving prizewinning chardonnay, pinot noir and other estate vintages.
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Founders of Three Arrows, Failed Crypto Fund, Are Living Large
The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the world.
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Ischia: The Chic Italian Island Neighboring Capri
The Italian island, long in the shadow of its fashionable neighbor, Capri, is newly chic, but remains deeply authentic, with rocky harbors more likely to dock fishing boats than megayachts.
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A New Website Helps Travelers Find the Cheapest Hotel Room.
The website, which offers hotel deals and then monitors them for price changes, is the newest player in the price-hacking travel game.
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These Wheelchairs Are Helping Disabled Travelers Enjoy the Beach
Wheelchairs with balloon-like tires are available at a growing number of U.S. beaches, giving disabled people and their families more options for fun in the sun.
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LGBTQ Travelers Venture to Places Where Being Gay Is Illegal
Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison.
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In Search of Iceberg Alley’s Spectacular Show
Each spring, opalescent icebergs from the Greenland ice sheet pass through Iceberg Alley, off the eastern edge of Canada, on a slow-motion journey southward.
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Tripped Up: Resolving a United Dispute Over Refundable Tickets
A couple had to cancel a South America trip for which they’d bought refundable tickets. The airline wouldn’t cough up the cash, and they felt like they’d hit the brick wall of bureaucracy — until our columnist stepped in.