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Discover Santa Fe and Taos: Art, Culture & Pueblos
A 5-day Santa Fe and Taos plan: Plaza, O'Keeffe, Canyon Road, Bandelier, the High Road and Taos Pueblo, with verified fees and honest costs.
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Glass, Cars & Ferries: Tacoma, Olympia & South Puget Sound
A 4-day Tacoma, Olympia and south Puget Sound plan: glass, museums, Point Defiance, a Vashon ferry, the Capitol and Nisqually, with verified fees.
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Explore St. Louis: Arch, Forest Park & City Museum
A 4-day St. Louis plan built on free museums, a Forest Park day, City Museum and Cahokia, plus a Missouri wine or Ozark state…
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Discover Sicily’s Palermo, Etna, Temples & Baroque Towns
A 7-day Sicily road-trip plan: Palermo, Monreale, Cefalù, Taormina, Etna, Ortigia, Noto, Agrigento and Scala dei Turchi, with checked fees and points tips.
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Mexico: Sayulita + Riviera Nayarit
A 6-day Sayulita and Riviera Nayarit plan: surf beaches, San Pancho, Punta Mita, Marietas Islands rules, Sunday market, and the advisory wording.
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Solo Travel: Bangkok + Chiang Mai for First-Time Solo Travelers
A first-solo-trip plan for Bangkok and Chiang Mai: scams, eating alone, where to sleep, transit, temples, TDAC, air quality and points.
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Ferry, Orcas & Rain Forests: San Juan Islands & Olympic Peninsula
A 7-day Seattle loop: San Juan and Orcas islands, Port Townsend, Olympic National Park, the Hoh and the coast, with verified fees and a…
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Halloween: Salem + Sleepy Hollow
A 5-day October plan for Salem, MA and Sleepy Hollow, NY: museums, the Blaze, trains, crowd tips, and a cost sheet you fill in.…
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Beaches, Sunsets and Walkable Downtowns in Tampa Bay
A 5-day Tampa Bay plan: Clearwater and St. Pete beaches, the Dali, Fort De Soto, Ybor City, manatee day trips, transit fares and points…
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Coastal California: Santa Cruz to Pismo Beach
A 6-day Central Coast drive from Santa Cruz to Pismo: boardwalk, redwoods, Hearst Castle, elephant seals, SLO and dunes, with costs and points tips.