Thursday, May 1, 2008

We asked experts to recommend a garden anywhere in the world. You'll dig their answers—and our slide show of these lovely gardens worth a detour. read more

More Advice From Experts:

• Where Foodies Love to Eat
• Writers on Places That Inspire
• Expert Advice: Solo Travel, Pet Travel

This week the TSA is expanding its Black Diamond security checkpoint program to Milwaukee, the 13th airport so far to offer self-select lanes based on ski icons (green for beginners, blue for intermediate, and black for expert). While flying from Oakland, Calif., a Budget Travel staffer tried out the system. Read about her experience, watch a one-minute explanatory video, and tell us: Have you used these lanes, and what did you think?
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• Unfair Treatment on Cruises?
• Istanbul: What the Guidebooks Don't Tell You
• Family Travel: Tips From an Expert
• Museums: The '60s Get Their Due

How to Spend Your Tax Rebate We can't think of a better way to take advantage of the extra cash—and grease the U.S. economy—than to spend it on a summer getaway. We've priced out seven possibilities…. Slide Show: Secret Hotels of the Dordogne There are plenty of stylish hotels in this beautiful French river valley where even a weak dollar goes far…. Real Deals: Mom-Daughter Getaways These packages include spa retreats in Charleston and Scottsdale, a lavish brunch in New Orleans, and a picnic in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park, from $179.

People who love luxury resorts are buying themselves a piece of the lifestyle. Here's what to ask about buying a fractional property.
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More from Girlfriend Getaways:

• Hosting a Cooking Party in Your Kitchen
• Home Alone? Make It a Mevening!

Learn how to cope with some common—and some bizarre—travel problems by using a few tips from The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. read more

• How to Complain When Things Go Wrong
• 10 Travel Emergencies: How to Cope
• What to Do When: You Fly Into the Wrong City, Your Rental Car Gets a Parking Ticket

Round-trip airfare, five nights at a beachfront resort outside Puerto Plata, activities, and all meals and drinks, from $599.
why it's a deal

• Slide Show: The Mellow Dominican Republic
• Road Trip: Puerto Rico, Beyond San Juan
• Nonstop Caribbean: Fly Right to the Beach

Hit the green (and save a little, too) this summer with these packages. You can take a swing at a PGA-course in Palm Beach or a Nicklaus design in Colorado, tee off with scenic views of the Rio Grande Valley in Santa Fe, birdie by the sea in Rockport, or putt with your girlfriends in Naples, from $179. why it's a deal

• Swingers Wanted: Websites With Golf Discounts
• Less Hassle, More Time on the Green
• Say What? Hotel Room Golf

Round-trip airfare, sightseeing tours, and a week's accommodations split between bustling, modern Singapore and the lush ancient rain forests of Sarawak, on the Malaysian side of Borneo, from $1,899.
why it's a deal

• Singapore's Mint Museum of Toys
• Singapore: This Article Has Not Been Authorized
• Budget Travel Upgrade: A Taste of Singapore

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