Orbitz to offer hybrid cars

Broadway is on sale: The Broadway strike has ended. If you book by Dec. 12, you can save up to half off several award-winning Broadway shows, including Spring Awakening, The Color Purple, Spam-a-lot, Legally Blonde, and Mamma Mia, by booking via Travelzoo.com. Airlines are tightening baggage rules on flights to Latin America: Most major U.S. airlines refuse to accept more than two checked bags per person. You can't pay extra for additional bags. Details at the blog Upgrade: Travel Better. The E.U. may owe you money: Did you know that if your flight from Europe back to the US is delayed in arriving more than 4 hours, the airline is required to pay up to $900 according to EC regulations? Lesser amounts are due passengers for shorter flights and delays. And the rules apply to cancellations too. Details at the blog Airfare Watchdog. Park from a cruise from Tampa: Learn more from ace blogger Brook Wilkinson. You'll find advice on parking at Seattle, San Diego, Galveston, Norfolk, and Bayonne, N.J., in our drive-up cruise ports story. Improve your odds of getting a Las Vegas upgrade: Tim Leffel reports on a website, FrontDeskTip, where you can find out what your chances are of getting an upgrade at a Vegas hotel by slipping a clerk $20. Details at HotelChatter.com. Fly straight to a Caribbean beach: Learn which airline flights fly direct from your nearest gateway city by using our drop-down menu. EARLIER Dumb websites are turning off travelers.

Images from hundreds of west-facing webcams worldwide can be seen at the website Eternal Sunset. Unfortunately, many of the views are only "at sunset," not necessarily "of sunsets." But a realtime global map shows you where you have the best chance of clicking to see a true sunset in progress.

It's time for another Question of the Week: Travel is one of those things that you'd get really good at if you did them all the time. Unfortunately, few people get to do it all the time—including the staff of Budget Travel. So we're pooling our knowledge: We ask you a question, you share your advice, and then we spotlight the most helpful tips in a future magazine issue. This week's question is:"I'm desperate for a warm-weather vacation this winter—ideally at a beach—but I want to go someplace where I won't get eaten alive by mosquitoes. (I'm the kind of person mosquitoes love, and the bites last for a week.) Anyone have any recommendations?" —Erik Torkells, Editor EARLIER: Readers answer a question about what to do in Denver, Colo., in January

The FTC is taking a look at the companies and organizations you can pay to "offset" carbon emissions from flying, according to Travel Weekly. Can't say we're surprised. Check out "On Flier's Remorse," a story we ran a few issues ago--it points out that for the same flight, four groups each calculated the amount of emissions to be widely different, and the amount it cost to buy an offset ranged from $26 to $97!