Columns

January 2012 issue

Where Were You in 2011? Also, reciprocating travel
By Armond Noble

It’s hard to believe that another year has rolled around. It’s time for a roll of the drums and a blare of the trumpets to announce this year’s “Where Were You?” game. With prizes.

First, you speed-readers, Slow Down! To be eligible, you must include your ZIP code. That’s so we can find you when it’s time to mail out the prizes.

We also check to see that each entrant is a subscriber, because we don’t want (for example) the Molvania Tourist Office to be able to stack the deck with multiple votes for their country. Recently, a...

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June 2004 issue

Talk to me — column topic solicitation
By Randy Keck
Is there a travel topic or issue you would like to see discussed or expanded upon? Let Randy know. Also, “paying it forward” — providing travel opportunities
April 2012 issue

Eastern Europe Danube cruise
By Randy Keck
The expansive, ornate City Market in Pest — Hungary.
Budapest and Kalocsa — cruising on the Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea (Part 1 of 3)
May 2012 issue

What’s Cooking in…Saipan

By Sandra Scott
Sweet Shrimp Kelaguen as served at the Hyatt Regency in Saipan.
Preparing a variety of the local dish kelaguen
June 2012 issue

La Candelaria, the heart of Bogotá
By Julie Skurdenis
Sauntering down a street in Bogotá’s La Candelaria neighborhood.
A stroll through La Candelaria, one of Bogotá, Colombia’s, oldest neighborhoods
August 2004 issue

Rio de Janeiro, a city that knows how to party

By Deanna Palić
Much thought and effort are put into costumes for Carnaval in Rio. Photo by Bill
A city that knows how 
to party (4 of 4 on Rio de Janeiro)
July 2012 issue

Transporting spare batteries on a flight. Also, EU mobile-phone-service providers' roaming rates capped.
By David Tykol
A glimpse of Delhi’s Red Fort. Photo by Elizabeth Habian, ITN

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 437th issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine. Tell your overseas friends that ITN now posts content of current issues online, so they can avoid the costly postage and pay no more for their subscriptions than people living in the US.

Among the items I’m relating this month, this first one was particularly interesting to research.

Steve Jeffries of Centennial, Colorado, wrote, “My wife and I were preparing to board an Air India flight from Delhi, India, to New York City on Dec. 20, 2011. We had already passed through two security...

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May 2012 issue

11 easy steps for researching your journey abroad

By Philip Wagenaar
Eleven easy steps for researching your journey abroad