Kathy Wilhelm made excellent points in her letter “Buying Train Tickets Online” (Nov ’12, pg. 11).

Before leaving for a May-June ’12 trip to Italy, in late February I purchased several tickets from Trenitalia by setting up an account on the company’s website and booking Mini Fares (now called Super Economy) for all my long-distance train trips. By booking ahead, I saved a considerable amount of money.

For example, a ticket from Trieste, Italy, to Padova usually costs €27 ($35...

Oceanwide Expeditions’ m/v Plancius departed Ushuaia, Argentina, with 74 passengers on March 29, 2012, for what was to have been a 38-day, end-of-season Antarctica cruise that would end at Cape Verde in the Central Atlantic, the ship then being repositioned to the Arctic for the summer cruise season.

On board were several of the world’s most-traveled people — numbers 3, 5, 36 and 81 (me); visit www.mosttraveledpeople.com — plus a large group of bird-watchers from the Netherlands....

My husband, Ed, and I chose “Tigers & the Taj” for our fifth trip with International Expeditions (Helena, AL; 800/234-9620). Our trip, March 10-25, 2012, cost $6,680 per person, excluding international air but with a discount for having traveled with the company.

We like International Expeditions because it provides superior guides and excellent accommodations, your only tipping is to your main guide and, on this trip, all meals were provided. On this trip, there was only one...