 Low-fare
business travel
At first blush, shelling out $1,700 for a round-trip
airline ticket from Washington to London seems
pricey.
Fares can run as low as $400 or less during
nonpeak periods or when a traveler can snag
a good deal.
But if you're a long-distance business traveler
for whom time is money, you fit the passenger
profile for MAXjet Airways, a startup airline
based in Northern Virginia with strong Richmond
ties. MORE>>
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Top Ten travel list - Big little lines
he top small-ship cruise lines (and scores), from
Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards 2006:
Yachts of Seabourn (89.13)
2. Silversea Cruises (86.85) MORE>>
 U.S.
cautions on Mexico travel
Citing violence in certain parts of Mexico,
the U.S. State Department is urging Americans
to be cautious when traveling south of the border.
The public announcement, which is in effect
until March, singles out Nuevo Laredo in the
state of Tamaulipas as a city that is particularly
violent.
"U.S. citizens residing and traveling
in Mexico should exercise extreme caution when
in unfamiliar areas," the announcement
states in part. And while there is no evidence
U.S. citizens are being targeted, some have
been victims of random shootings on highways
outside Nuevo Laredo, Mexico City and Tijuana,
the department reports. MORE>>
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