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Should you buy hotel or airline elite status?

Hotel and airline elite status is serious business for frequent travelers — especially at the end of one year and the beginning of the next. And it makes sense — if you spend lots of time on the road, why not make sure you’re as comfortable as possible? Hotel and airline elite status can put you at the front…

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These are the 15 best cruise gifts for the holidays

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. The winter holidays are almost here. Every year, I vow to start shopping early, but I’d say I’m only successful about half the time. If, like me, you have avid cruisers on your gift-giving list and appreciate ways to make shopping less stressful — especially…

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Need a little Christmas? 8 places that feel like a holiday movie

Editor’s note: This post has been updated. When I wrote my first Hallmark movie, “Christmas Camp,” it was inspired by several charming towns I’d visited doing my “Travel Therapy” TV segments and one magical historic home, the Quartermain House B&B in Fredericton, New Brunswick. As I went on to write more Christmas movies for Netflix, Hallmark and Lifetime, I…

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Why I booked a Finnair flight to help me reach American Airlines elite status

Before becoming a TPG reporter, I knew very little about airline elite status, and had never given much thought to earning it myself. This is largely because I grew up primarily flying Southwest Airlines — and its two-tiered status program doesn’t offer the traditional perks of airline elite status, like class upgrades or lounge access. All of that changed once…

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