Red Flags, Packed Beaches Highlight Holiday Weekend
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By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach May 29--Judging by the folks who packed area beaches this Memorial Day weekend, crowds were up from previous years.
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Area travel agents say forget about taking that fall-break getaway to hurricane-hammered Florida. The situation may not be much better by Thanksgiving, Christmas or even spring break for
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By Tim Bragg, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Memorial Day weekend hasn't been a fun one for the last couple of years at Lindy's Landing.
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Unlike Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday, this particular holiday is positively under siege.
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Travellers are expected to brave road and rail delays and head for the coast this Bank Holiday weekend.
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Thanksgiving didn&#39;t start out as planned for many holiday travelers who began the long weekend stuck in airports or creeping along highways after fierce storms dumped snow in the Midwest.
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Consumers packed malls and store parking lots over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend, leading many to expect this year's holiday sales figures could blow away expectations and lift retail stocks.
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If you've flown this past spring and summer, you've probably noticed more packed flights. Hate to tell you this, but with two major holidays approaching -- Thanksgiving and Christmas -- expect more of the same.
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The rush is on. Travelers are jamming airports, trying to get a jump on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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MANATEE - Expect airports and roads to be even more crowded than usual this holiday season. That&#39;s the word from AAA, which predicted Wednesday that a record number of Americans and Floridians will travel during the Christmas and New Year&#39;s holidays.
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Higher gasoline prices, hotel rates and air fares aren&#39;t expected to deter travelers this Thanksgiving. Instead, a record number of people will be on the road and in the air this year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
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OCEAN CITY -- For 117 summers, generations of children have frolicked through Trimper's Rides on this beach resort town's signature boardwalk. But this Memorial Day weekend might begin the last summer they circle the antique wooden carousel, fling around the Tilt-a-Whirl and loop through the Tidal...
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MANATEE - The combination of computer crashes, wintry weather and lost luggage that turned last weekend into the Flightmare during Christmas for many airline passengers isn&#39;t likely to repeat itself during the busy New Year&#39;s holiday weekend, travel
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Washington-area residents can expect to stand in long lines at airports or sit in traffic jams on major highways this week as hundreds of thousands head out of town for Thanksgiving.
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When visiting with your family this holiday weekend, you might want to talk about more than deer hunting, Christmas wish lists and the cousins&#39; latest report cards.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--Visitors unfamiliar with the often-dangerous waters of the Gulf of Mexico should really use caution before going into the water this holiday weekend.
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Hundreds of European tourists on Christmas sun breaks in southern Asian beach resorts were listed dead or missing Monday after tidal waves struck across the region and left at least 23,675 dead in all.