Travel Safety

The real reason why this was a victory is that the bomb was stopped "en route," meaning that it never had a chance to be placed aboard the aircraft. It never got near an airport.

For pet-parents, the opportunity to take trips with their animals is especially appealing -- but do you have everything you need to keep your pet happy and safe along the way?

You want to have the time of your life on your vacation with no hassles -- or at least as few as possible -- and the last thing you need is a robbery or theft. Here are some useful tips I've collected on my recent travels.

The busier the Metro or the bus is, the higher the risk. Real professional teams travel in groups of three and create their own choke-points or blocking scenarios.

Travel is delightfully (and frustratingly) unpredictable. Foreign correspondents and international aid workers often get special survival training. The next best thing is this back-pocket travel survival instruction manual.

When I give people my "hotel room to-do check list," they often act a bit surprised. That's when I decided to ask a few of my frequent flyer friends to see what they do when they first get to their room.

About a month ago, my husband Paul and I were en route to Tunisia, which was largely calm and peaceful, to see what the revolution was like on the ground. In my experience, there is media, and then there is reality.

There I was, in the capital of a poor country still bearing the wounds of civil war, filled with gypsies and beggars and busted-up sidewalks, and I was safer than in my American hometown.

Think you won't be pickpocketed? Think again. You may be in more danger while traveling abroad than you suspect.

The best time to travel is when most people believe that destination is particularly dangerous. In Tunisia, for example, the optimal time to visit began a few days after the revolution ended.

Even those who aren't hardcore classical buffs will enjoy a few days of heavenly music while exploring the Old Town of this colonial capital.

I remember the moment exactly when my eyes widened, my mouth went dry and I thought, "OMG this is not what I pictured when I signed us up for a hiking adventure!"

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First came etiquette, then netiquette (e-mail etiquette), and now jetiquette, or private jet etiquette. For optimum airborne pleasure, here are some suggestions for flying in a private plane.