As the Golden Gate Bridge gets ready to celebrate its 75th anniversary on Sunday, we give you the low-down on five fabulous spots to view what is arguably San Francisco’s most popular and photographed landmark

Holiday bookings rise with water levels following wettest April in 100 years

The Big Apple’s mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, and NYC & Company announced at International Pow Wow (the travel industry’s premier international marketplace and the largest generator of travel to the United States) in Los Angeles, a new goal to generate US$70 billion in economic impact from travel and tourism by 2015

This is the title of a song written by Roseanne Cash – the daughter of Johnny – to launch the huge marketing effort by the United States to persuade us to visit their country. The marketing push was launched in Los Angeles yesterday morning and the UK is going to be one of the first countries to see the results.

It was something like that that they used to say in the old westerns. But gold still exists in some mining towns in the Mojave desert in California. And not necessarily the yellow variety.
Take Randsburg, a small town of eighty odd people, for example

f you are travelling to New York then one thing that many visitors want to do is experience the excitement of a Broadway show. If you didn’t get a chance to see the show in London, then you have a chance to do so now

Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis can occur without warning in many popular holiday destinations. Here Dr Kirti Sharma, Dr Gerard Fryer and Cathrene Rowell share some tips on what to do should an unexpected natural disaster occur while travelling

Patricia Cleveland-Peck is seduced by Savannah – arguably the most enchanting city on America’s Atlantic coast

Patricia Cleveland-Peck is seduced by Savannah – arguably the most enchanting city on America’s Atlantic coast

If you fly and have to change planes in a country and then fly out of it, you usually go into a transit lounge. You don’t need to go through border controls or customs. But you do if you transit in the US and what a hassle it can be.

California’s Mojave Desert is magical at this time of year when wildflower season is in full swing, writes Donna McCrohan Rosenthal

What could be more British than the toy store in London’s Regent Street? But how does it relate to famed outlaw, Butch Cassidy. The answer is via a single family – Hamley. One of the family went west. To the wild west and that’s how there is an American saddlery, bar and restaurant in Pendleton, Oregon called Hamley.

Why would you run a B&B? Long hours; continuous cleaning; getting up early to prepare breakfasts; pandering to the whims of guests. It’s not something that appeals to me. In the UK we are using to seeing signs in seaside resorts and at farms. But it is becoming increasingly popular in America. Except that there it’s slightly different.

In an area just over 150 square miles lie 400 wineries with a reputation for quality that has increased at a huge rate over the last forty years. Welcome to the Napa valley of California.

That’s the claim made by Puerto Rico, the Caribbean island that is part of the USA but not a state. And now it has decided that it wants more of us to visit it.

The priciest ski resorts are around three times as expensive as the cheapest, says the new 2012 edition of Where to Ski and Snowboard – the world’s leading guidebook to ski resorts.

Travel website, Crapsouvenirs.com, is celebrating the worst in holiday memorabilia and inviting users to upload pictures of their dubious holiday souvenirs. In light of this, CD-Traveller thought it was time to guide you through what’s hot and what’s not, when it comes to holiday mementoes

At the World Travel Market, the USA unveiled a new logo. It is made up of a series of lightly coloured dots or stars that form the initials of the country. It is a soft and slightly woolly image that doesn’t seem to fit. And especially not with New York which bristles with brashness, energy and a disdain for under achievement.

For some time the DailyTelegraph has been publishing the wonderful, strange signs that people see when the travel. In a similar vein, I have two signs which caught my eye on my recent trip to Richmond, Virginia in the US.

Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher, lets us in on the world’s most romantic spots

Last week, London hit the headlines – for all the wrong reasons. Forget London Fashion Week or the premiere of Broken Glass at the Vaudeville – the Arthur Miller play starring Tara Fitzgerald, that opened to critical acclaim. No London was all over the front pages of the popular press, following US singer Kelis’ claim that she had been branded a “slave” by a “red face sweaty man” who accused her of queue jumping.

CD-Traveller mentioned a little while ago that British visitors were returning to the US after declining numbers over the last few years. One of the reasons we go is for the appeal of its heritage, according to a study recently released by their government.

Tonight Regent Street retailers, together with other retailers, restaurants and bars from major international cities, are embracing late night shopping, culinary experiences and entertainment.
Over 40 of the Regent Street retailers, bars and restaurants, are taking part in the Vogue Fashion’s Night Out and most of the shops will remain open until 11pm offering customers a [...]

Beloved by newspaper columns and travel guide books are those signs you see on holiday that make you wonder how anyone can conceive them in the first place.

After some years where we have stayed away from the United States and Florida in particular, the position has changed this year. Visitor figures from us to them has gone up by 29% compared to last year. And that is a bit unexpected.
We have been told that air passenger duty (APD) would deter people from travelling. Air fares are high during the summer much higher than they have been for some time and America also charges a visa fee. In spite of all of this we seem not to care.

As a cheap and quick way to get around, bicycling takes some beating. Not every place can make it as safe as people would wish. Those cities or areas in built up urban centres sometimes don’t have road space that’s wide enough and “wars” break out between motorist, bicyclist and pedestrian. But Portland on America’s western coast has managed to keep all happy.

A harrowing story in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph considered the plight of 2,000 passengers held in Los Angeles for security checking. How much is true and how much embroidered is hard to tell.