Dawn Gilbertson

The following items first appeared in Dawn Gilbertson's weekly Travel newsletter.

I know you don’t need to cram anything else onto your year-end to-do list, but I promise these will pay off more than redecorating the guest room for holiday visitors.

MY TRAVEL BUDGET for this gig is terrific thanks to my generous employer and our strict no-freebies policy. But regular readers know that doesn’t mean I fly in those fancy seats in the front of the plane.

Allison Marsh was checking her bag at a United Airlines ticket counter this summer when she realized she had forgotten her phone. The flight was departing in an hour. The South Carolina frequent flier didn’t panic. She darted home and made it back to Colu... See more

You can’t toss a vacation package into your cart during a Costco run. No one in a hairnet is offering samples of Caribbean cruises. The only in-store indication the retail juggernaut sells travel is a rack of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it brochures nea