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Back roads. Byways. Scenic highways. Arizona is chock full of them. Here are five of our favorites.

Unless you are cosseted in business class, a long flight is unlikely to be one of the most comfortable parts of your holiday. Nick Trend offers 10 tips on easing the pain

As airlines are crippled by ash clouds, strike action and general financial meltdown, they’ve had to find alternative ways of making money. Enter ‘ancillary revenues’, which basically means airlines charging passengers for anything they can get away with. The upshot? A raft of airlines now imposes fees for putting your suitcase in the hold.

It's mid-November in Los Angeles. Not exactly the sort of time or place you'd associate with Christmas.

Languages are tricky, and as no one here at Matador is yet fluent in 50 languages, I reached out to native speakers around the world. From our own editors to tourism bureaus to hostels around the world, this is our collection of how to ask for “one more beer, please” in 50 languages.

Singapore’s mania for shopping almost rivals its obsession with food, and barely a year goes by without some vast new retail monolith flinging open its doors to the slavering hordes. Among visitors, the city’s reputation as a bargain-hunters’ paradise has lingered, though in price terms Singapore is no match for neighbouring Malaysia or Thailand.

Vacations can be quite complicated. Finding flights, booking hotels, procuring transportation, scouting tourist locations, and grabbing a quick bite to eat are just some of the daily tasks you’ll have to juggle. Fortunately, your iPhone makes the perfect travel companion and can make all of these tasks a lot easier. Below we’ll take a look at 30 incredibly helpful apps that will help you spend more time enjoying your vacation and less time worrying about the particulars.

WE ALL know of someone who has encountered a passport nightmare, but most of us think it will never happen to us.

Oktoberfest is pure awesomeness, or so I've always assumed. Admittedly I have never actually been to Oktoberfest; however, I did once write a paper in German class about it, I have been to Munich several times and once I even seriously contemplated buying a pair of lederhosen. Now that it has been established how fully qualified I am to write this, without further adieu I give you: Oktoberfest Fun Facts!

All the cool kids use these tactics when wandering about in a new place.