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Gear: You can step out in style on a flight or on a beach walk

Step out in style on a flight

Nufoot brings landlubber neoprene footwear that falls somewhere between a slipper and a heavy sock — with anti-skid soles.

A keyboard in your pocket

A keyboard in your pocket

This is a palm-sized Bluetooth device that projects a laser keyboard on a flat surface.

Gear: This device holder will keep clutter at bay

This device holder will keep clutter at bay

Most smartphones, readers, tablets and GPS unit can be rotated to horizontal or vertical mode with this holder.

Carry-on shrinks for storage

Carry-on shrinks for storage

A luxuriously styled carry-on collapses to half its size for storage where excess space is considered an oversight.

A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life

A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life

These are our picks for holiday gift-giving, including carry-on bags, ballet flats and a sonic toothbrush.

Fort Knox of backpacks

Fort Knox of backpacks

This adventure backpack is so secure that I consider it the Fort Knox of backpacks.

Taking the Kids: Looking back on stellar 2012 trips

Taking the Kids: Looking back on stellar 2012 trips

It's pouring — sleeting, actually, though it is June — and we're trudging straight up hill in spongy tundra.

Taking the kids to Hong Kong at Christmas

Taking the kids to Hong Kong at Christmas

The crowds are so dense that people can barely move, yet no one complains, pushes or shoves.

Taking the kids to Walt Disney World's new Fantasyland

Taking the kids to Walt Disney World's new Fantasyland

I missed the boat. Actually, it was a flying elephant.

Taking the kids to Fort Worth

Taking the kids to Fort Worth

Need a saddle blanket?

Taking the Kids: Lighting up the holidays

Taking the Kids: Lighting up the holidays

Ready to light up the holidays?

Celebs Travel

Go away with R.L. Stine

Thanks to the popularity of his "Goosebumps" novels, R.L. Stine, 69, is referred to by many fans as the Stephen King of children's books. He...

Go away with Shemekia Copeland

Naming her current CD "33 1/3" came easily for Shemekia Copeland. The title refers to her love of vinyl records, the number of revolutions...

Go away with Jonny Moseley

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jonny Moseley first saw snow when his family moved to Northern California. The mogul skier would go on to...

Go away with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo

One of Pat Benatar's best-known songs is "Love is a Battlefield." But for the four-time Grammy-winning singer and her long-time husband,...

Go away with Seth Rogen

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, actor Seth Rogen, 30, always assumed his career would be behind the scenes. Though he started doing...

Go away with Wendy Wilson

Though she was born into rock royalty, Wendy Wilson says she never felt she deserved fame. That was reserved for her superstar father, Brian...