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In the past couple of years, some consumers have opted to skip using their credit cards in favor of putting things like school clothes or holiday gifts on layaway. Now retail giant Sears is offering something else you can put on layaway: vacations.

Move over, Southwest Airlines — your 20-year reign at the top of the American Customer Satisfaction Index is over. So who’s the new champ? None other than JetBlue.

Now that summer is upon us, it’s time to get out and enjoy the weather, your family and Montana. What better vacation spot is there than Glacier National Park? It’s just a short drive, about three hours, from Missoula to Glacier. Glacier Park is the perfect not-so-far-away getaway ...

Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, but anybody who’s gone on a family trip knows that all of the moving parts associated with the journey can be quite stressful.

At last, summer vacation time is here. If you haven’t started planning, it’s not too late. There’s a lot of summer ahead of us, and you can still find time to get out of town with your family before school starts back up again. Just make sure you you don’t fall into a few common traps and you’ll have the best vacation ever.

Thinking about taking a few days off for the Fourth of July holiday? If your plans involve a plane ticket, travel experts say now’s the best time to buy.

Airlines may be making less money on baggage fees now than in years past, but that doesn’t mean carriers aren’t trying. In fact, United Airlines just raised the price of checking a second bag on transatlantic flights.

It looks like with the summer season just about in full swing travelers are taking it to the city with their vacation plans.

Now that summer is officially here, the time has come to start getting serious about where you plan to take that family vacation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — AAA predicts about 1.6 percent more residents in mountain states will take trips this Memorial Day weekend compared with last year. AAA expects about 2.5 million residents of Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming to travel at least 50 miles over the holiday, mostly by car...