Those who spent the Fourth of July watching fireworks rather than booking early - and less expensive - holiday airfares might still find a Thanksgiving travel bargain. ...more

October 31, 2009

The last of the holiday travelers packed Tampa International Airport on Sunday, sending roughly 18,000 more people through the terminal than on a typical day last month. ...more

January 5, 2009

Ernest Jose Santana gave his family the ultimate present this Christmas when he arrived at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 25, 2008

More snow fell today in the Midwest, where the National Weather Service said up to 4 inches was possible in Chicago. The Northwest faced more snow and sleet early Wednesday, with up to 20 inches in the Cascade range. And more snow and ice spread over the Northeast. ...more

December 24, 2008

Crunch time is here for holiday travelers wanting to get home or get away from home for the holidays. Tampa International Airport officials say that each day leading up to Christmas, there are as many as 25,000 passengers leaving and 25,000 passengers arriving. ...more

December 23, 2008

A blast of winter in the nation's northern tier stranded travelers far and wide Sunday just a few days before Christmas, with dozens of flights delayed or canceled and bus passengers sleeping on cardboard at a Seattle terminal. ...more

December 21, 2008

Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area - including a quest for bargain airline fares. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Travel guru Tom Parsons shares similar interests with other frequent visitors to the Tampa Bay area – including a quest for bargain airline fares. The founder and chief executive of Texas-based BestFares.com watches Bay area airfare trends "like a hawk" and has found that some holiday season airfares have declined since October, an unusual departure from customary increases as the holidays draw closer. Better yet will be the sales that Parsons expects will abound in January. ...more

December 17, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) - Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old said the sagging economy gave him no second thoughts about shelling out $1,200 for the ticket. ...more

October 26, 2008

A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled flights home for holiday travelers and threatened to do the same in New England. ...more

January 2, 2008