BOYNE FALLS, Mich. — Perhaps we Midwesterners were not meant to ski. Consider what we've been given: flat terrain, oppressively gray winter skies, subzero windchills and fickle helpings of a ski weekend's most crucial ingredient.

Overall, seniors will fare about as well in 2015 as they did in 2014, which is to say not a lot better than travelers of any age. Most travel suppliers think they've figured out better ways to fine-tune their price yields than by giving across-the-board deals to senior travelers.

The quick answer is "not much." These days, hype supersedes real change; you'll get "lifestyle" this and "trendy" that without much actual difference from the familiar stuff you got last year -- and several years before that. And much of the real change will be...

Dianne Hales is the author of "Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered" (Simon and Schuster, $28). An avid traveler, she says, "If you were to offer me a ticket almost anywhere, but I had to leave in an hour, I wouldn't hesitate. There's nothing I need that can't be bought...

Whether you live in a winter wonderland or you're headed on a trip to enjoy snowy 'scapes, amp up the cold-weather fun with some clever gear.

From a toy-train show to ice-fishing lessons, here are our best bets for kid-friendly fun in Chicago and the suburbs.

Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas -- we've got it covered with a flurry of festive fun from now until New Year's Day.

Sometimes fairy tales do come true. Consider the life trajectory of Paige Faure, the actor-singer-dancer from Atlanta. Cinderella has played a starring role in her own life story — and not just because she has the title role in the musical version of the national tour (currently in...