The Westin Bonaventure Hotel& Suites in downtown Los Angeles is trying to ease the pain of those suffering from California’s economic woes. They are not just dropping their rates— they are giving rooms away. Here are the details of their“U.O.Me Tax Relief” promotion. If you don’t win, check out their 50% off [...]

The Venice tourism bureau just launched an Internet reservation service offering budget-conscious, advance-purchase travel packages that include city-side parking, bus and vaporetto passes, tickets to attractions like the Correr Museum and Ducal Palace and free admission to the casino.Venice Connected, as the program is called, attempts to control crowds in La Serenisima by tailoring prices [...]

Not quite a store, not quite a gallery, this concept-heavy outlet is for those whose predilection for experimental Chinese art has always exceeded the depths of their pocketbooks.

On the Spot by Times Travel Editor Catharine HammQuestion: Should student Sarah Tjoa go to Cancún, Mexico, for spring break? She posed that question in a letter to the Travel section, and in the March 15“On the Spot,” we asked readers to weigh in. Here is some of what they had to say.We just [...]