Cruising while single is often not the most cost-effective way to travel, because some ships charge as much as 200 percent of the per-person rate to allow a single traveler to occupy a double-occupancy cabin. But the good news is that many ships are now accommodating solo travelers with discounts and “singles’ activities.” Carnival Cruise [...]

Globe-trotters are what we are, we travel-savvy of the new millennium. By car, by bus, by train, by plane, we go: Never have we been more mobile. And those of us not globe-trotting are, at the very least, town-trotting, so on the whole, the lot of us need luggage. Not just any luggage, mind you, [...]