Though these services were invented for locals, car share programs like Zipcar, Hertz on Demand and Car2go can also be useful for renting a vehicle in an unfamiliar destination.
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21 January 2013
Hudson, a former whaling town 125 miles north of Manhattan, has become an irresistible magnet for non-driving urbanites eager to leave the city behind.
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13 November 2012
Home to spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty and beautiful Civil War-era warehouses, the sleepy neighbourhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, is unexpectedly village-like.
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23 October 2012
Recently named America’s brainiest city, the thriving academic culture that former US president Thomas Jefferson cultivated in his Virginia home still lives on today.
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12 October 2012
Enjoy all the splendours of this wealthy playground without the crowds or the high prices.
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04 October 2012
In warm weather, this idyllic Adirondack Mountain town puts away its ski boots and slows down just enough to smell the freshly cut flowers.
03 August 2012
As London hotels sell out at sky-high prices, other UK cities are offering rooms for less than £100 per night, less than two hours by train from the Olympic events.
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19 June 2012
The Finger Lakes wine region has come a long way in the last 50 years, with wines worthy of worldwide interest, affordable upscale hotels and a burgeoning farm-to-table culinary scene.
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18 May 2012
An hour north of Napa and Sonoma is a picturesque and easygoing wine experience where they turned sheep farms into chardonnays.
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17 May 2012
From the dreaming spires of Oxford to sophisticated, sexy Brighton, from upper crust Windsor and Eton to classy Bath, you can easily hop on a train or bus to a range of real gems.
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27 April 2012
A selection of these Weekends articles were originally published on Lonely Planet.
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