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Travel briefs

Anyone who has recently traveled to a major U.S. city knows the shock of finding a hotel, car rental or restaurant bill laden with extra charges.

Always take the clubs

Designed by David Mezzacane — whose works include the Fioranello and Parco De Medici courses near Rome — Tuscany’s 18-hole Cosmopolitan Golf and Country Club takes advantage of the undulating, duney coastal landscape to give you a round where water, wind and sun all combine for plenty of challenge.

How to Take a Bicycling Vacation

Even experienced bicyclists learn the hard way that it’s important to check what time the sun sets. Former tour guide Madeline Clarke Jhawar recalls “leading a group of six people on an extra loop in the Veneto region of Italy one October, and the last time I’d done the trip had been May, when I’d also done the extra loop.