New Orleans, Houston and St. Louis join perennial favorites New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as the best cities to celebrate the Fourth of July as named by ProfessionalTravelGuide.com (www.professionaltravelguide.com), the world's most c

For years, he operated along Syria's remote border where donkeys are the only means of travel. He provided young Arabs from as far away as Morocco and the Persian Gulf with passports, guides and weapons as they slipped into Iraq to wage war.

The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete strangers around their Paris, the one not found in travel books — for free.

Doug Arbogast of Fayetteville wanted to be more than a raft guide. "I had gotten married, had my first child," he said. "There was more that I could do with the industry. I had my fun."

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- If you're planning a vacation in California this summer, you may want to get a copy of a free new guide called “California Road Trips 2008,” published by the California Travel and Tourism Commission.