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Tim Leffel

Msnbc.com travel columnist

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  The Big Apple
Long referred to as the center of American business, New York is a melting pot of cultures and landscapes. Take a visual tour of some of the Big Apple’s most famous attractions.
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  Hawaiian paradise
The Hawaiian Islands are the perfect vacation destination for travelers of all types.
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  National spectacles
Nearly 400 national parks can be found all across America, and feature breathtaking vistas, rock formations millions of years old, and more.

Tim Leffel is an award-winning travel writer, author of “Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune” and co-author of “Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America.”

He is editor of the narrative webzine Perceptive Travel, home to stories from talented book authors from around the globe.

Leffel has contributed to a wide variety of trade and consumer publications in his long writing career. He is a columnist for Transitions Abroad magazine, a columnist for Tripso and a contributing editor at HotelChatter. You can see Leffel's regular rants and value travel advice on his Cheapest Destinations blog.

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