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Kerri Westenberg

Travel editor

Phone: 612-673-4282

Kerri Westenberg is the Travel editor. She writes stories about destinations and consumer travel issues. She has globe-trotted for National Geographic and other magazines and now zips around the region, on the lookout for travel news you can use.
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From the Travel Desk: Beware the rental car that asks for E85 fuel

A colleague recently pulled into a gas station in Moorhead planning to fill up his rental car and ran smack into a conundrum.

Updated: May 10, 2013, - 11:40 AM

This spring, waterfalls make a huge splash

All around the state, waterfalls this spring are surging and splashing with extra punch.

Updated: May 03, 2013, - 11:41 AM

Unpack small knives from your carry-on

In a surprise move, the Transportation Security Administration reversed a decision that would have taken effect last Thursday allowing small knives and some sports items in a plane’s cabin.

Updated: April 26, 2013, - 01:23 PM

In Minnesota state parks, enjoy mattress among the trees

The prolonged dreary weather will only make us relish summertime that much more. The warm-weather entertainment that most intrigues me is renting a camper cabin at one of our state parks.

Updated: April 19, 2013, - 11:43 AM

Van-loads of fun in the USA

Angela and Brian Gustafson aim to visit — and nab a family photo in — all 50 states with their four children. We talked to the well-traveled Minneapolitans just before they headed out on their latest jaunt, to California, Oregon and Washington.

Updated: April 05, 2013, - 01:44 PM

Tahiti is terrific, and so are these nearer gems

It’s so far away and so expensive to reach, a reader lamented about Tahiti as she and her fiancé began...

Updated: March 30, 2013, - 02:48 PM

From the Travel desk

Fliers, be warned. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has suggested that flights could be delayed by as much as 90 minutes...

Updated: March 01, 2013, - 05:26 PM

'Cruise from hell' could lead to heck of a deal

Being aboard a behemoth ocean liners feels like a true escape — until a fuel oil leak causes a fire in the engine room, effectively cutting power to everything that makes the city-at-sea work well.

Updated: February 22, 2013, - 10:37 AM

If you go

State Department Travel Warning According to the U.S. State Department’s travel warning about Israel, hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens travel...

Updated: February 21, 2013, - 07:09 PM

Why hit a beach when you can eat goat cheese?

Most chilled Minnesotans go to Hawaii to warm their blood in the sun. But a day of driving on curvy mountain roads — past pineapple fields, ranches and rusted-out sugar factories — stands out.

Updated: February 15, 2013, - 02:32 PM