Where to Go Now? Look for Places Desperate to See You

Remember a few months ago when consumer travel journalists like I am suggested you give Europe a good look this summer because the US dollar had grown in value against the Euro? 

Well, the dollar has been slipping again lately, and it'll cost you at least $1.42 to buy a single Euro these days.

So where should you go?

I'd suggest visiting places that really NEED tourists.  Domestically, that would be Las Vegas.  Overseas, I still like Argentina, even though it's the beginning of winter now.  (However, Argentina's winter is different than my winter in Minnesota: It's 59 degrees in Buenos Aires as I write this post on Sunday evening, with a low of 50.)  But the biggest bargain is the country hardest hit by the international financial meltdown, Iceland.  It's the party capital of Europe and the closest European country to the US.  Icelandair has cheap flights from several US cities.  But get this astounding statistic: The dollar is 70 per cent more powerful against the Icelandic kronur than it was this time last year.