The International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a goal of creating a zero-emissions airplane within 50 years. The European Union plans to implement an emissions cap and trading system for airlines by 2012.

But what are the airlines doing today? Seatguru has rounded up the most eco-friendly airlines and aircraft.

If only Napoleon were alive today. The man demanded the very best in accommodations, but he didn’t exactly need a whole lot of room. And these days, several luxury hotels offer itty-bitty rooms at itty-bitty rates, but they still stock them with amenities even a temperamental emperor would adore.

It used to be all about the bling. But these days, you don’t have to be a high roller to score Cirque tix. Frank Scoblete, author of Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos, explains how to game the system.

If you’ve been thrilled (despite suspension of disbelief) by indestructible Indiana Jones hurtling down three spectacular CG waterfalls in a row, you might have wondered if our planet has REAL places with similarly enormous waterfalls in a jungle setting.

Well, here is a place with a full 800 meter vertical drop - this should appear lethal even to Indiana Jones screenwriters.

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Confused about baggage rules? Or just hopelessly disorganised? Maggie O’Sullivan helps to get you started.

Here’s the first: Note the number of bags you can check in. In most cases it is one piece per person. You can check up to eight on easyJet but don’t get caught out: their combinied weight still must not exceed 20kg (44lb).

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From London to Turkey to New York, these are some of the most beautiful bridges you’ll hopefully get to cross someday.

It’s the universal symbol of Americana abroad: the camera-slinging, fanny-pack-sporting tourist, clad in shorts, sneakers, unrolled socks and complaining loudly in English.

Ever since the Pilgrims crashed the Wampanoag tribe’s Thanksgiving dinner, Americans have been earning a reputation as boorish international travelers.

Did you know that there is a mini France in the Pacific Ocean? If you didn’t, plan a visit to New Caledonia, consisting of a group of beautiful islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.

Discovered by Captain James Cook in the later part of the 17th century, it came under French occupation about two centuries later.

From the half-mile-tall Burj Dubai to a 16-deck cruise ship with its very own Central Park —these eight coming attractions caught MSNBC’s imagination and got them thinking big about the future.