vacationers

With pent-up demand comes a new level of austerity as vacationers search for frugal ways to get away.

Americans aren't in the mood to spend much on travel this summer.

Along the quiet banks of Lake Russell, where bees buzz and grass blows lazily in the wind, Elbert County's top development official envisioned a resort that would bring vacationers' dollars to the declining granite quarrying hub.

Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow — the business traveler.