Laura McKenzie’s travel tips appear weekly in the nine publications of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group: L.A. Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News and Whittier Daily News.

The tips can also be found each week on the newspapers’ travel website, www.greatescapes.com. Visit the website for Laura’s take on travel in 2008, an article that appeared Dec. 30.

Laura McKenzie is featured on the cover of USA Weekend for their Fall travel report.

Our top expert in travel gets to dish on her greatest secrets: "I think travel tips are like driving in Los Angeles," says L.A.-based McKenzie. "You learn by making mistakes because the signs aren't very well marked."