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How to Use Your Cell Phone on a Cruise Ship
If you plan to use your cell phone on a cruise ship, it’s important to know that once you sail away from the embarkation port, your cell phone will go into roaming mode, which…
The Cost of Internet on Cruise Ships
The ability, and cost, of staying connected wirelessly varies by cruise line and ship. Most lines offer Internet access via Wi-Fi or computer stations located throughout the ships in…
Travelers Carrying AmEx Face Tough Changes
It's been a tumultuous month for American Express, and that turbulence is about to be transferred to travelers who use the credit cards. Many travelers choose the card because of its…
The Sometimes Hokey, But Still Potent, Charms of Monterey, California
The towns along the California coastline are somewhat like that line-up of starlets that was featured in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “That’s Entertainment” movies. Each one is…
As Disney World Tickets Break $100, There Are Signs Disney Vacations Are Now Only for the Rich
Disney raises its prices every year in advance of the big school holidays, and this year, its price hike has broken a barrier that seems impossible. As of today, a single day at…
Anglophiles, Rejoice: Business Finds Loophole in Hershey's Chocolate Ban (Updated)
Frommer's readers recently learned, to their considerable horror, that candy maker Hershey's figured out a way to prevent businesses from importing competing British chocolate…
A Major Celebration in San Diego Makes It the Californian City to Visit This Year
In 1909, San Diego was a little city with really big ambitions. It decided to throw a world’s fair in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, which would make it the first…
Recent Wholesale Cancellation of Flights to Coastal U.S. Cities Has Caused a Great Many Would-Be Vacationers to Lose the Cost of Their Cruise
It happened all over America. People who had booked a cruise went to the airport, only to learn that their flight to the embarkation city had been cancelled--and no…
Some Reflections—Both Hopeful and Dismal—on the Current State of the Cruise Industry
On Quantum of the SeasIn the cruise ship world, January, February, and March are "wave season", the period of their heaviest advance sales when phones are ringing…
Consumer Choice Shrinks: Expedia, Having Just Gobbled up Travelocity, Is About Buy Orbitz, Too
As it is above, so it is below. Just as the airlines have been scooping each other up, swiftly reducing a field of 12 companies competing for American patronage to a field of only…
Free Wi-Fi at All Hyatts Now (With a Catch)
Another hotel brand, Hyatt, has decided it should change the way it approaches Wi-Fi access. Everyone staying at any Hyatt hotel after today can access the Web for free.But…
Companies Have Emerged that Claim to Double or Triple the Value of the Mileage or Points You Earn on Airline and Credit Card Programs
Its name is AwardMagic.com, and it's potentially the most useful travel service of which you've never heard. It is not alone in what it does--ThePointsGuy.com,…
Does the Recent Outbreak of Measles Mean that Enlightened Americans Should Cancel Travel Plans, and Thus Avoid Exposure to the Malady in Crowds?
When a traveler with measles paid a visit recently to Disneyland in southern California, he/she not only set off a rather small epidemic of the disease in the United…
World's Best Museums Ban Selfie Sticks
Leave the selfie stick at home. Attractions across the world are banishing the selfie stick for being so awful.Britain's Telegraph reports that institutions everywhere are…
Hot Deals On Flights to Europe From the U.S. (And One Is For Business Class!)
Not only is the U.S. Dollar continuing to crush the Euro, airfares across the pond are now a better value, per mile, than flights within the continental United States. Three…
Exellent Trips on a Lean Budget? Say YES to Mooching
Mooching can be an art. Sure, it’s lacking in dignity, but it can be quite effective, as anyone with, well, relatives knows. Travel mooches can be a particularly canny way of not…
Cruise Line Dress Codes
The days of tuxedos and evening gowns are gone on most lines, replaced by suits, cocktail dresses, and even jeans. More and more cruise lines are following in Norwegian Cruise…
Drop That Towel! Hotels Get Serious About Foiling Linen Thieves
Is hotel check out about to become a much more emberrassing ritual?It might if you're one of the 5 to 20 percent of hotel guests who steal towels, robes and other linens each…
Last-Minute Deals on Hotels Are Getting Better and Better! Here’s Why
Speak on a mobile phone instead of text? That’s considered a rude act nowadays in many circles. But while mobile technology has, arguably, made us less social, many in the travel…
Marriott Gives Up Trying to Block Your Wi-Fi—Other Hotels Better Not Try, Either
Marriott tried very hard to get the government to allow it to block your Wi-Fi signal. The hotel brand attempted to justify the act as a "security" measure, but in practice, doing so…
The Luck (And Deals) Of The Irish: A Head-Turning Fare Sale from Aer Lingus to Ireland and Beyond
Head across the pond for a quick, and inexpensive, pint of GuinnessThe euro is currently trading at a jaw-dropping…
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Meet hundreds of exhibitors, meet destination experts, get the inside line on special deals, and meet our own Pauline Frommer in person!
A Major Airline Drops the Hated Fuel Surcharge! So Why Won't the Rest of the Industry Follow?
One of the greatest lies foisted upon the American public—right up there with "this won't hurt a bit" and "New Coke will be better"—was crammed down travelers' throats a half…
Bad News, Anglophiles: Hershey's Bars British Cadbury
British Cadbury bars are officially something you can only buy on vacation.Those of us who got a taste for British chocolate on our trips to the U.K. have enjoyed the ability to…
Is it Worth it to Buy a Cruise Line Drink Package?
You may have noticed that cruise lines offer drink packages and wondered whether they're a good deal. The answer is simple but requires some math on your part: It depends on how many…