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Here are the 10 Most Frequently-Posed Questions About Travel, And Our (Often-Painfully-Obvious) Answers to Them

The travel questions most frequently posed to so-called travel experts are not the sole concern of the person voicing those questions; they usually reflect a widespread…

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"Frommers Easy Guides" and "Frommers Day by Day Guides" Are the Magic Words at Online Retailers and Bookstores for Our Latest (And Sensationally Priced) Guidebooks

Though you can access their cover photos, descriptions, and purchase information, in a number of ways, using different words, titles or "filters", the quickest and most…

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Unless We Make Immediate Investments in our Airport Infrastructure, We Are Bound to Face Horrendous Conditions in 5 to 10 Years

If you were at your local airport on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, you probably recall the visit as one of discomfort and dread.Crowds pushing and shoving, lines…

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If There is Anything to Get Exercised About, It's the Possibility that In-Flight Use of Passenger Cellphones May Soon be Authorized

As Americans, we frequently write to our representatives in Congress and tell them how we feel about various vital issues, in an attempt to influence their actions.  But if…

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Where Can Our New "Easy Guides" and "Day by Day Guides" be Found? Answer: Everywhere, Both in Brick-and-Mortar Stores and Via Internet Mail Order Sites

We've received a great many inquiries asking where our brand-new, freshly-researched Easy Guides and Day by Day Guides can be bought.  Well, unless they're already sold…

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A Reader Has Submitted Such a Strong Recommendation for an Inexpensive, Month-Long Yoga School in India, That We Need to Display It Here

In language whose sincerity is so strong as to overcome fears of a commercial pitch, reader Jenny Hederstrom has written to Frommers.com about her recent experience in…

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The First of Our New "Easy Guides" Have Reached the Bookstores and Are Now on Sale--And Awaiting Your Reviews!

Earlier in the year, we chronicled the adventure known as "The Re-Launch of the Frommer Travel Guides"--a project occupying the lives of my daughter and myself on a…

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Though the D.O.J. Claims that Cheap Airlines Will be Helped by the American Airlines/U.S. Airways Merger, We've Heard That Song Before

In a sad development for the traveling American, the Department of Justice has dropped its opposition to the merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways, settled the lawsuit it…

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In a Step that May Lead to Many More Delightful Offerings, the Free-of-Charge Walking Tour Has Come to America (And Most Recently to New Orleans)

Starting now, visitors to New Orleans may enjoy a free-of-charge, two-hiour walking tour of the city's highlights, conducted by an historian of that town's exotic history. …

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Though Harry Potter Has Garnered All the Raves, The True Hit Attraction of Orlando's Theme Parks is Disney's Soarin'

In the bitter competition between theme parks in Orlando, Florida, the Harry Potter exhibit at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure has recently scored a public relations…

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To Save the Expense of a Ground-Floor, Central City Office, More and More Travel Agents Are Simply Working From Their Homes

What happened to all those travel agencies that used to operate from behind plate glass windows in ground-floor locations on street corners in your…

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In America, It's the Low-Cost, Bargain-Priced Vacations That Continue to Account for the Overwhelming Number of Leisure-Time Trips

Every day in my mail or computer monitor, I receive invitations to purchase luxury-priced travel.  This cruise for $6,000.  That African safari for $8,000.  This or that…

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I Have Just Returned From a Visit to a Unique Peninsula-Island of America, Of Which I Had Never Heard: The "Eastern Shore" of Virginia

Because a young acquaintance of ours was getting married there, my wife and I recently ventured to a place of which I had never heard:  the Eastern Shore of Virginia. …

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Was I Right or Wrong to Recommend That You Leave Your Passport in the Hotel Safe While Traveling Abroad?

No recent bit of travel advice has generated more controversy than my recent suggestion to leave your passport in the hotel safe when you leave to go sightseeing on a…

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Eureka! You Can Enjoy a Round-Trip Price of $566 between New York and Paris from November 4 until December 15 on That Reluctant Airline, "XL"

When you call to make a booking (to 877/496-9889), you often speak to a telephone reservationist whose command of French is better than her grasp of English.  And because of…

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A Lawsuit By the Attorney General of New York is Threatening to Put an End to the Short-Term Rental of Apartments to Cost-Conscious Tourists

In its impact on the ability of Americans to travel, no legislation could be more misguided or harmful than the ban against the short-term rental of apartments enacted into law…

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Would You Believe a Roller Skating Rink at Sea? Bumper Cars, A Circus School, A Basketball Court? Controlled Sky-Diving? Read On and Weep

If I hadn't actually seen the press release, I wouldn't have believed it.  On a new ship of Royal Caribbean Cruises debuting a year from now (the "Quantum of the Seas"), that…

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Our Most Recent Radio Travel Show (Sundays at Noon, Eastern Time) Received a Number of Challenging Questions from Listeners, of Which Ten are Representative

If you didn't listen to our most recent, Sunday Travel Show on radio (it is streamed live every Sunday, starting at noon Eastern Time on www.WOR710.com—the podcast can be downloaded…

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Whether or Not to Book an African Safari Starting in Kenya is an Increasingly Difficult Decision to Make

Kenya, in East Africa, is regarded by many travellers, including myself, as Africa's best location for safari adventures at an affordable price.  Botswana's lodges may be more…

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That Rumor About the Easy Availability of Free-of-Charge Travel Insurance, is Only Partially (And Very Partially) True

How it began, heaven knows.  But a great many rumor-mongers are telling their neighbors that they can obtain free-of-charge travel insurance for their next trip by simply…

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Cutting Travel Costs by Using "Shared" Accommodations, Car Rentals, and Meals, Has Suddenly Become a Major Goal of Many

"Sharing" has become the latest big trend in travel. In the destination cities, residents "share" an asset they already own, with travelers passing through, and thus augment their…

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Guess What New Tropical Location is Being Touted for Tourism? El Salvador? Yes, El Salvador.

When I recently heard that travel writer David Paul Appell was planning a journalistic trip to El Salvador (he's co-editor of the well-regarded Tripatini.com), I was startled,…

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Here's One for the Books: A New Reason, Never Before Announced, for Making a Trip to New Zealand

The following--so help me--is an actual e-mail received last week from a reader of this website:"Hello, I am currently in New Zealand on a 3 month stay. Your website is…

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Two Remarkable New Websites are Bound to be Wildly Popular Among Travelers Looking for Hotel and Dinner Bargains of a Very Special Sort

As you may or may not agree, most of the brand-new websites are copycat imitations of older “hits” (like a “hit movie” or a “hit show”).  An entrepreneur invents a way to…

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In late October and Throughout November, A Two-Week Cruise of the Mediterranean Aboard the Spectacular Queen Elizabeth Can Cost Only $999

If you're like me, you receive a dozen repetitive e-mails a week from cruise brokers and cruiselines offering one week sailings of the Caribbean or Mediterranean for $499, two…