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Answer Key to the Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt
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Pauline Frommer's Greenwich Village, NYC, Scavenger Hunt
Learn a bit about New York City history, interact with the city's real-life Village People, and turn part of your vacation into a low-key Amazing Race with this do-it-yourself…
$99 Deal From Los Angeles to Stockholm
Here's a blink-or-you'll-miss-it sale.Mighty SAS Airlines (which carries over 28 million passenger a year) is throwing a brief sale in celebration of its new LA to Stockhom route.…
"Wild By Nature"—A Compelling New Travel Memoir—Upends Expectations
As a professional travel writer, I periodically have to deal with one of the hazards of my profession. It has nothing to do with airport security, or brain eating larvae. No, because…
Tickets to Be Required To Enter Cinque Terre, Italy's Most Overloved Region
From a distance the sight is idyllic: five cliff-hanging fishing villages, their buildings painted colors usually reserved for blush and lemonade, the dazzling blue Mediterranean…
A Primer for European River Cruising
The rivers, the cruise lines, the types of people with whom you'll be sharing your vacation, and more.
A Novel Device for Sharing Wi-Fi in the Sky
You're at 1,600 feet and suddenly you feel the bile rising in your throat.It's not turbulence. It's the outrageously high cost of Wi-Fi in the sky.I wish I could tell you've we…
A Major Study Is Out And What It Says About Trends In Airfares Could Save You Big Bucks
For aviation geeks (like me), the day that the Airline Reporting Corporation releases its annual survey of airfares feels like a birthday—one on which you don’t get any older. And…
What Travelers Need to Know About the Zika Virus
As frigid blasts of winter descend on much of North America, visions of blue sky, sandy beaches and swaying palm trees are being rudely interrupted by a buzzing sound. And it’s a…
Las Vegas Drives Away From Free Parking
Time was when the casinos of Las Vegas were so eager to get customers in front of their one-armed bandits, they comped most everything, from drinks to parking. But as the city moves…
Yet Another Reason to Go to Canada: Free National Park Entries for All of 2017
That Justin Trudeau!Not only did he have the good sense to give women half of all the job in his cabinet (filling all the positions with genuine experts in the subjects they'll be…
$99 Fares from California to Europe? Wow!
To promote the inauguration of new service from San Francisco and Los Angeles and Europe (via Iceland), WOW Airlines is throwing a quick but impressive sale. The planes won't depart…
An Airport Security Reprieve for Travelers with Drivers Licenses from States That Are Not In Compliance with the Federal Government's Real ID Act
And in the end, it all was about politics.As those of you who read this blog regularly know, a few months ago it looked like those citizens of those states that hadn't complied…
Pauline Frommer Is Hitting the Road With Travel Show Appearances Across the United States
Hello Fellow Wanderers! I just wanted to invite you all to come out and talk travel. I'll be appearing under the auspices of the Travel and Adventure Show in the following cities, on…
How to Get a Reservation At the Most Popular Restaurants
Part of the joy of traveling is trying great restaurants—but what should you do if you're told there's no room for your party?
A Travel Memoir for Today: Gloria Steinem’s "My Life On the Road"
I never thought I’d use the words "Gloria Steinem" and "travel memoir" in the same sentence. Somehow the idea of one of the most important leaders of the 20th century couching her…
Pauline Frommer's Top (Travel) Resolutions for the Coming Year
It’s that time of year and let’s be real, those three inches padding my waistline aren’t coming off anytime soon. Instead of doing the usual “lose 10 pounds” resolution, my top 7…
Counting Down the Top 6 Travel Stories of 2015—And Looking Ahead to 2016
(Photo by Zach Dischner/Flickr)Unusually dramatic events and trends shaped the way we traveled in 2015 and should continue to impact our wanderings in 2016. Counting them down,…
Snacks Are Back On United Airlines
Well here's some news that may put a smile on your face (just as it's moving your belt buckle an inch more towards your hips). United Airlines has announced that it will be bringing…
The Department of Transportation Is Getting Serious About Airlines Compensating Passengers for Damaged Luggage
If you think passengers are being treated disrespectfully by the airlines—what with ever shrinking seats and ever growing fees—consider what their luggage is going through. Recently,…
London's Black Taxis Will All Soon Accept Credit Cards
London's licensed cab drivers famously have a larger hippocampus (the part of the brain that's responsible for memory) than average folks. That's the result of two years of studying…
Cyber Monday Travel Savings: A (Growing) List
Apparently tryptophan, the sleep-causing amino acid in turkey, also inspires wild bouts of shopping. How else to explain the mad rush after the holidays to empty Best Buy and…
American Airlines Changes Its Frequent Flyer Program, Making It Near Impossible for Average Joes to Earn Miles Just from Flying Any Longer
And then there were none.Did you hear a loud groan last week? That was the members of American Airlines' frequent flyer program—well, all but the business travelers—reacting to…
Why I, Personally, Will Continue to Travel Abroad, Despite the Latest Global Travel Alert
This morning I told my daughter I was going to write about the worldwide travel alert and she gave me a worried glance. "Mom if you tell people to travel and then something happens,…