It is with deep sadness that I announce my father, Arthur Frommer, founder of the Frommer's guidebooks and Frommers.com, passed away today at the age of 95, at home and surrounded by loved ones.
Throughout his remarkable life, Arthur Frommer democratized travel, showing average Americans how anyone can afford to travel widely and better understand the world. He published the revolutionary Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, the first in the Frommer's guidebook series that continues publication today; he was a prolific writer, TV and radio host, and speaker; and in 1997, he was the founding editor of Frommers.com, one of the world's first digital travel information sites.
I am honored to carry on his work of sharing the world with you, which I proudly do with his team of extraordinary and dedicated travel journalists around the world. We will all miss him greatly. —Pauline Frommer
Obituaries and Remembrances
To read more about Arthur Frommer's extraordinary life, here are links to some of the obituaries that have been published by newspapers, TV and radio outlets, and other publications around the world:
- The New York Times: obituary and Frugal Traveler remembrance
- Associated Press
- The Washington Post
- NPR
- CNN
- BBC
- People magazine
- Daily Mail
- Travel Weekly
- Skift
