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The Views Expressed in a Recent Gathering of the Editors-in-Chief of Our Nation's Travel Magazines, Are a Reason for Dismay

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 05/08/2015, 11:00 AM

It is a long-established practice for the leading publication in the travel industry, Travel Weekly, to conduct an annual symposium of the Editors-in-Chief of America's major travel magazines. In a conference room or restaurant hired for that purpose, these journalistic eminents respond to questions posed by Travel Weekly's editor, Arnie Weissmann, and then comment on each other's responses. W...

The Lessening of Competition Among Our Newly Giant Airlines, and the Resulting Increase in Airfares, is a Troubling Situation That Might Require Legislative Action

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 05/06/2015, 7:30 PM

Over the past twenty years, as one U.S. airline merged with another, reducing the number of major carriers to exactly four (United, American, Delta, and Southwest), we were always told not to worry. In press releases issued by the new behemoths of the air, we were reassured that all was for the best; that the new giants would compete harder than ever before, thrilling us with their barg...

Though Round-Trip, Transatlantic Airfares to Europe this Summer are Almost Always Priced in Excess of a Thousand Dollars, A Few Means Exist for Cutting that Cost

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 05/01/2015, 1:00 PM

A massive number of Americans are planning to cross the Atlantic in the next several months, to take advantage of a stronger U.S. dollar (and weaker Euro). But while they will all enjoy the lower cost of traveling within Europe, they will commiserate about the high cost of flying to Europe from the U.S. Some of these avid travelers will chance upon a low air fare after ...

A Whole Host of Travel Disclosures, Events, or New Travel Services Can Have an Impact on Your Own Next Vacation

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 05/01/2015, 12:45 PM

In a recent announcement, the U.S. State Department has found a slight improvement--a very slight improvement--in safety conditions for American tourists going to Mexico. Twenty of the 31 Mexican states are still found to be either unsafe or iffy in terms of safety. But all of the major Mexican resorts and heavily-visited urban areas and attractions—Cancun and the Yucatan Peninsula, the Maya Ri...

Which Frequent Flyer Program Is the Best for Actually Redeeming Miles? A Massive New Study Provides Some Answers

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 05/01/2015, 10:30 AM

We have to give thanks to Consumer Reports, which has done the heavy lifting on this one, completing a study of some 70 million passenger in the last year has yielded important data on which frequent flyer program actually is allowing flyers to bag free flights. The study looked at the 25 most popular "award routes" and also came up with a value for seats on those flights, airline by airline. H...

The Hotel Mini-Bar Is Dying Out. New Figures Reveal a Chill in Its Popularity

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 04/30/2015, 1:30 PM

When was the last time you bought something from the hotel mini-bar? For most casual vacationers who aren't billing hotel charges to a business expense account, the answer is probably difficult to recall. Never? You're not alone. According to Priceonomics.com, PKF Hospitality Research has found that revenue from hotel room mini-bars has dropped off a cliff: down 28% since 2007. Th...

Can a Florida Congressman Put the Brakes on American Travel To Cuba?

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 04/30/2015, 9:00 AM

The vast majority of Americans favor travel without restriction to Cuba. Heck, in a recent poll the overwhelming majority of Cuban Americans answered that they wanted to end the 50-plus year embargo. But the will of the people doesn't seem to matter much to eight Cuban-American Congressmen, a group apparently led by Republican Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami. On Tuesday, Congressman Diaz-Balart sn...

Some How-To's for Visiting the Increasingly Popular Indian State of Kerala

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 04/27/2015, 11:30 AM

Open the pages of any glossy travel magazine, and, if it mentions India at all, it will likely be gushing over the state of Kerala. Few places on the subcontinent (or the planet for that matter) offer visitors the variety of adventures and sights as does this southern Indian state, with its emerald green tea plantations, groovy surf towns, temples, nature preserves and scenic backwaters. And be...

We’re Proud Spain’s "Autonomous Region" of Catalonia has Chosen a Frommer Guidebook—Barcelona Day by Day—To Be a Contest Prize in Celebration of One of its National Holidays

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 04/22/2015, 9:00 PM

St. George’s Day—he’s the guy who vanquished that dragon—is celebrated in various ways all over Europe, but in a very special fashion in Spain’s region of Catalonia. Instead of giving each other boxes of candy and the like, residents of Barcelona and its neighboring regions give books and roses to their relatives and friends—that’s right, books!—as a means of marking this Catholic feast day. ...

Are the Attractions of Costa Rica No More Desirable than Those in Other Central or South American Countries? Ecuador Says Yes

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 04/22/2015, 1:45 PM

Is tourism to Costa Rica based on a hoax? Is Costa Rica's leading touristic position among other nearby countries simply a product of public relations? In an elaborate hoax of its own, recently performed by the tourist office of Ecuador, those issues were sharply highlighted. An unidentified person in the tourist office of Ecuador, recently arranged for a group of 40 you...

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