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Marriott Urges Guests to Tip Housekeepers to Overcome the Shortfall of Inadequate Wages—Say What?

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 10/07/2014, 11:00 AM

Marriott is placing pre-printed envelopes in 160,000 rooms to encourage guests to express "gratitude" to its workers in the form of cash. The initiative, called The Envelope Please, purports to be about making hotel workers feel "seen and validated" and less "overlooked." In its press releases touting the initiative, Marriott did not exactly say that we ought to tip because its workers are un...

Doing the Famed Sydney Bridge Climb The Speedy Way

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 10/06/2014, 1:15 PM

Some 16 years ago, a clever entrepreneur named Paul Cave came up with the idea of allowing tourists to scale the arch of Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge (largest single span steel bridge on the planet). The activity has been an initiation rite, of sorts, ever since. In the lobby is a gallery with “Who’s Who” of contemporary celebrities giving a thumbs up to the camera at the peak of the span ...

The World of Travel is Erupting with Totally Unexpected Developments, Both Mechanical and Policy-Oriented

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/04/2014, 6:45 PM

Who would have thought we would someday find robots doing the work of hotel bellmen? Or wristwatches supplying us with travel directions? At Starwood Hotels, a successful experiment has just been completed that sends a human-like robot to make deliveries to guest rooms. Call the front desk to report that you neglected to bring a toothbrush, and the front desk clerk will prog...

Though It May No Longer Be the "City of the Century," As Once It Was Called, London is a Reliable, Rewarding Destination for a Vacation Trip

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/03/2014, 2:30 PM

In the late 1900s, various travel companies ran contests to name "the city of the century"—and London always won. Today, other capitals have acquired many of the same cultural offerings and attractions, and London is no longer unique. But it is always a superb choice for a vacation week or two. My own stays in London have never failed to impress and excite me. Stumbling off the plane after ...

We're Back on the Air This Sunday, October 5, 12:05 p.m. until 2 pm.

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/03/2014, 12:45 PM

Attention, all you radio fans! For the past several months, our Sunday "Travel Show" has been pre-empted in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area by New York Mets baseball games (although we have been heard, live, throughout the rest of the country, including the island of Maui). Well, the Mets didn't make the play-offs (sob!) and this coming Sunday, we're back, live, in New York,...

Frommer Authors and Frommer Broadcasting Have Received Two Coveted, First Prize, Gold Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 09/25/2014, 12:45 PM

You'll have to forgive us for "tooting our own horn", as that ancient saying goes, but we wouldn't be quite human if we failed to pay notice to two remarkable awards and recognitions that Frommer personnel and Frommers.com have just received from the prestigious Society of American Travel Writers. "S.A.T.W.." is the foremost organization of travel journalists in North America, and it...

A Sensational Recent Drop in the Value of its Currency Makes Argentina an Especially Attractive Place for American Vacationers This Winter

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 09/24/2014, 3:45 PM

I recently drew attention to the decline in value of three major currencies--the Australian and Canadian dollars and the Japanese yen--making travel to Australia, Canada and Japan cheaper (for Americans with U.S. dollars) than in a long while. No sooner did that phenomenon occur than another currency--that of the Argentinian Peso--made pikers out of the currencies of Australia...

Days 4 & 5 In The Australian Outback: Adventures in Alice Springs

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 09/21/2014, 8:30 PM

(Wallabies gather in a parking lot in Alice Springs; yes, that is a baby wallaby peeking out of the pouch!) Had I visited the Northern Territory a decade-or-so ago, I likely would have come to Alice Springs before Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Back then, very few flights came into the Ayers Rock Airport, and so most visitors spent two days in Alice be...

Two More Airlines Start Charging for the First Checked Bag: Will Free Bags Go Extinct?

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 09/20/2014, 1:30 PM

Sorry, Canada. Your Westjet just decided to start charging standard passengers for the first checked bag. One would think that would give rival Air Canada in an advantageous position with consumers. But no. Almost as if the airlines were not in competition but in league, Air Canada immediately sprang its own $25 fee on customers. Both airlines will start charging feeds to you lowly economy-fare...

Day 3 In the Australian Outback: Experiencing the Traditional Aboriginal Way of Life

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 09/19/2014, 8:00 AM

Uluru and Kata Tjuta, the massive (and quite beautiful) rock formations that are at the heart of the famed National Park with their names, have been sacred sites for Australia's Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years. Because of this, and because the remoteness of the area, the Anangu people who live at the base of Uluru are able to lead more fully traditional lives than do Aboriginal tribes...

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