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The Questions Put to our Weekly Radio Program Reveal Broadly-Held Travel Concerns--As Witness the Following

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 06/17/2014, 9:00 AM

Although some of the questions put to us on our weekly radio program may seem rather ordinary at first, they nevertheless reflect widespread concerns about problems in travel. Here are a number of those recent questions and our responses to them: Q. The popular, recent Disney film, "Frozen", was supposed to have taken place in Norway, and portrays that nation as unusually attractiv...

A Number of the Questions Recently Posed to Our Weekly Radio Program Reveal Strong Concerns About Problems in Travel

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 06/13/2014, 1:15 PM

Although some of the questions put to our Sunday radio program may seem rather ordinary at first, they nevertheless reflect widespread concerns about problems in travel. Here are a number of the questions recently put to us (Arthur and Pauline Frommer), and our answers to them: Q. The popular, recent Disney film, "Frozen", was supposed to have taken place in Norway, and portrays th...

A New App for Your Cellphone or Tablet Lets You Read Magazines for Free, But only at an Airport or in the Plane!

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 06/13/2014, 12:15 PM

If an entrepreneur were to create a cellphone app that permitted you to read various magazines free of charge, that wouldn't be a news event suitable for discussion on a travel-related website like this one. But when an entrepeneur creates a free-of-charge magazine app that is usable only when you are at an airport--in other words, an ...

Frequent Changes for Frequent Flyer Programs: Another Consumer Unfriendly Switcheroo Is on the Horizon

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 06/10/2014, 2:00 PM

Lassie may be loyal. But flyers—at least those who aren’t business travelers—may want to ditch that strategy. That’s the only conclusion to come to after the latest announcement from United Airlines that, like Delta Airlines, it will be switching to a revenue based points system. (Delta’s new program goes into effect on January 1 of 2015). What that means is that UA travelers, starting Ma...

A Broad Range of Non-Academic Learning Vacations of Varied Sorts (But Mainly in Arts and Crafts) Are Still Available for Your Summer Vadcation

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 06/08/2014, 6:45 PM

In the world of learning vacations, such famous names as Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell and St. John's tend to dominate discussion. These are the schools to which a great many American adults go in summer for a vacation week or two of re-immersion into the liberal arts. But perhaps an equal number go to schools focusing on arts and crafts, folk dancing, yoga, religion, languages. ...

Tourism to Machu Picchu Has Virtually Exploded in Recent Years, Despite the Refutation of Bingham's Theory About It

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 06/08/2014, 6:30 PM

In the world of travel, Machu PIcchu, the famed "Lost City of the Andes", occupies an increasingly-high position. Currently, more than 1,000,000 tourists a year are visiting this enchanting city of the 15th century Incas. To place that figure in perspective, consider that such outstanding destinations as Australia receive far less than 1,000,000 tourists a year. How many other archaeological...

These Upcoming Cruises are Selling from $65 a Night

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 06/08/2014, 12:00 PM

Periodically, we ask our friends at AllThingsCruise.com to fill us in on the best bargains in cruises at the moment. Here's what they suggested, where to book them, and what, in the opinion of the sellers, makes each one a steal. Unless specified, all prices are the lowest possible for an inside cabin, and they are based on double occupancy. These specials may include other extras ...

These Upcoming Cruises are Selling from $65 a Night

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 06/08/2014, 12:00 PM

Periodically, we ask our friends at AllThingsCruise.com to fill us in on the best bargains in cruises at the moment. Here's what they suggested, where to book them, and what, in the opinion of the sellers, makes each one a steal. Unless specified, all prices are the lowest possible for an inside cabin, and they are based on double occupancy. These specials may include other extras ...

Book a Resort Room, Get a Sofabed? How Third-Party Bookings Can Go Wrong And How to Fix Them

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 06/07/2014, 6:15 PM

Last week, I used a discount hotel app to book a room in Orlando. The property I chose, the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek, is a major resort on Walt Disney World property, a few years old, with 400 high-quality rooms to fill each and every night. Which is why it turns to the discount hotel apps, which shore up occupancy rates and reduce the load of unsold rooms. ...

What’s New In Las Vegas? Everything! (So What Else is New?)

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 06/03/2014, 9:00 PM

The world spins a bit faster in Vegas, though it’s no longer the swoosh of the roulette wheel that’s powering change in Sin City. It’s demographics. “Las Vegas is getting much younger crowds than it used to,” says Rick Garman, founder of Vegas4Visitors.com (and the author of the Frommer’s EasyGuide to Las Vegas). “They’re not coming for the casinos, they’re coming for the concerts and the ...

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