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London's Tourist-Unfriendly Policies Are Flummoxing Visitors on Public Transit—Be Prepared!

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 08/05/2014, 4:30 PM

Getting out of the London rain? Better not be using cash. London's transit system is in flux, and tourists are getting the worst of it. All spring, the Underground was plagued by strikes (and the constant threat of them) because Transport for London, which governs it, announced intentions to close most of the Tube's staffed cashiers' windows. Instead, TfL said, everyone would simply bu...

Against All the Warnings of Radioactive Dangers, Americans Are Traveling to Japan in Unprecedented Numbers

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 08/01/2014, 9:45 AM

American tourism to Japan is again booming. In the month of June just past, nearly 90,000 Americans visited the great cities of Japan (especially Tokyo and Kyoto), more than ever went there during any other monthly period in past years. In the six months from January through June of 2014, nearly 500,000 Americans visited Japan, increasing the chance that more than 1,000,000 Americans will ...

What to Expect from Hilton's New Room Selection App and How It Will Change Hotels

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 07/31/2014, 3:30 PM

Okay, travel nerds, here's what I predict will happen soon. Bustling new websites will be devoted to which specific hotel rooms are the best ones to book. Travelers will debate, sometimes bitterly, the finer points of palm tree placement outside a resort's windows. Hotel staff will learn how to handle guests who won't rest until they're reassigned from 431 to 432. Rooms with numbers endin...

A Student Program Called WhereThereBeDragons.com is So Different From the Usual, Comfortable, Study Abroad Variety as to be Startling

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 07/31/2014, 1:00 PM

The "study abroad" programs that most of us know are pleasant interludes that don't really change or alter our ways of thinking. Students opt to spend a year in London, Paris, Rome or Florence, and embark on a trip that involves carefully-supervised accommodations in comfortable hotels or guesthouses where a teacher is always nearby. They go on supervised tours, enjoy excellent meals, ...

Home Restaurants, Chip-and-PIN Cards, Colombia, Travel Scams, Punta Cana and Findhorn: New Services and Destinations for Your Next Vacation

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 07/24/2014, 10:45 PM

Almost without letup, new travel services, new twists to old destinations, are constantly emerging to possibly affect your next vacation or vacation choice. For example, you can now add still another home-restaurant directory to the growing list of services that invite you to the residences of amateur cooks--private persons--in cities all over the world. The newest such meal compendi...

A Young Man Who Recently Walked—Yes, Walked!—Across the Entire United States, From One End to the Other, Has Written a Fascinating Blog About This Experience of America

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 07/24/2014, 2:00 PM

Three years ago, a young man named Andrew Forsthoefel graduated from college and decided to spend a year traveling around the world, meeting foreign people, exploring other cultures. But he soon realized he lacked the funds for such an ambitious journey, so he did the next best thing. He decided to spend a year walking across the United States. You heard it right: he would wal...

A Young Man Who Recently Walked Across the Entire U.S., Has Recently Written a Travel Blog With Amazing Insights About our Varied Country

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 07/24/2014, 12:00 PM

Three years ago, a young man named Andrew Forsthoefel graduated from college and decided to spend a year traveling around the world, meeting foreign people, exploring other cultures. But he soon realized he lacked the funds for such an ambitious journey, so he did the next best thing. He decided to spend a year walking across the United States. You heard it right: he would wal...

Southwest Airlines Boots Family Over a Complaint Tweet About Gate Agent: Businesses Strike Back Over Online Reviews

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 07/23/2014, 5:30 PM

Last Sunday, a man was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because, he claims, he left a bad review of a gate agent on Twitter. The man, Duff Watson, was upset because he felt his elite status with the airline entitled him to treatment he wasn't receiving. In anger, he sent a tweet naming a gate agent who had refused him early boarding access with his children, aged 6 and 9. The man...

Evil Twins: The Two Worst New Developments in Travel

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 07/16/2014, 3:45 PM

I’m mad as hell and I don’t want to vacation anymore! Scratch that. I still want to vacation. But relaxing is going to be more difficult, thanks to a pair of ugly developments in the last six months that I think mar the travel experience. Paying for Restaurant Reservations You’re heading to a new city and you’ve heard there’s a great restaurant there you should try. A month before t...

Use It Or Lose It: Will "Dead" Electronics Be Confiscated At Airport Security?

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 07/15/2014, 10:15 AM

That's the question many travelers were asking themselves after the TSA posted a notice, on Sunday night, that those entering the United States would be asked to turn on cellphones, computers and other electronics when they went through security. This is apparently in response to new intelligence about a possible threat to inbound airplanes. The T.S.A. notice states that those devices that d...

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