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An Order of Nuns in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, is Using Travel to Further the Aims of Pope Francis

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/14/2015, 6:15 PM

The recent, repeated emphasis by Pope Francis on concern for the poor has brought renewed attention to the outstanding travel program operated for that purpose. It is called "Global Awareness Through Experience" (shortened to read "GATE") and it has been offered for more than 25 years by an order of nuns, the "Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration", from their convent in LaCro...

In an Unusual Move, Princess Cruises Develops New Musicals with the Writer of "Wicked" and "Godspell"

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 10/12/2015, 3:45 PM

There's a Broadway arms race raging in cruise ship entertainment. It started nearly a decade ago when Norwegian mounted a chopped-down version of the lesser-known musical Smokey Joe's Café (1994) on one of its ships. That show, a simple revue of Leiber and Stoller early rock songs, fit the mold for the jukebox style of live entertainment passengers expected: familiar, plotless, tuneful, and ove...

Several Well-Financed Firms Have Now Gone into Competition with Airbnb, Supplying You with Alternatives for Renting Low-Cost Apartments

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/09/2015, 5:30 PM

By now, Airbnb.com has become a "household word" in travel. Most Americans are aware that the bearer of that name is today valued at billions of dollars, and that its inventory of low-cost apartments for short-term rental is perhaps larger than the world's total number of hotel rooms. Multitudes use Airbnb for their accommodations when they travel, and large numbers of persons owning a...

Norwegian Airlines is Fast Emerging as an Acceptable Option for Flying at Low Cost to Europe

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 10/09/2015, 4:15 PM

If you have recently sought to buy tickets for a transatlantic flight—let's say, to London or Paris or Rome—you are probably still reeling from the impact of the news you received. The cost of flying to Europe has zoomed upward. Even in an off-season period like late October, ticket prices are hundreds of dollars more than they used to be. The various leading airlines—Delta, United, Vir...

Hotel Bait and Switch: Throttled Internet is Unethical, So Why Aren't People Angrier?

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 10/07/2015, 10:30 PM

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The One-Percenting of Disney: Who Loses, Who Wins

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 10/06/2015, 11:45 AM

Every few months, American news outlets erupt with a new round of rueful Disney coverage. Every spring, admission ticket prices shoot skyward, and this week, it hiked its annual pass rates as much as 31%—an insane inflation by any standard. Disney parks are as crowded as ever, but the company seems to be entirely tone deaf to the real takeaway behind the constant drumbeat of bad press: Disne...

Gifts You Should Give Yourself This Holiday Travel Season

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 10/05/2015, 7:30 PM

In the next couple of months, most of us will be spending a lot of time in stores, and online, shopping for gifts for our loved ones. If you’re going to be traveling to give those presents in person, why not make what can be a stressful travel season a little easier by gifting yourself with the following? An early morning flight: Holiday travel season is also storm season. And when storms hi...

Have Airlines Deliberately Made Flying Uncomfortable in Order to Collect Extra Fees?

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 09/29/2015, 6:15 PM

Fees for "priority boarding" of the planes. Fees for extra legroom. Fees for wider seats. Fees for choosing seats. Fees for snacks served aboard. Fees for checking luggage. Fees for contacting an airline reservationist. Those and countless other extra fees confront today's airline passenger. Are they all part of a deliberate conspiracy of the airlines to collect fees from passengers seeking to ...

Though Not the Equivalent of Maho Bay Camps, Concordia Eco Resort is an Adequate Substitute for Ecologically Minded Vacationers

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 09/26/2015, 3:00 PM

For some 30 years, the world's most ecologically sensitive vacation resort has been Maho Bay Camps on the exquisite but lightly developed island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A complex of canvas-sided huts ranged along a hill sloping down to a remarkable beach and view, Maho Bay was booked by Americans of all income levels who wanted to live clos...

A Sharp Reduction in the Number of Important, Independently Owned Travel Websites is Threatening to Harm the Quality of Their Advice

By Arthur Frommer

Posted on 09/26/2015, 2:45 PM

Based on the ground-breaking research and analysis of travel expert Reid Bramblett, I recently wrote in these blogs about the shocking consolidation of what used to be three large online travel agencies—Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz—into what is now only one immensely giant online travel agency, namely Expedia. In just as shocking a development, Expedia has now caused the airfares and hotel r...

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