The Search for Bargain Airfares is the Most Complex Task in Travel Today--So Here's Our Attempt to Clear Things Up
Posted on 07/18/2013, 2:15 PM
Learning that a person in the next seat had paid $200 less than you for the flight that you are both taking--is a painful experience that many of us have had. "How did you do that?" you ask your seat mate. "Easy," he responds with just a slight touch of condescension, "I booked my seat through SuperSensationalBargains.Com" (I'm making up that name). Is it true that some airfar...
JFK to LAX for $83? It's Happening This Week as JetBlue Sells Unsold Seats for Dirt Cheap
Posted on 07/18/2013, 6:00 AM
Clever JetBlue! It's using this week's oppressive heat dome to move some of its unsold inventory — and we love it! The airline says that as long as the heat wave lasts and temperatutes spike above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, it will offer strictly limited, last-minute "HotSeats" deals for up to 90% off. For the past few days, the heavlily discounte fares have been appearing on the airline's websit...
JFK to LAX for $83? It's Happening This Week as JetBlue Sells Unsold Seats for Dirt Cheap
Posted on 07/18/2013, 6:00 AM
Clever JetBlue! It's using this week's oppressive heat dome to move some of its unsold inventory — and we love it! The airline says that as long as the heat wave lasts and temperatutes spike above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, it will offer strictly limited, last-minute "HotSeats" deals for up to 90% off. For the past few days, the heavlily discounte fares have been appearing on the airline's websit...
What is a Transatlantic Crossing on the Queen Mary 2 Like? Our Readers' Questions Answered
Posted on 07/17/2013, 7:00 AM
Last week, I took what many consider the voyage of a lifetime: a transatlantic crossing on an ocean liner. There's only one ship left on the seas that was specifically designed to slice through ocean waves the way a French waiter slices through foie gras, and that's Cunard's Queen Mary 2. She's no longer the largest ship in the world (it's currently eighth), but she's plenty big, and she's th...
What is a Transatlantic Crossing on the Queen Mary 2 Like? Our Readers' Questions Answered
Posted on 07/17/2013, 7:00 AM
Last week, I took what many consider the voyage of a lifetime: a transatlantic crossing on an ocean liner. There's only one ship left on the seas that was specifically designed to slice through ocean waves the way a French waiter slices through foie gras, and that's Cunard's Queen Mary 2. She's no longer the largest ship in the world (it's currently eighth), but she's plenty big, and she's th...
Starting This Coming October, We're Going to be Igniting a Second Revolution in the Publishing of Travel Guides
Posted on 07/16/2013, 5:45 PM
As you may have read in a widely-published news item that broke on Monday, we've regained ownership of the Frommer travel guides--the leading series of guidebooks sold in America. And we're going to celebrate that event by creating a new price point for the sale of high-quality travel books. Each of our new "EasyGuides" will sell for only $10.95 a copy, and will be--please take our word...
Scrimp vs. Splurge: When Does Spending More Actually Improve a Vacation?
Posted on 07/15/2013, 10:15 AM
Several years ago, an author I’d hired to do a chapter in a guidebook returned it to me with a major tourist sight missing from the text. He explained that he’d left this particular historic site out because he’d been angered by the entrance fee. I got another author for the next edition of the book (and input the material based on my own research). I did this despite the fact that the guid...
The Short-Term Rental of Homes and Apartments is the Fastest-Growing Trend in All of Travel. Are Hotels a Dying Breed?
Posted on 07/12/2013, 12:00 PM
*You are two couples residing in the same neighborhood, close friends, and each couple has two teenage children. You have decided to vacation together in Orlando, Florida. At many hotels, you will be required to rent as many as four rooms for a stiff total price, but from a vacation-home-renting organization called Rentalo.com, you can rent a four-bedroom Orlando villa with swimming pool,...
Legal Troubles on the Road? An Expert Weighs in on What Travelers Should Know and Do
Posted on 07/11/2013, 4:15 PM
Nobody wants to talk to a lawyer when on vacation, not even other lawyers. But there are times when travelers need legal help, so we spoke with Larry Bodine, the Editor in Chief of Lawyers.com (a consumer website that explains legal issues to regular people) about some common legal problems that can pop up on trips and their solutions. Frommer: While I love staying in them, from a legal stand...
The Ever-Growing Popularity of Multi-Generational Travel
Posted on 07/10/2013, 1:30 PM
Few organizations are as savvy as Disney when it comes to anticipating travel trends. So when its tour arm, Adventures By Disney, announced that it would be offering its first tours geared specifically to multiple generations, many in the travel industry realized that traveling with the grandparents had finally, well, come of age. Multi-generational travel is nothing new, it’s true, but Disne...
