Whoa. WOW Air Collapses, Cancels All Flights—What Should Ticket Holders Do?
Posted on 03/28/2019, 11:00 AM
Low-cost Icelandic carrier WOW Air abruptly announced that it has ceased operations today. All flights have been canceled, according to a "travel alert" on the company's website, and passengers are advised to "check available flights with other airlines."Which is not very helpful at all for the estimated 10,000 people that this sudden collapse left stranded and no-doubt panicked at airports away fr...
Travel Podcasts: Cruising, California, Cuba, and Kentucky
Posted on 03/28/2019, 6:30 AM
Each week, Frommer's brings you two fresh podcasts stuffed with travel tips, news, and inspiration. Recordings are made from our weekly call-in show on WABC-770AM in New York and our nationally syndicated radio program. Hosts Pauline Frommer and Jason Cochran cover a lot of ground this week—but they start out on the water, chatting with cruising expert and Frommer's guidebook author Fran Golden a...
Amsterdam Bans Tours of Red-Light District
Posted on 03/26/2019, 12:15 PM
As much as it's known for picturesque canals and paintings by Dutch masters on display at the Rijksmuseum and elsewhere, Amsterdam has also gained a reputation as a haven for legal marijuana and prostitution. Neither of those is leaving the city anytime soon, but authorities are cracking down on tourist lookie-loos checking out the famous red-light district, where sex shops and sex workers do their...
Eat with the Fishes at Norway's New Underwater Restaurant
Posted on 03/25/2019, 5:00 AM
A new restaurant with what's being billed as Europe's first underwater dining room will soon open on the southern tip of Norway. The semi-submerged, aptly named Under is housed in a 112-foot (34m)-long rectangular building, one end of which sits on the seabed, 18 feet (5.5m) below the surface of the North Atlantic.The other, aboveground end looks kind of like an intermediate species dragging itself...
Unruly Drinking on This Spanish Island Could Cost You Thousands
Posted on 03/21/2019, 9:00 PM
Tourists who break public drinking laws on the Spanish island of Majorca—long known for its beaches and raucous party scene—will face fines of up to €3,000 (US$3,400) this summer, as part of a crackdown on boozy misbehavior.Under the new restrictions, law enforcement can fine alcohol-fueled revelers for fighting, breaking stuff, and otherwise “causing a public nuisance," according to The Independen...
Travel Podcasts: Ireland, Innsbruck, and "I Do's"
Posted on 03/17/2019, 8:00 PM
Each week, Frommer's brings you two fresh podcasts stuffed with travel tips, news, and inspiration. Recordings are made from our weekly call-in show on WABC-770AM in New York and our nationally syndicated radio program. First up, Frommer's editorial director Pauline Frommer and editor-in-chief Jason Cochran mark St. Patrick's Day by inviting listeners to call in with questions about and recommenda...
Floating Art Museum Soon to Open in Paris
Posted on 03/13/2019, 1:00 PM
Paris, which has made popular museums out of train stations, royal palaces, and modernist tangles of exposed infrastructure, is innovating yet again: The city is putting a museum on the river Seine. Billed as the world's "first floating urban art center," Fluctuart is a three-level, bargelike structure located at the foot of the Invalides bridge, facing the Grand Palais in the heart of the city. Th...
Spot Orcas and Dolphins Along Western Scotland's New Whale Trail
Posted on 03/12/2019, 5:30 PM
About a quarter of the world's whale and dolphin species have been spotted at one time or another in the waters around western Scotland's Hebrides islands, according to the nonprofit Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust (HWDT). Starting in May, visitors should have an even better chance of glimpsing those cetaceans with the launch of the Hebridean Whale Trail.Developed by the HWDT, the trail is a se...
Travel Podcasts: Visas, Vietnam, and Tiger Travelers
Posted on 03/11/2019, 1:00 PM
Each week, Frommer's brings you two fresh podcasts stuffed with travel tips, news, and inspiration. Recordings are made from our weekly call-in show on WABC and our nationally syndicated radio program. First up this week, Frommer's editorial director Pauline Frommer describes her recent trip to Vietnam with World Spree—"by far, the best tour I've ever taken," she says. Cohost and Frommers.com edit...
Will Americans Soon Need a Visa for Europe? What We Know So Far
Posted on 03/08/2019, 7:15 AM
The European Union has considered requiring a visa for tourists from the United States for some time. After all, the U.S. has required special authorization from visitors from European countries (and many other places) since 2010. Starting on January 1, 2021, Europe is returning the favor. All U.S. citizens will need an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) visa to visit the ...
