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New Google Wallet Opt-In Takes Hassle Out of TSA PreCheck Touchless ID

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Google recently announced a new partnership with Google Wallet that aims to make navigating through U.S. airport security lines…

Article / Hotels

Airbnb Reminds You That Its AI-Powered ‘Anti-Party Technology’ Is Keeping an Eye on You

Ahead of the Independence Day holiday weekend, Airbnb is reminding prospective renters that “disruptive gatherings” are strictly prohibited. Moreover, the company is emphasizing its…

Article / Road Trips

PBS Star Darley Newman Discusses the Places Around the USA That Will Bring the American Revolution to Life

The following is a transcript of a recent interview featured on the Frommer’s Travel Show Podcast. Our guest was PBS TV star Darley Newman. The interview has been edited for length and…

Article / Hotels

Are We Booking Hotel Rooms Too Far in Advance?

The "sweet spot" for booking a hotel room is just 8 to 14 days before travel, according to a new report from Hotels.com.The booking engine's 2026 Hotel Price Index—based on internal…

Article / Trends & Hacks

For a Limited Time, TSA PreCheck Is Cheaper for Travelers Under 30

This has been a rough spring for air travel. Soaring jet fuel costs caused by the war in Iran are pushing airfares higher. Vanishing budget carriers will only make tickets more…

Article / News

The New Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Opens Next Month. Get Tickets Before They Sell Out

The Obama Foundation has announced that tickets to the sprawling Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will be available for purchase starting at 9am on Wednesday, May 6.Tickets to the…

Article / Deals & Bookings

This Season Pass Gives You Access to All the Six Flags Parks in One Region. Is It a Good Deal?

A silver lining to living in an age of corporate consolidation is that loyalty rewards and points programs have increasingly long lists of participating locations. Ominous—but…

Article / Trends & Hacks

Kiddo Not Quite Tall Enough for a Theme Park Ride? You Might Get to Skip the Line Next Time

You would think measuring a kid’s height would be a pretty cut-and-dried process. And yet, more often than you might imagine, theme park ride operators and attendants have to be the…

Article / Packages

Las Vegas All-Inclusive Summer Packages Are Trending. But Which Ones Are Good Deals?

Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has become the city's latest megaresort to announce—or re-announce, in Circa's case—a promotional summer package that bundles together rooms,…

Article / Trends & Hacks

Travel Shows Can Be Overwhelming. Follow These Tips to Maximize Your Time and Get the Best Deals

It was a freezing day in January, yet the cavernous Javits Center in New York City was packed with 600 travel booths and an estimated 20,000 attendees of the New York Travel &…

Article / Money and Fees

How to Save Money on a Japanese Vacation: Tips from the Author of 'Frommer's Japan'

The interview that follows is the second part of a conversation between Pauline Frommer and Frommer's Japan author David McElhinney, a recent guest on the Frommer's Travel Show…

Article / Money and Fees

The BOGO Apple! Major Sales on New York City Restaurants, Museums, and Broadway Shows

What is something New York City still has that many other major destinations don't? It's not (just) Broadway theaters or pizza rats or rap-star mayors. Unlike other tourism heavy…

Article / Arts and Culture

Planning Travel Around These Things Will Transform the Quality of Your Vacations

The following is an edited version of a conversation from the July 20, 2025 edition of the Frommer’s Travel Show podcast. Please note that this article contains a photo some readers…

Article / Air Travel

Find Cheap Flights with These Airfare Deal Accounts on Bluesky

Around the year 2000, most airlines ran regular email campaigns to tell travelers about the latest airfare sales. Each airline claimed its own day of the week to spit out an eagerly…

Article / Money and Fees

8 of the Cheapest Places to Travel in Europe Right Now

With the U.S. dollar dropping in value and another economic downturn looking more and more likely, budget-conscious American travelers might want to be especially choosy right now…

Article / Cruise

5 Things Cruise Passengers Must Remember to Do—or Else Get Soaked for Thousands of Dollars

Put your smartphone in airplane mode.As TheStreet warns: "It’s not uncommon to hear horror stories of first-time cruisers who neglected to put their phones in airplane mode, only to…

Article / Slideshows

How to Avoid Getting Norovirus on a Cruise Ship

First of all, the good news: Norovirus is rarely deadly. It's more like a rotten toilet-based hangover marked by a few days of nausea and, for some people, vomiting. Its biggest risk,…

Article / Car, Bus, Rail

3 Cheap New Train Options in Europe for as Little as €10 a Ticket: Who Needs Planes?

In Europe, international rail travel is booming. These newly launched services, which cost as little as $10 each way, are making trains an attractive alternative to flying or driving.

Article / Slideshows

The Best Spring Vacations in the U.S.

When flowers are blooming, allergies are raging, and stores are selling the world’s finest seasonal candy—that would of course be Reese’s chocolate-and-peanut-butter eggs—it can only…

Article / Slideshows

Don’t Have Elite Status? Fake It and Get Free Upgrades with These Tips

A lot of things in the travel world are tilted in favor of people who travel so much that they have attained elite status. But what about everyday, non-elite status vacationers that…

Article / Air Travel

Why We Need Travel Advisors Now More Than Ever

The people we used to call travel agents are alive and well. And considering recent changes to the travel industry, they might just save your next trip.

Article / Money and Fees

5 Perks that Even Infrequent Travelers Can Get from Loyalty Programs

Even if you don't travel often enough to collect many points, you can still use free loyalty memberships for freebies and perks that will improve your travel.

Article / Money and Fees

The Best Luggage Storage Apps and How To Use Them

Sometimes travelers need safe spots to stash bags for the day. Fortunately, luggage storage apps now operate in thousands of cities around the world. 

Article / Passportable

Reminder: Now Is a Good Time to Make Summer Reservations

Well, the vaccines are here, and so for the first time in a year, we finally have a clearer vision of the road map to the future. We know that as long as significant chunks of the…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Two Cheap New Hotels in Manhattan are a Dream Come True for Visitors

Strictly from the standpoint of a tourist, the most expensive location in America has been New York City. There have recently been times when it was difficult to find a Manhattan hotel…