Tagged: budget-travel

Everybody's Least Favorite U.S. Airline Named Best U.S. Airline in New Ranking

One U.S. carrier sometimes seems less like an airline than a punchline. If you're making a joke about crummy service, outrageous fees, or uncomfortable seats in the skies, it's highly…

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…

American Airlines Blocks Basic Economy Passengers from Earning Miles

Bad news for budget travelers.The U.S. legacy carriers like to claim they moved to à la carte pricing and stripped-down cabin categories to give travelers more options for customizing…

Save Money by Cruising the Mediterranean During ‘Quiet Season’

Winter is shaping up to be the new summer when it comes to Mediterranean cruises.Instead of deploying all of their ships to the Caribbean and other balmy destinations when the weather…

The Euro Is Plunging. Is This a Smart Time to Visit Europe for Cheap?

The last time the value of the euro bottomed out against the U.S. dollar, it was May 2022. People were exhausted from dealing with Covid, flight schedules were still curtailed, and…

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

To non-Europeans, it can be surprising to learn that even after more than two centuries of passenger railway travel in Europe, the Continent is still creating new train services. Don't…

Notice Airfare Getting Higher? Artificial Intelligence May Be to Blame

December 6, 2024If you have seen airfares rising at your home airport on certain airlines, it's not your imagination. Airlines are now using artificial intelligence to see how high…

WOW Air May No Longer Be Reliable, Says Arthur Frommer

For a brief period of optimism, it was recently felt that WOW Air of Iceland would continue to operate its budget-priced flights across the Atlantic to Europe. A financial angel…

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…

Arthur Frommer: Marriott's Low-Cost Moxy Chain May Bring About Lasting Industry Change

In a recent blog, I discussed the opening of a large (612 rooms) new hotel in the heart of Midtown Manhattan charging as little as $139 to $169 (and only occasionally higher) per night…

6 Ways to Deal With Pushy Street Vendors

Walking through the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, I felt like I was running the gauntlet. From all sides, vendors shouted to me, imploring me to buy scarves, spices, water pipes,…

Don’t Have TSA PreCheck? In Boston, There’s a $3 Trick to Skipping Airport Lines

A blessing and a curse for travelers to and from Boston is that the city’s international airport is pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the action. Buttressed against the Atlantic…

40 Cheap or Free Things to Do in London

Too many people put off taking a trip to London because the strength of the British pound tricks them into believing the city will cost too much. It's just not so. Believe it or not,…

Family Travel on a Budget: Our Top 14 Tips

The cost of travel has been rising faster than inflation this year. That’s a rough situation for all travelers, but when you’re on vacation with your kids, the final price of a trip…

How to Travel to New York City Cheaply: Our Top 35 Tips

New York City has more billionaires than anywhere else on earth. But that doesn’t mean you have to be a one-percenter to visit. There are ways to do the city affordably, provided…

Need a Cheap Hotel? This Year, Hostels Have More Private Rooms Than Usual

Hostels, as every nomadic youth knows, are the tentpoles of budget travel, and Covid-19 failed to take them down. The coronavirus did, however, shake up how hostels apportion space—and…

The Major Cheap Hotel Chains in Europe That Will Save Your Budget

Every American knows the big, affordable U.S. hotel brands in their own country: Hampton Inn, Best Western, Fairfield Inn, Motel 6, and others. But which brands do you look for when…

The Best Cheap Hotels in London for 2024—Around £100 a Night

If there's one thing we understand at Frommer's, it's that for many travelers, being able to visit places affordably is the only way to visit them at all. In 1957, Frommer's burst upon…

Low-Cost Icelandic Airline Debuts in U.S. with $109 Fares to Europe

A fledgling low-cost airline called Play, which has been flying between Iceland and other parts of Europe since 2019, is expanding into the United States with introductory…

Get Ready: Travel Is Becoming More Expensive and More Exclusive

The warning signs are everywhere. You will soon be paying more to travel. The headlines are full of news about the airlines cutting capacity. In Europe, Ryanair will fly only 40% of…

Air-Hotel Packages Are Poised to Make a Comeback for Cheap International Vacations

Last updated: June 1, 2021What if I told you that you could spend 6 nights in Barcelona, airfare and hotel included, for $799 in the summer of 2021? Or you can have 6 nights of a hotel…

Cheap Vacation Ideas for Families: The Best Cities in the U.S. and Canada

Cities are exciting family destinations. On an urban vacation, you and your children can choose from such adventures as building a robot, touching a moon rock, listening to nose…

The World’s Most Rewarding Source of Free Homestays Is, and Remains, Servas

Organizations come and go that arrange for you to stay free-of-charge in someone else’s home or apartment in the course of your travels. The latest leaders in this effort are…

This New Budget-Priced Transatlantic Airline Is Probably News to You

Most everyone by now has heard of Norwegian Air Shuttle, which flies the Atlantic at rock-bottom prices. Although Norwegian suffered a loss in 2017, it has struck fear into the hearts…

Japan's Ultra-Cheap “Bed-in-a-Box” Hotels Have Resurfaced—in London

Many years ago, when Japan was the world’s leading economy and Japanese businessmen were hard-striving cheapskates anxious to squeeze out any savings, several properties in Tokyo…