Tagged: christmas

Holiday Travel Tips: Why You Should Book Early, What Will Be Different in 2025, and More

When the leaves are turning gold, red, and burnt orange, that means just one thing: You’ve missed the best window for booking affordable holiday travel. This year, I'm breaking out the…

New York City's Top Christmas Attractions

Updated October 1, 2025Air conditioning, bank ATMs, toilet paper, hip-hop, and Waldorf salads were all invented in New York City. Believe it or not, so was the modern way of…

Hotel Noel! The Jolliest Hotel Christmas Decorations and Traditions

Updated October 21, 2024 Lots of hotels across the United States get festive each December with lobby Christmas trees, visiting carolers, and enough twinkling lights to rival a…

Europe in Winter: Where to Go This December, January, and February

Updated Sept. 3, 2024 Some of Europe’s wonders can only be experienced in winter—Christmas markets, the northern lights, alpine skiing, and breathing room in popular cities all come to…

Holiday Dazzle: The USA’s Most Spectacular Winter Light Displays

Updated November 15, 2022 Wanna go on a holiday lights safari this winter? You have plenty of options. When the weather turns chilly, gardens, zoos, racetracks, caverns, city parks,…

The Best Travel Gift Cards: Just the Ticket When You Need Presents for Travelers

Are you looking for an inspired and memorable gift for the globetrotter on your list? Then consider travel gift cards, which have proliferated in recent years. They’re now available…

Finding Affordable Holiday Airfare and Hotels in 2021

The holidays will be tricky this year, and I’m not just talking about potential gift shortages due to global supply chain issues. Travel patterns continue to shift. While there’s still…

A Holiday Rarity: Stream a Real British Panto for Free

The British pantomime, or panto, is one of those beloved cultural institutions that simply doesn't travel. Either you're in the United Kingdom during panto season (late November to…

Is Holiday Travel Safe in 2020?

Our headline is the question thousands of families are asking themselves in the run-up to the end of the year. Depending on where you live in the United States, you may have already…

Spectacular Holiday Markets Around the World

There's no better way to experience the winter season than visiting a holiday market, where you can buy last-minute gifts and treat yourself to hot chocolate, mulled wine, cookies, and…

The Frommer's Travel Gift Guide for Every Budget

Life's too short to give the gift of socks. Tell them you understand their wanderlust and support it by choosing one of these travel-related gifts, each of them hand-selected by…

The Annual Frommer's Travel Gift Guide

This year, give the gift that keeps on moving! We combed the current best offerings to find travel gadgets and inventions that actually improve the way we experience places—and we…

12 Lessons Learned from a Life on the Road

Rule No. 1: Travel is no fun.Really. If you think it's all about smiling stewardesses attending to your every whim, friendly hotels offering fawning service, and romantic sunsets on…