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These Last-Minute Rules from the Trump Administration Could Harm Travelers

Yes, travel is our focus at Frommer's. But that doesn't mean we can ignore the actions of government that affect how we travel—our safety, our rights as consumers, and the protection…

Here are Profiles of Three Iconoclasts in Travel, Each of Whom has Followed Their Heart to Produce Unusual Travel Discussions

Travel-writing attracts strong-willed people.  To cut yourself off from familiar surroundings, to spend months on end in foreign settings, to encounter lifestyles, ideologies,…

The National Park System Finally Gets a Leader

Finally, on September 24, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jon Javis as director of the National Park Service. His nomination had been in limbo while two members of Congress went on a…

Falling for Aswan, Egypt's Original Frontier

Aswan has been called "the most beautiful place on earth" by enough people I've met that I approached it with some skepticism, figuring that any nice oasis must look like heaven if…

7 Essential Skills for Surviving Summer Travel

Taking a deep breath just doesn't work anymore. Not this summer.No, this summer calls for voodoo planes.Alan Fiermonte owns a collection of them -- "one for each airline," he says…