Tagged: driving-vacation

The Ultimate Oregon Coast Road Trip: A Weeklong Itinerary

Updated April 2, 2024 The Oregon Coast is about 364 miles long. The main artery, U.S. Highway 101, winds along the entire way, often with the ocean in view. On our leisurely weeklong…

Hit the Road with Frommer’s and Our Expanded Selection of Guided Drives

With summer road trip season upon us, Frommer's has expanded our partnership with Road.Travel to help you go on the adventure of a lifetime. Road.Travel offers highly interactive…

Texas Hill Country Road Trips: Great Drives Near San Antonio

Though there's tons to do in San Antonio, the city's surroundings offer an array of enticements as well, including renowned barbecue, pockets of German heritage, and Texas Hill Country…

In Florida You Can Get a Ticket for Playing Loud Music from Your Car

A new state law in Florida affects everyone who gets behind the wheel there—and that includes tourists on road trips, in rental cars, and anywhere else except maybe Tomorrowland…

How to Get Your Car Ready for a Summer Road Trip

Planning for a summer road trip? Somewhere amid mapping your route, buying the appropriate Frommer's guides (ahem), making the perfect playlist, and stocking up on Cheez-Its, you…

What You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Rental Car Insurance (It's All Changing)

This photo lies. Nobody smiles when dealing with car rental insurance. Still, holders of the right credit cards in the past could escape having to buy insurance at the rental counter—a…

SoCal's Six Dazzling Holiday Drive-Throughs, from Stranger Things to Elf on the Shelf

The notion that Southern Californians spend all their time in their cars is a tired cliché—but in 2020, it feels freshly apt. As one of the few options for getting out of the house…

Luxury Rock Star Tour Buses Become A Travel Option in This Pandemic

There’s a certain flavor of fear that comes from trying to do something potentially dangerous that you are in no way competent to do. I experienced that intense mix of panic and…

Road Trip Essential: Map of Fastest Route to USA’s Top Breakfast Spots

One key to a successful road trip is maximizing your pit stops, and we've found an online resource that could help considerably. SavingSpot, a personal finance site sponsored by…

Listen to Our Weekly Travel Podcasts: Road Trips and National Parks

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 in New York and our…

6 Strategies for Road-Tripping in a Pandemic

A good driving trip can teach you something important for your mental health: The world is huge and most of it thrives without the slightest concern for human headlines. As lockdown…

Are Travelers Frill-Seekers? No, But Here's What They Really Want

Free drinks. Room upgrades. Better restaurants.That's what the travel industry thinks you want from your next travel experience.American Airlines (www.aa.com) last month announced it…

Travel Troubleshooter: Help! My Room Rate Just Tripled

The nightly room rate at the Best Eastern Sovietsky Hotel in Moscow is $279. At least that's what the Expedia sales agent promises Ilan Saadia. But the hotel begs to differ when he…

U.S. Credit Cards Lose Their Cachet in Europe

When Frommers.com Online Editor Jason Clampet went to London recently, he got a rude shock: some pubs wouldn't accept his credit card because it didn't have an embedded computer chip…