Tagged: summer-travel

This Summer, Travel Isn't Working Like It Used To, So Bring Your Patience

As a society, we're still coping with a once-in-a-century trauma—and several of us aren't handling the stress well. Some travelers are snapping, losing their marbles in the worst…

Arthur Frommer: Travel in Europe is Getting Harder, Yet Still We Must

Let’s be frank: Traveling to Europe this summer will be more difficult than in recent years.  Which is all the more reason to consider, and then overcome, a number of obstacles. What…

Frommer's Forum Reader Unearths Round-trip Airfare to France in June for $620

Eagle-eyed Frommer's community member Travel Rob has spotted some incredible summer airfare rates on XL Airways to France for June. Normally, rates top a grand, but he has found a…

An Aviation Reporter for the Associated Press Has Condensed All of Travel Wisdom Into Six Basic Rules for Approaching a Summer Vacation

On the Travel Show this past Sunday (see wor710.com for a "podcast" of it, start of the second hour), Scott Mayerowitz of the Associated Press gifted us with six…

Cruise Ship Shops: Black Friday on the High Seas?

What does the day after Thanksgiving mean to you? Is it "Black Friday," the recently traditional (since the mid-1970s) day on which Americans head to the mall and spend themselves…

Holiday Travel: How to Earn Bonus Frequent-Flier Miles

With holiday shopping around the corner, it's time to address one of the recurring tragedies of the season. (No, not your Aunt Sadie's annual fruit cake). Today I'd like to address…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's South Pacific

Although most of their national currencies have risen against the depressed U.S. dollar, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga still offer good value to those of us spending…