Tagged: travel

Recession-Buster Destination: A Long Summer Weekend in Boston

When my family heard Greyhound was operating a new upscale bus service (free WiFi, comfortable seats, advance reservations) for $1 between major cities in the northeast, we decided…

Paddle Your Own Canoe this Summer, Family Style

Taking to the water this summer doesn't have to mean a trip to the beach. Sometimes the most entertaining and educational trip for the whole family is one which encourages team work…

Pauline Frommer's Spend Less, See More Tips for Traveling Green

If you'd like to get the most out of your dollar and your trip, Pauline Frommer's Travel Guides are for you. I put a fresh spin on budget travel, showing you how to experience the…

Pauline Frommer's Top Budget Destinations for Summer 2008

The specific prices described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.At a time when fuel, food, and…

Editor's Choice: 7 Top Spots for the Solo Traveler

We at Frommer's love the family vacation as well as the romantic getaway. What usually gets less attention -- but which comprises many of our favorite travel experiences -- is the…

Eat Cheap: How to Take Smaller Bites out of Your Wallet

From cradle to college, kids are siphons for food and money. As you probably know, most children are on demand feeding schedules until they move out -- sometime between the ages of 18…

Say Hi to Summer! Top Resorts Woo Families for Memorial Day

Forget June 21st. For most of us, the long Memorial Day weekend is the real kick-off to summer. And while higher gas prices may make you want to stay closer to home this year, top…

Stepping into Small Towns on Alabama's Gulf Coast

The town of Magnolia Springs is as you would expect -- a touch of old school Americana straight out of a classic novel. What is unexpected though is that it is so close to the resort…

Ask Suzy! Shopping for Tanzanite in Rio and Soaps in Paris

Our Born to Shop author Suzy Gershman is answering your global shopping questions for the next several weeks. Send mail to suzygershman@gmail.com. Her new book,Where to Buy the…

Port Guide Vancouver: What to See & Do in BC's Glamour City

With the Alaska season officially underway, tens of thousands of cruise passengers will soon be making their way through Vancouver, British Columbia, which along with Seattle…

Kids Eat Free: 3 Little Words That Equal Huge Savings

Want to shave your family's vacation costs? Be on the lookout for a free meal -- or even better, make that three squares a day. Mindful of the high cost of traveling with children,…

Travel Troubleshooter: Help! Princess Confiscated My Cognac

When Jerry Leonard and his wife transfer from their cruise ship to a train, they give Princess their luggage, which includes a bottle of Cognac. The luggage is lost and later found,…

Travel Health & Safety: Safest Airlines & Planes

Just what is going on with airline safety these days? With the grounding of thousands of flights by American Airlines and a couple of hundred by other companies, is something…

Greenwashed! Make Sense of the Travel Industry's Eco Promises

Book an airline ticket, save the planet.Re-use the towel in your hotel; stop global warming. Rent a hybrid car; reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.Lofty promises made by…

Exploring Grand Junction, Colorado's Parks and Monuments

No matter which direction you go from Grand Junction, you find awesome country. Grand Mesa rises to the southeast, towering 4,000 feet higher than the 7,000-foot Uncompahgre Plateau,…

In the Pink: Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossom Fever

 The specific promotions described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.The nations' capital is…

Travel Troubleshooter: Where Are My Vouchers?

Myron Sigal and his wife can't make their return flight from Venice to Philadelphia, after she is injured on a Mediterranean cruise. US Airways promises him a voucher for the unused…

Key West: Conch Fritters, Margaritas & Characters

I like Key West because it is replete with characters, and often weird juxtapositions of these people, usually when you least expect it. I lived there for five years in the 1990s,…

Global Ski Report: Shifting Gears to the Southern Hemisphere

Utah Company Books South America's Top Ski Areas Want to keep winter going all year long? Head south. South America Ski Trips (tel. 800/467-5445; http://southamerica.skitrips.com), a…

Slope Specs: Why Adelboden is a Little-Known Swiss Treasure

Adelboden, Switzerland (tel. +41 (0) 33 673 80 80; www.adelboden.ch) is the kind of European ski resort that North Americans always say they hope they will find -- a charming, scenic…

That's Sick! 9 Ways to Avoid the Bug When You Travel

It's virus season, and that means you'll probably endure a lot more stories like these:A norovirus-type bug whose symptoms included diarrhea, nausea and vomiting infected…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Virgin Islands

St. Thomas Where to Stay Instead of staying at a hotel, many visitors, especially those with families, are now heading for The Anchorage, Antilles Resorts in Christiansted (tel.…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Hawaii

Tourism, which has been in Hawaii since Captain James Cook sailed into its waters in 1778, really became an industry in 1959 when Hawaii became a state and jet travel became…

6 Travel Issues the Next President Should Care About

Whether you're a Democrat, Republican or pondering a protest vote for an independent presidential candidate in November, what you do at the ballot box may be meaningless as far as…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: These Websites Tell You Where To Go

The web is a wonderful thing, not least for travelers. I've been on the road a lot the past few months, and I've found several relatively new websites that have helped smooth the…