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Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Vaccinated People May Travel, Says the CDC

It's the news Americans have been waiting to hear for more than a year. Fully vaccinated people are cleared to travel domestically, according to updated guidance from the U.S. Centers…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Why Amtrak Deserves the $80 Billion President Biden Wants to Give It

Apologies to South Dakota and its 884,659 residents. It is the only one of the contiguous states to be left out of Amtrak’s ambitious plans to improve rail service by 2035. But for the…

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Five Big Challenges Confronting Travelers During the Pandemic Recovery

Some of the ways Covid-19 has changed travel are obvious. When we plan almost any adventure now, first we take into account safety protocols like social distancing and masks. The…

Article / Family & Kids

5 Ways to Vacation with Family or Friends in a Social Bubble

Need ideas for getting loved ones together to travel in a safe group? Many areas of the travel industry are now making that possible.

Article / Passportable

Harry Truman’s Key West Home Now Offering Spins in His Presidential Limo

Harry S Truman paid 11 visits to Key West, Florida, during the years of his presidency, 1945–53. He'd spend his leisure hours fishing and, like many a Key West tourist since, looking…

Article / Slideshows

Why Didn't We Come Up with These Creative Inventions for Life on the Road?

During the pandemic, we've spent way more time indoors than we would have liked. Now that we're eyeing the open road again, many of us will find our travel expectations have been…

Article / Passportable

Minneapolis Gets a New Park Celebrating Food From Its Native and Pioneer Past

The world did not freeze in place last spring when we were all sent to our rooms for a pandemic "time out." In fact, some destinations are changing quite drastically. Take, for…

Article / Local Experiences

WATCH: Ride the World's Great Public Transport Lines—Everything But the Fare!

It's surprisingly relaxing: Ride entire transit lines from end to end in some of the world's great cities. Getting nowhere never felt so transporting.

Article / Passportable

Amtrak Introduces a Bidding System for Upgrades

In many ways, high-end train travel in the United States mirrors high-end plane travel. Amtrak doesn't have seats that convert into lie-flat beds in first and business class. But those…

Article / Passportable

Here Are the Countries with the Least and Most Expensive Plane and Train Travel

Thailand has the world's most affordable domestic transportation prices overall while Denmark has the most expensive, according to a newly released analysis of plane, train, and bus…

Article / Slideshows

The 10 Most Fun Heritage Railways in America

The many heritage railways in the United States are museums of moving history—a reminder of the industrial age that shaped and continues to shape the country in profound ways. Often,…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Follow in Frances McDormand’s Tire Tracks at “Nomadland” Filming Locations

In some ways, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland follows the template of classic film westerns such as those made by John Ford: Individuals struggle for survival and find community against the…

Article / Passportable

Flash Sale: Two-For-One Tickets On Amtrak For Travel Through August

How does Amtrak celebrate Valentine's Day? Nope, it isn't painting train carriages bright pink or handing out chocolates on the Acela. Instead, the rail service is doing something even…

Article / Passportable

1950s School Bus That Once Toured 200,000 Miles Revs Up for New Journey

A 1950s school bus that already racked up more than 200,000 miles on two continents decades ago is going back on the road. Josh Jackling and Carolyn McKenna spent three years…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Biden Announces Quarantine Requirement for Those Returning to the U.S. from Abroad

Federal regulations regarding travel are changing by the day—if not the hour. On the day after his inauguration as president, Joe Biden announced that, starting Tuesday, January 26,…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

On Day One, President Biden Makes Masks Mandatory on Planes, At National Parks, and Elsewhere

Over the last 10 months, common sense sat on the back burner. Even though 33 transportation unions, most airline CEOs, the good folks at Consumer Reports, and hundreds of thousands of…

Article / Car, Bus, Rail

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

A number of cards are no longer offering rental car insurance. Here's how to find out whether you're covered—before you hit the rental counter.

Article / Slideshows

Best Places 2021: Great Authors on Our America

Every December, Frommer’s publishes a list of the Best Places to Go for the coming year, as chosen by Frommer’s writers around the world. For more than a decade, this list has been one…

Article / Miscellaneous

6 Ways to Dream a Vacation Now, but Pay Over Time or Take It Later

News about vaccines is making people wish we could be traveling again. Vendors are already helping customers make future plans—and spread the costs over time.

Article / Passportable

Canada's Famed Rocky Mountaineer Train Expands to the American West

Lovers of great rail journeys will tell you: The Rocky Mountaineer, a privately owned luxury train that threads through the Canadian Rockies in the summer with special bubble-top…

Article / Passportable

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…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Holiday Travel in 2020: Safer Places to Go, Places to Stay, Road Trips

It sometimes feels like Covid-19 stripped us of the most precious parts of our humanity. Thanks to the virus, theater, dance, and music performances are too dangerous to attend, as are…

Article / Passportable

Curious About Delaware? New Driving Trail Shows Off Joe Biden’s Home State

As the home state of Joe Biden, Delaware was talked about more than usual during the 2020 election season. But many of us still don't know much about the second-smallest U.S. state…

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Take a Cinematic Driving Tour Through the Hometown of the “Halloween” Creator

We'll say this for Michael Myers, the embodiment of pure evil in the Halloween movies: At least he wears a mask when he's within 6 feet of people. His bare-faced victims, on the other…

Article / Slideshows

America the Beautiful in National Geographic Photos: An Exclusive Book Excerpt

Fall in love with the U.S.A. all over again with America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs , a patriotic collection of National Geographic 's images. The publication includes more…