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Money and Fees

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

New Data: When to Book Flights and Hotel Stays to Save on Travel in 2023

With travel costs up across the board, it's more important than ever to find savings wherever you can. According to the travel booking app Hopper, one way to cut vacation costs…

Article / Slideshows

The Best Cheap Hotels in London for 2024—Around £100 a Night

If there's one thing we understand at Frommer's, it's that for many travelers, being able to visit places affordably is the only way to visit them at all. In 1957, Frommer's burst upon…

Article / Air Travel

4 Tips for Finding Cheaper Airfare in 2023

Airline ticket prices remain high, but experts are cautiously optimistic about 2023. Here are some strategies for booking affordable flights this year.

Article / Passportable

Act Fast for Two Deep Cruise Discounts: One for Singles, One for Companions

Cruise companies are unlocking deep discounts for the year ahead. Two big new promotions have surfaced today—one of them will be on offer until March 1st, but the other is available…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Disney, Stung By Harsh Feedback, Backtracks on Parking Fees and Park Hopping

On Tuesday afternoon, Disney Parks did something it pretty much never does: It gave money back. At least a little bit. Without warning, the Florida resort backtracked and announced…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

How Are Ultrarich Tourists Spending Valentine’s? In a $200,000 Champagne Bath, Apparently

Now that the December holidays are behind us, hotels have begun promoting themselves as ideal escapes for Valentine's Day. In many cases, they're putting together romantic offerings…

Article / Theme Park

4 Signs That Disney Parks Are in a Lot More Trouble Than People Think

The value of a Disney vacation is sliding fast, and the problems run so deep they won't be solved by the recent CEO swap.

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

2022's Top Travel Stories, According to Frommer's Readers

In 2022, Covid-19 finally loosened its grip on the world. Our site stats reflect that (beyond) welcome development: Of the year's 10 most viewed pages here at Frommers.com, just one…

Article / Money and Fees

What to Do to Avoid Getting Scammed if an Airbnb Host Asks You to Cancel a Booking

If an Airbnb host tells you that your confirmed reservation is no longer available, who should cancel the booking?

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Hate Resort Fees? Want them Banned? Now's the Time to Tell the Government

Living in America today requires taking frequent emergency actions to avert the latest civic crisis, be it a high-stakes election, a GoFundMe for someone who slipped through the…

Article / National Parks

Days in 2023 When All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter

All units managed by the U.S. National Park Service waive entrance fees on 5 days in 2023.

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Hertz to Pay $168 Million to Falsely Arrested Customers—From Its Insurance

We have an update to the ongoing scandal involving the Hertz Corporation, which was accused by hundreds of customers of reporting them to police for stealing cars that were lawfully…

Article / Passportable

Frontier Airlines Hangs Up on Customer Service by Phone

Frontier Airlines, the carrier so cheap it won't even allow most passengers to recline seats without fees, has found a new way to cut costs and further contribute to the indignity of…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

In Spain, Cheap High-Speed Rail Is Now the Norm

Spain's golden age of affordable high-speed rail has arrived. Last week a new company called Iryo launched fast train service between Madrid and Barcelona, with routes to Valencia,…

Article / Passportable

Verizon Gooses Its International Data Benefits to Be More Competitive

Earlier in 2022, smartphone service giant T-Mobile, which gobbled up competitor Sprint in 2020, flexed the power of its post-merger muscle by increasing the speed and data available to…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Disney Prices Are Climbing Again: Strategies for Making the Parks Cheaper

If you’ve ever read anything about D-Day, you know about the intense planning, subterfuge, and calculation that went into pulling off that epic World War II landing. With Walt Disney…

Article / Passportable

Airbnb Is Making It Easier to See Hated Cleaning Fees Earlier in Search

Airbnb is at last bringing more—though not complete—transparency to how rental prices are displayed. In December, the company will begin rolling out a feature that lets users of the…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

A Rare Fee Reduction! The TSA Trims the Cost of PreCheck

You don't see this very often these days: prices going down. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration and its enrollment partner IDEMIA, eager to get more travelers signed up…

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

Times Are Changing: Why You Should Use Your Loyalty Points As Soon As Possible

The corporations that dominate the world responded to the aftermath of the pandemic downturn in their own ways, but there's a common impulse among most of them: recover as much lost…

Article / Theme Park

Should You Buy MagicBand+ When You Go to Disneyland? (Spoiler: Not Yet)

MagicBand+ has arrived at California's Disneyland. When you go, should you buy the much-discussed accessory?

Article / Arthur Frommer Online

New Study of Millions of Airfares Reveals the Best Days to Purchase and to Fly

For the fourth year in a row, a study by the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC) and Expedia has named Sundays as the best day of the week to book travel—if saving money is your goal.I…

Article / Entry Requirements & Customs

How Fast Is the USA's New Online Passport Renewal System? I Tested It.

How long does it take to renew a standard U.S. passport using the State Department's new all-digital process? And is it as miserable as mailing an application?

Article / Passportable

Already a Fave with Expats, Portugal Is Launching a Digital Nomad Visa

One of Europe's most popular destinations for expats is making it easier for digital nomads to stick around for up to a year. Starting October 30, citizens of the United States and…

Article / Health, Insurance, Security

8 Financially Reliable Travel Insurance Providers

Frommer's names eight companies that have proved themselves over time.

Article / Passportable

Howdy, Dolly Parton Fans! Now You Can Book a Stay on Her Retired Tour Bus

A recently introduced hotel package gives guests the chance to stay in Dolly Parton's tricked-out tour bus—and this "Tennessee Mountain Home" away from home is no "Lil' Ole Bitty…