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Stay at Home Abroad, Under $200 Per Night, With Air & Car, Kids Free

If you want to take thefamily abroad this summer or fall, but don't want to shell out chateau prices,then think small--think cottages. That's the message of Home at First,…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Fall Back For Autumn Foliage Tours from $899

It's rare that ArthurFrommer's Budget Travel magazine puts its imprimatur on a tour operator'sbrochures, but that's what has happened with the 2002 Cosmos publications,including the…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Tips from the Publisher: Make Your Travel Plans Now for the Grand Canyon

Mike Spring offers some tips on visiting one of the jewels in our National Parks system.

Article / Local Experiences

Tips from the Publisher: Visit Los Cabos, Mexico

Publisher Mike Spring gives the low-down on Mexico's hottest destination.

Article / Local Experiences

Raleigh Big Weekend Promotions: $39 Rooms and More

Raleigh, North Carolina, wants to fill up its hotel rooms on weekends. To achieve that goal they've created a new 2002 Visitor Rewards Card.

Article / Local Experiences

Safe, Scenic Hiroshima & Its Sacred Isle

As Asia becomes increasingly popular as a destination for security-minded Americans, Japan has to loom large in anyone's planning. Perhaps the safest place in the world to live and…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

A Goldmine of Savings Across California All Summer Long

The state of California is officially trying to help its small business operators to get more travelers to visit. This would not be remarkable by itself, but just a few years ago there…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

The Return of Dr. Finch: 3 Weeks in Guatemala from the Unbelievable $1,720

An e-mail arrived just last week from Dr. Richard Finch, recently retired geology prof from Tennessee Tech and guide extraordinaire, reminding us about his wonderful and wonder-filled…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Seminole Signals Cheaper, Easier Summers Near The Mouse and More

For the first time ever, you can book your vacations in Seminole County on-line. So what, you say? So take a closer look at Seminole County, just north of downtown Orlando and a place…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

The Caribbean’s Top Ten Over-the-Moon Honeymoons

Indulge your ultimate fantasy. These honeymoon resorts may cost more than your wedding, but if there's a time to splurge, it's now.

Article / Local Experiences

Dealer Tips for Gambling

There is no system that's sure to help you win, but these tips from Lou, who spent 20 years dealing cards in Vegas might help you lose your money slowly.

Article / Student

A Little Bit about Hanging Out

Unless you've committed to seeing Europe through the moving tinted window of a tour bus, pretty soon you're going to want to get past the initial strangeness and get with it. And to…

Article / Winter Sports

The Best Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding in Northern California

There’s both too much and not enough to say about downhill skiing in California. Obviously it’s an important sport or there wouldn’t be so many resorts. You could…

Article / Road Trips

Frommer's Trip Idea: PA's Lehigh Valley

Kathleen Warnock details what to expect and enjoy in the Lehigh Valley, PA.

Article / Road Trips

Call to Action: RVers Unite for a National Cleanup this Weekend

The Good Sam Club is organizing their nearly one million members into a giant outdoor coast-to-coast cleaning crew to kick off the beginning of the summer travel season-one piece of…

Article / Road Trips

Wining and Dining along the Russian River Wine Road

A weekend get away in Sonoma Valley.

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Tips from the Publisher: Biking in Europe

Michael Spring's suggestions on biking in Europe.

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

A $25 Discount in Connecticut's Quiet Corner

I'll bet you don't know about small town Brooklyn, or that it's certainly not in New York across the river from Manhattan, but in Connecticut's "Quiet Corner," the seldom-visited…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Soulful Journeys: Absorb Tours Offers Exotic Locales

In keeping with our policy of presenting good value travel opportunities, we want to recommend Absorb Tours, a New York-based group specializing in a few select destinations, namely…

Article / Family & Kids

New York's Finger Lakes Region: Glass, Wine and Scenery

Frommer's editor Liz Albertson takes you on a tour of Corning, NY--famous for its glassworks-- the Finger Lakes region.

Article / Family & Kids

Tips from the Publisher: Family Vacations

A successful family trip is one that kids and parents feel equally passionate about; one that allows both their own spaces.

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Tropical Vacations: Double Hot Rio's Beautiful People

Rio is hot this year, both in popularity and in temperature. With its 25 miles of beaches a virtual game room (and a bonus, a lot of attractive people), it's perfect for gregarious…

Article / Local Experiences

Britain's National Trust Links With Americans

The prices described in this article have now changed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.

Article / Road Trips

Frommer's Trip Idea: Bayou Beltway in Good Ol' Louisiana

Lying at the edge of No Man's Land (where no authority laid down the law between 1803 and 1845), and not far from a town in Texas called Uncertain (they were uncertain whether they…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Hawaii by Mule, Above the Clouds or Down the Tube

Ever since Robert Luis Stevenson traveled across Provence with his donkey (a long time ago), the mule has been shoved out of the limelight, first by the horse, then the Jeep, now the…