Book touts importance of maps
BY PAULINE FROMMER Why are maps important? That might seem like an odd question for a travel writer to be asking, but it’s one that I hadn’t much considered myself before reading Ken Jennings’ quirky,...
View ArticleWhich government agency gives best travel advice?
BY PAULINE FROMMER “Is it safe?” That’s the most common question I hear each weekend, when I take calls from listeners to the nationally syndicated radio show I host. Is it safe to go to Ethiopia? To...
View ArticleHalf-price rivers of Europe
by ARTHUR FROMMER Most avid travelers are aware that by going to numerous cruise discount websites, or even to the cruise lines’ own websites, they can occasionally find discounts off published prices...
View ArticleLas Vegas for $12 a night
BY ARTHUR FROMMER Throughout the past several weeks, I’ve had a lot of fun revealing the number of days in November and December (a total of nearly 30) when the super-deluxe Vdara Hotel in Vegas is...
View ArticleD-FW at home with cowboys and culture
BY PAULINE FROMMER Coming to Dallas, I thought I’d see the all the latest styles in cowboy boots. Instead, I didn’t see a single pair in the course of my visit (and believe me, I looked). “Oh, we all...
View ArticleSome rack up bonus miles by applying for credit cards
BY ARTHUR FROMMER You would not expect a distinguished travel writer to convey advice on obtaining free air fares by piling up signing bonuses on multiple credit cards. But that’s exactly what the...
View ArticleSome travel claims are easily refuted
BY ARTHUR FROMMER A great many of the travel claims you hear from airlines and others are easily refuted: Spirit Airlines’ claim to be a low-cost carrier Last year, when Spirit Airlines announced that...
View ArticleA look ahead into 2012 travel
BY PAULINE FROMMER Current events always shape how and where we travel. But when it comes to the events of volatile 2011, their impact will be unusually strong and likely will be felt well beyond 2012....
View ArticleAn African safari experience on a budget
BY ARTHUR FROMMER An African safari is one of the great experiences in travel, an almost-mystical time when you see the world as it was before human beings were on it. In Kenya and Tanzania, among...
View ArticleJanuary the month for travel bargains
BY ARTHUR FROMMER Starting around five or six days after the end of Christmas/New Year’s festivities (that is, around Jan. 6), and continuing through the remainder of January, most everything in travel...
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