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Frommer Watch: Travel In India Is Really Cheap Right Now

Matt Stabile — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:00:05 +0000

India has always been a cheap country to travel through, but it’s now cheaper than ever. As the galavanting guru Arthur Frommer points out in a recent blog post, the exchange rate of the Indian Rupee is at a historical low as compared to the U.S. dollar, with each greenback [...]

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Frommer Watch: Arthur v. PETA?

Matt Stabile — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:00:45 +0000

Oh man, this is one group you do not want to pick a fight with. It all started innocently enough, last month, when the emperor of excursion himself, Arthur Frommer, offhandedly mentioned in a post that families should visit SeaWorld over competing theme parks due to its “educational value for [...]

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Frommer Watch: Cheap Bus Edition

Matt Stabile — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:11:59 +0000

If you’re traveling anywhere in the Northeast this summer, this one’s for you. In his most recent posting, Art’s blogging about the proliferation of dirt-cheap bus lines operating in the Northeast, including Megabus, Boltbus, Fung Wah, DC2NY, and Vamoosebus. And to help you out finding the best deals, a Kayak [...]

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Frommer Watch: Death To The Cruise

Matt Stabile — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:50:05 +0000

In anticipation of the maiden voyages of the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, two of the largest cruiseships ever built, Frommer’s setting the record straight on his view of cruises: they blow. Especially these two behemoths, whose seven-day “trips” spend half their time at sea, [...]

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Frommer Watch: Stop Screwing Me

Matt Stabile — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:20:06 +0000

Arthur’s more than little peeved this week, and it’s east to see why. In an apparent kickback arrangement between British mega-retailer W.H. Smith and Penguin books, the store will soon be selling Penguin-only travel guides (read: no Frommers) in their ubiquitous outlets found in nearly every airport and train station [...]

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Frommer Watch: Boycott Burma?

Matt Stabile — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:02:35 +0000

In this week’s installment of one of TheExpeditioner.com’s most popular and closely followed recurring columns, “Frommer Watch,” we find the godfather of globe-trotting in his daily blog calling for a boycott of travel to Burma in the wake of that country’s ruling military junta’s recent trial of pro-democracy leader, Daw [...]

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Frommer Watch: Down With Corrupt User-Generated Travel Sites

Matt Stabile — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:02:47 +0000

In our latest (and first) installment of Frommer Watch™, Arthur Frommer is throwing the gauntlet down on user-generated travel review sites. Citing his own ill-advised foray into user-generated advice during the pre-internet days of yore, Frommer recounts how his own guides once contained a “Readers’ Selections” section. That was, until [...]

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Fly To Europe For Under $300? Thanks Arthur

Matt Stabile — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:11:20 +0000

The web’s been abuzz this week with news that flights to Europe have been cropping up for under $300 as a result of — as Mr. Frommer postulates — the huge decline in trans-Atlantic flyers. Which, if true, means it’s only a matter of time before the airlines stop slashing [...]

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