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The Best Cheap Hotels for New York City for 2025

Alas, hotel prices are now so crazy in New York City (read this article to learn why), and so many budget hotels have closed, that although some of the cheap hotels I recommend are…

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Azamara Journey Review: What to Expect on Board

Initially built in 2000 for the now-defunct Renaissance Cruises, Azamara Journey is an older but well-maintained ship that has undergone two refurbishments since joining Azamara’s…

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Panama Canal Cruises: What You Should Know Before Booking

A Panama Canal transit is a dream trip for many travelers, especially history buffs and engineering geeks. The 50-mile-long artificial waterway, built between 1903 and 1914, connects…

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How to Avoid Getting Norovirus on a Cruise Ship

First of all, the good news: Norovirus is rarely deadly. It's more like a rotten toilet-based hangover marked by a few days of nausea and, for some people, vomiting. Its biggest risk,…

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The Best Cheap Hotels in Paris for 2025

To afford a stay in Paris , you don’t need a trust fund or stock options. The 10 budget-friendly lodgings that follow may not be known for their chic décor and high thread counts, but…

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The 10 Best (and Cheapest) Airfare Search Sites for 2025

Frommer’s regularly pits the best airfare search engines, aggregators, and booking sites against each other in a battle royale to see which can find the lowest price on more than two…

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Best and Worst Hotel Booking Sites for 2025

The well-known investment disclaimer “past performance is no guarantee of future results” could also apply to having a favorite hotel booking site. Hotel search engines that performed…

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15+ Real Travel Details in 1980's "Airplane!" That Seem Fake if You Weren't Alive Then

It changed the course of screen comedy. The 1980 deadpan-silly movie Airplane! , which was bootstrapped into blockbuster status by a team of outsider sketch comedy writers from the…

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Greenwich Village Walking Tour: Follow Our Stroll in the Historic NYC Neighborhood

In this walking tour, you'll get a taste of all the varied groups and social movements that shaped New York City's Greenwich Village over the years. But first, some background.…

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The Best Spring Vacations in the U.S.

When flowers are blooming, allergies are raging, and stores are selling the world’s finest seasonal candy—that would of course be Reese’s chocolate-and-peanut-butter eggs—it can only…

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What Is It Like to Fly Norse Atlantic Airways? Our Review

Is there a sourer expression than you get what you pay for ? Does that phrase have any basis in reality anymore? Over the years, I’ve had some awful travel experiences made worse by…

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Wynwood Walls Photos: Incredible Views of Miami’s Outdoor Street Art Gallery

Once an expanse of abandoned warehouses, Miami's Wynwood Walls has become, since opening in 2009, what the artist RISK has described as the "Olympics of street art." Developer Tony…

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The Frommer's Travel Gadget Gift Guide for 2024

Here at Frommer’s, we’re all about showing you how to make your travels smarter, cheaper, or more fun. So we looked for the latest gadgets designed to do all of the above—just in time…

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Frommer's Best Places to Go in 2025

Our popular list of travel recommendations for the year is here!

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Europe in Spring: Where to Go in March, April, and May

In March, April, and especially May, some spots in Europe achieve the travel trifecta: pleasant weather, manageable crowds, and reasonable room rates. Other areas of the continent…

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New York City's Top Christmas Attractions

Air conditioning, bank ATMs, toilet paper, hip-hop, and Waldorf salads were all invented in New York City . Believe it or not, so was the modern way of celebrating Christmas. In Gotham…

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Notre-Dame Reopening in Paris: Photos of the Restoration, Plus How and When to Visit

On Saturday, Dec. 7, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will finally reopen to the public with a globally broadcast ceremony and a series of celebratory masses. The more than 800-year-old…

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Don’t Have Elite Status? Fake It and Get Free Upgrades with These Tips

A lot of things in the travel world are tilted in favor of people who travel so much that they have attained elite status. But what about everyday, non-elite status vacationers that…

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The Best Beach Towns in Costa Rica

The great thing about Costa Rica 's beaches—other than the flour-soft sand and the top-notch surfing and snorkeling—is that many of the best coastal areas abut marvelous and mysterious…

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Countries Where the American Dollar Is Strong Right Now

Frommer’s got its start in 1957 with a series of guidebooks about seeing the world on 5 dollars a day . As you might have noticed, prices have gone up a little since then. But there…

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Slow on the Po: What to Expect on Barge Cruises in Italy

Italy lovers, take heart. France may seem to have cornered the market when it comes to barge cruising , but you don’t have to leave Italy to take a slow-mo voyage on a waterway cutting…

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London Pub Crawl: The Best Bars Around Historic Fleet Street

If London is, as is often claimed, less a single, cohesive city than a collection of villages, then the pubs are the souls of those villages. “The local” is a place to wind down after…

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The Best Museums in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , is home to one of the world's most remarkable collections of museums: the Smithsonian Institution. The "Nation's Attic" preserves and displays a vast number of…

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The Vessel in New York City Reopens with Entry Fee and More Security: Is It Worth Visiting?

In 2019, when the multiuse complex known as Hudson Yards opened in New York City , the centerpiece was a 150-foot-tall climbable sculpture called The Vessel. Designed by British…

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Do Top of the Rock’s New Rooftop Rides Make It the Best Observation Deck in NYC? Our Review

Since 1933 visitors have been flocking to the observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City . In the early days, they could lounge on Adirondack chairs in an area painted to…