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In Las Vegas, Now You Have to Look Closely at Your Bill for Hidden Fees
Seemingly overnight, casino owners have found a new way to hit the jackpot: hidden fees. Sometimes, no one can even tell you what the charges are for.
In New York City, Rapidly Shifting Hotel Prices, Shorter Dining Hours, and More
Every year at this time, I update the book Frommer’s EasyGuide to New York City. This involves spreadsheets of pricing, hours, and more, meaning that I’m easily able to graph the…
Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas Getting a Virgin Hotels Makeover
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is entering Virgin territory. The hotel—located just off the Strip on Paradise Road—has been acquired by the growing Virgin Hotels chain,…
Hotel on Skis Debuts in Finland for Northern Lights Viewing
A novel way of experiencing the Northern Lights has come to Finland. The new Aurora Wilderness Camp, located near the village of Kilpisjärvi, is comprised of three mobile cabins that…
Things to Do on Catalina Island, L.A.'s Island Getaway
Just about everything about Catalina is incongruous. Found 22 miles into the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles, this rugged isle is a bastion of laid-back calm within sight (on a…
Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Opening Her Own Hotel in New Jersey
Makeup designer and skincare expert Bobbi Brown is going from fashionable boutiques to her own fashionable boutique hotel. Known for creating a popular line of understated cosmetics…
The New Park MGM Replaces the Monte Carlo—and Las Vegas' Outdated Hotel Traditions
This spring, a new casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip rises from the bones of an old one. Is it possible to give an enormous hotel complex a sophisticated boutique feel?
Disney World Now Charges for Parking at Hotels, Decreasing Their Value
Update: Disney Parks finally rescinded fees for self-parking at Walt Disney World resorts in January 2023. Click here to read about that.It used to be one of the great courtesies of…
New Club Med Openings: Sicily, the Great Wall, and More
Club Med has embarked on an ambitious expansion project.The pioneer in all-inclusive resorts plans to add 15 new properties to its worldwide roster by the end of 2020, opening five…
Booking.com Introduces New Program for Unusual Stays
Unconventional accommodations like treehouses, yurts, and barns have proven popular on vacation rental sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway. For the increasing number of travelers seeking…
Privacy vs. Security: How Hotel Guests Can Get Around the Rise in "Room Checks"
I do a strange thing in hotel rooms sometimes: I host a live radio show. When I'm on the road, thanks to the magic of Skype, my room becomes my studio. And it used to be a quiet, easy…
The Ever-Expanding Footprint of Airbnb and What It Means
With speed more head-spinning than Linda Blair's in The Exorcist, Airbnb has been growing and changing and growing once again. In just the past 18 months or so, it has added online…
The World’s Most Rewarding Source of Free Homestays Is, and Remains, Servas
Organizations come and go that arrange for you to stay free-of-charge in someone else’s home or apartment in the course of your travels. The latest leaders in this effort are…
The Notorious B 'n' B: Infamous Historic Buildings That Are Now Hotels
You can’t blame a building for whatever shady, salacious, or downright gruesome dealings go down there. So why let a little mayhem scratch places off travel itineraries? The opposite…
Huge New Atlantis Resort Opens in China
The world now has three Atlantis resorts to overwhelm visitors with an ocean's worth of watery amenities and maximalist architecture. Joining sister properties in the Bahamas and Dubai…
Resort Fees Repel Foreign Visitors and Cheat People: They're Destructive for Us All
Americans despise resort fees. But in a shockingly short span of time, we became blasé about them. Appallingly, the people once renowned for feisty individualism and a testy spirit of…
Japan's Ultra-Cheap “Bed-in-a-Box” Hotels Have Resurfaced—in London
Many years ago, when Japan was the world’s leading economy and Japanese businessmen were hard-striving cheapskates anxious to squeeze out any savings, several properties in Tokyo…
No More Airline Miles for Hotel Stays Among Changes to Hilton's Loyalty Program
Hilton Worldwide is making changes to its 70-million-member hotel loyalty program, Hilton Honors.Among the most consequential of the updates: Starting April 1, members will no longer…
Robert De Niro’s Hotel Brand Goes On a Building Spree in 2018
Nobu Hotels, co-owned by actor Robert De Niro, star chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and movie producer Meir Teper, will have a busy 2018. The upscale chain is adding new properties in Chicago;…
Arthur Frommer's Travel Resolutions for the New Year
Because they often seek to regulate all of human activity, I find most New Year’s Resolutions to be rather unsatisfying. Here’s an attempt to limit these rules to the world of travel,…
Hyatt's Cancellation Rules Worsen for Consumers
Hyatt Hotels has made it more expensive for you to cancel a reservation. At most of the company's 700-odd properties, customers must now cancel at least 48 hours ahead of their planned…
Great Traditions Worth Experiencing at World Hotels
Hotels can be destinations, too, and sometimes checking into a historic property is reason enough to travel. From afternoon tea at the Ritz in London to the obsessive polishing of the…
Why Hotel Bills in Hawaii Are About to Go Up
On January 1, the tax on lodgings in Hawaii will increase by 1% statewide.But that's not all. The fee charged to tourists who rent rooms in hotels, condos, B&Bs, and "transient…
Marriott's New Shower Doors Record What You Doodle on Them
This winter, Marriott introduces what it calls "Splash of Brilliance," which are special shower doors that record whatever guests trace onto them and emails an image of it. You…
The Trends That Will Shape Travel in 2018
Glance at a list of recent travel trends and you’ll be struck by something. Where we visit, the ways we get there, and what we do upon arrival are all shaped by events in the wider…