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What Escorted Tour Companies Are Doing to Keep Travelers Safe
We spoke with some of the biggest tour operators to learn what changes they've made to keep customers safe and happy during the pandemic era.
Mayflower Replica Soon to Sail Home to Plymouth—How to Track It Along the Way
As the Broadway musical Hamilton has shown us, the more we learn about the founders of the United States, the better equipped we are to wrestle with today's issues (though some critics…
Turkish Leader Re-Converts Hagia Sophia Into Mosque: Can Tourists Still Visit?
A court has cleared the way for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert one of the world's most precious architectural and historic jewels, the Hagia Sophia, back into a…
Saudi Arabia Blocks International Pilgrims from Mecca
For the first time in modern history, Muslims from around the world will not be allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca this year. Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that international…
Frommer's Publishes New Series of Affordable E-Books For Travel in the United States
To help our American readers find great road trips and exciting places to go in the United States, Frommer's just released nine new downloadable guides to some of the best places in…
WATCH: “Into the Wild” Bus Airlifted from Alaska Backcountry
An abandoned bus in middle-of-nowhere, Alaska, became a grim tourism draw following the 1996 publication of Into the Wild, later made into a film directed by Sean Penn. Jon Krakauer's…
Blaming the Pandemic This Time, L.A.'s Oscars Museum Delays Yet Again
Like some troubled Hollywood epic, the overbudget, much-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has had its opening date pushed back again. Originally slated to begin…
Europe's Tourism Must Reckon with Slavery. Liverpool Has Made a Start.
Europe made vast sums from slavery, yet tourist attractions rarely come to terms with that chapter. Liverpool, England, is at the forefront of a renaissance in historical social…
Road Picture: Instagrammers Travel to Reenact Iconic Film Scenes
Frommer's chats with a German couple who take movie-centric travel to a whole new level.
Pauline Frommer: You Can Help Restore Our National Parks and Create Thousands of Jobs
At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration. It accomplished two life-changing goals: Over the course of…
Portugal Reopens to Tourism June 6, but with an Odd Twist
Update, June 30: Portugal has updated its policy to conform to recommendations by the European Union. Americans are no longer welcomed. For complete information, see our feature about…
L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl Cancels Summer Concerts
For the first time in 98 years, there will be no concerts this summer at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The Greek-style outdoor amphitheater, set in a canyon in the Hollywood…
A Blow to Broadway: Shows Won't Reopen Until September 6
The show must go on—except when there's a global health crisis. The Broadway League, the trade association for the theatrical industry, announced that the lights in New York City's…
Second City Simulation: Spend a Day in Chicago from Home
Our one-day itinerary for doing Chicago from afar highlights its best art, architecture, culture, and food. (And some day you can go do these for real.)
Be a Kid Again: Download Free Coloring Pages from Great Places
Adult coloring books. Sounds like an oxymoron, right? But in recent years, this tot's activity has become popular among those well past puberty as a way to express creativity and…
Better Buy a Watch: Your Travel Future Will Be Timed
Travel is still shut down, but the coronavirus has already changed it. New social distancing measures have forced attractions around the world to look at entrance procedures anew.…
Hawaii Is Using the Shutdown to Transform Its Tourist Experience
Tourism has been a boon and a bane to the Aloha State for years. Many Hawaiians are trying to use the travel pause to shift the paradigm.
Announcing Frommer's Guides to Your Quarantine!
Our latest (fake) guidebooks are your ticket to nowhere.
Sicily Creates Fund to Pay 50% of Vacationers' Costs
Sicily is giving vacationers an offer they can't refuse. The government of this storied Italian island has put aside €500 million (about $595 million) to pay for 50% of the cost of…
50+ Places to Find Free, Travel-Themed Virtual Backgrounds for Video Calls
The world's big destinations and attractions have posted digital wallpapers for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other video chat platforms—and you can download them all for…
Frank Lloyd Wright Sites Are Sharing Weekly Virtual Visits
We wouldn't mind being quarantined in a Frank Lloyd Wright house. For one thing, the famed architect was all about bringing the outdoors in, which sounds like a promising treatment for…
It’s the Pits! The Cancellation of the National Cherry Festival Is Personally Saddening
About four years ago I learned that I was a failure. At cherry spitting, that is. No matter how much I tried—and I lined up four times to show off my non-skills to a judge—I couldn’t…
A Facebook Page for Sharing Window Views from Around the World
"If you want the people to understand you, invite them to your life and let them see the world from your window!" So wrote Turkish novelist and playwright Mehmet Murat ildan. And while…
Samantha Brown Just Made Some Terrific New Study Guides
Travel television star and all-around lovely person Samantha Brown is schooling her kids at home right now, like so many of us. So she gets it. She knows that 23 minutes off-duty time…
How to Celebrate Massachusetts Patriots' Day Events Online
Each year on the third Monday of April, Massachusetts commemorates the start of the American Revolutionary War with Patriots' Day. The statewide celebration includes a parade in…