Episode Notes Pauline interviewed Devin Murphy about his Outside magazine article on how he saw the world by working on cruise ships, and Jeremy Hance, author of the new memoir “Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac”
An in-depth interview with the inimitable Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Forever Italy, about Italy’s regions, hidden sights, wines, breads, museums and more.
Episode Notes Three terrific authors joined us to chat: Molly O’Brien, Sian Meades-Williams, and Melanie Kaplan
Episode Notes Consumer Reports Bill McGee was with us to talk about a major win for air travelers. Plus Frommer’s Editor in Chief Jason Cochran looked at both scientific reports and governmental policies to predict when we’ll be able to travel safely again, now that the vaccine is being rolled out.
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Episode Notes New York Times reporter Diane Cardwell discusses how surfing changed her life, plus a conversation with producer Ross Corey about a spectacle coming to a city near you soon.
Episode Notes Jason Cochran, Zac Thompson and Pauline Frommer talk about the places Gloria Steinem, David Sedaris, Daniel Okrent, Jodi Picoult, and other big literary names chose for this annual, but now reimagined, Frommer’s tradition
Episode Notes We answered questions sent in by Frommer’s readers on aviation, plus took a look at the ancient technology, philosophy and life lessons that come to the fore when traveling through Greece.
Episode Notes Jason Cochran joined Pauline Frommer to discuss a number of new developments.
Episode Notes Our guests today were Professor Emily Thomas, Susan Spann (author of Climb) and Tony Perrottet on Emilia Romagna
Episode Notes With guests Gene Sloan (of the Points Guy), Kerry Cheeseboro (of Cheeseboro Kitchens), and Lily Heise (author of There’s Only One Paris).
Episode Notes Today Chris Bonanos of the Encyclopedia of New York was the guest, plus Pauline Frommer and Zac Thompson discussed “New York City on $5 a Day”–what’s the same and what has changed in Gotham over the decades
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Welcome to the NEW Frommer Travel Show, now on podcast only. Today we discuss the history and emotional impact of souvenirs; the good news out of Venice, Italy; and where Americans can go for a warm weather vacation this summer. We end the show with a segment from our founder Arthur Frommer discussing the lesser…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, September 27th, 2020, Hour 2
A NEW PODCAST WILL BE COMING TO THIS SPACE SOON (custom made, and not done on radio). WE SHOULD HAVE THAT UP BY OCTOBER 9 AT THE LATEST. This episode was our last before our hiatus from Radio America, and started with Pauline and Arthur Frommer discussing the lessons they’ve learned from travel over the…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, September 20th, 2020, Hour 2
Today’s guest-packed show covered a number of topics, including resorts and destinations that are trying to lure families by offering distance learning opportunities (guest Laura Begley Bloom of Forbes.com discussed this topic); air travel in the time of Covid 19 (with Jason Cochran, Editor in Chief of Frommers.com); “regenerative travel” (with Elaine Glusac of the…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, September 13th, 2020, Hour2
Today’s show dealt with travel to New York City (a discussion by the Frommers), travel etiquette in this pandemic with Thomas Farley (AKA Mister Manners) and a discussion of cairns on hiking trails with Sunny Fitzgerald.
Rosemary McClure, author of Frommer’s Yosemite and Neighboring Parks, started the show off today, talking about nature vacations in California. Then Frommers.com Editor-in-Chief Jason Cochran was on to chat about what one needs to know about travel insurance during these pandemic times. Chris Elliott was up next with info on consumer travel issues, and Mel…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, September 6th, 2020, Hour2
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, August 30th, 2020, Hour 2
Mikkel Aaland was our first guest today, discussing his book and upcoming TV series Perfect Sweat about saunas and steam rooms of all kinds around the world. Next up was Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, the author of Frommer’s Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, to discuss vacations in those great parks.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, August 23rd, 2020, Hour 2
Eric Weiner, the author of the new book, Socrates Express was the guest for this hour. Weiner traveled to many of the places the great philosophers lived, as well as attending philosophy camps, to better understand their teachings.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, August 16th, 2020, Hour 2
Today’s episode featured Scott McCartny, the Wall Street Journal’s Middle Seat columnist, and Gene Sloan from The Points Guy. They discussed the future of travel, with Gene looking at what may or may not happen in the world of cruising, and Scott discussing the rest of the industry. Don Laine, co-author of Frommer’s Albuquerque, Taos…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, August 9th, 2020, Hour2
On today’s show, Elaine Glusac, the Frugal Travel columnist of the New York Times talked about the most recent developments in travel for the first half of the show. And then Jeanne Cooper, author of Frommer’s Hawaii 2020 discussed what travel to the Aloha State will be like, most likely, after the pandemic.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, August 2nd, 2020, Hour2
Travel Channel host Oneika Raymond appeared today, to discuss the challenges that black travelers face; and Diana Schwam, author of Frommer’s EasyGuide to New Orleans 2020, talked about the culture and cuisine of that fabled city.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, July 26th, 2020, Hour 2
Today’s show featured interviews with award-winning travel blogger and children’s book author Cory Lee, who discussed travel for persons with disabilities; and Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times columnist, about how to better enjoy museums and other cultural sites.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, July 19th, Hour 2
The author of several National Geographic books on travel in the United States, Joe Yogurst, was today’s guest on the Frommer Travel Show.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, July 12th, Hour 2
CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg appeared on the Frommer Travel Show to discuss what he foresees for the future of travel.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, July 5th, Hour 2
Frommers.com Editor in Chief Jason Cochran was our guest for this hour. He discussed how he went about writing the two Frommer guides he’s authored (“Frommer’s EasyGuide to London” and “Frommer’s EasyGuide to Disney World, Universal and Orlando”), as well as a travel memoir he just published called “Here Lies America”).
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, June 28th, Hour 2
The former Frugal Traveler columnist for the New York Times, Seth Kugel, was the guest for this hour of the Frommer Travel Show.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, June 21th, Hour 2
This hour featured two guests. First up was Lee Abbamonte, who once held the record for the youngest man to visit every country on the planet. Then Ayun Halliday, author of the hilarious travel memoir No Touch Monkey, talked about her adventures in travel over the years.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, June 14th, Hour 2
Simon Winchester, author of a number of travel books, along with his book on the history of the Oxford English Dictionary (The Professor and the Madman), was the guest for this hour of the show. Simon discussed his perambulations through the United States over the years.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, June 7th, Hour 2
Michael Stern, the founder of Roadfood, discusses American regional cuisine, road trips and more.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, May 31st, Hour 1
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, May 31st, Hour 2
Patricia Schultz, the author of 1000 Places to See Before You Die, was our guest on this hour. She discussed how her book was researched and written, plus some of her personal favorites among the 1000.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, May 24th, Hour 2
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, May 17th 2020 Hour 2
Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of Pilgrimage, was today’s distinguished guest. He discussed how to make the travel experience deeper, as well as which destinations he thinks lend themselves best to intellectual pilgrimages.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, May 10th 2020 Hour 2
On today’s show the Frommers spoke with Tim Cahill, noted travel writer and one of the founders of Outside magazine. Among the topics discussed was the oddest thing Cahill has ever eaten (it’s a doozy), how Cahill approaches the subjects he wants to write about, and a bit about why travel can be such a…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, May 3rd 2020 Hour 2
Conor Knighton is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the author of a wonderful, just published book called “Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park”. We devoted the entire show to the book, talking with Conor about the history of a number of the parks, oddities and mysteries that can be…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, April 26 2020 Hour 2
The primary guest for today’s show was Rolf Potts, the author of the seminal book Vagabonding about long-term travel. Rolf discussed what travel means to him (especially in this no-travel time), how he became a nomad, and some of his favorite destinations. Piggybacking on Rolf’s segments, Emilie Gillespie discussed her recent piece in the New…
This hour was taped pre-Coronavirus
We’re looking ahead to future travels on this show, with Andrea Sachs from the Washington Post discussing travel to Antarctica and Rosemary McClure, the author of Frommer’s Yosemite and Neighboring Parks, talking about vacations in that extraordinary region.
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, April 12th, 2020, Hour 2
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, April 12th, 2020, Hour 1
The Frommers started the show with Arthur talking about how travel changed his life, and the lessons he has derived from the activity. Then Josh Gates of Destination Unknown, came on to discuss his travel-centric TV show. Our last guest was from a taping in early March: Julie Weed, discussing her recent article on spa…
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, April 5th, 2020, Hour 2
The Frommer’s Travel Show For Sunday, March 29th, 2020, Hour 2
On today’s show, the Frommer’s discussed the outlook for transatlantic fares and then spoke with Joe Yoegerst about his new book for National Geographic about Road Trips. Sarah Firshein then spoke about the possibility of doing early check ins at hotels. (Please note that this episode, while new, was recorded in February)
The Frommers talk about everything travelers need to know in the day of the coronavirus, the best ways to spend time as a family, they highlight the best of Texas. Where is the best place to go in the Caribbean?
The Frommers talked about the different type of travelers (primarily solo travelers) who are hitting the road today. Next, they welcomes Frommer’s Rome Day by Day author Elizabeth Heath the illuminate hidden gems of that city. Food expert Nevin Martell came on to discuss how to find the best restaurants in every city. And writer…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, March 15th, Hour 2
On today’s broadcast, Arthur and Pauline Frommer discussed the innovations of the new cruiseship from Virgin Voyages. Then Nick Gray, founder of tour company Museum Hack, gave his top strategies for actually enjoying museum visits—some will surprise you. Next up was Brett Snyder, AKA The Cranky Concierge, discussing new types of business class fares. And…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, March 8th, Hour 2
Arthur & Pauline discussed travel in the time of COVID-19. Then Rainer Jenss came on to discuss family travel, Rachel Opperman discussed off piste skiing in Estes Park, and listener David Hemenway came into the studio to ask a question about travel to Scandinavia.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, March 1st, Hour 2
Arthur and Pauline had a wide-ranging discussion about the Football Hall of Fame, Emirates Airline’s updating of the business class concept, and when it makes sense to buy an attractions pass. They then welcomed guest Jennifer Ceaser, the author of Frommer’s EasyGuide to Amsterdam, Brussels and Bruges to discuss travel to those three cities; and…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, February 23rd, Hour 2
Arthur and Pauline started today’s show with tips on how to save on dining expenses when on the road. Then Steve Wellmeyere of Poseidon Expeditions discussed arctic and antarctic cruising, Andrea Sachs of the Washington Post came on to discuss less crowded festivals (worth traveling to) around the United States, and Scott McCartney of the…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, February 16th, Hour 2
Travel celebrity Samantha Brown, formerly of the Travel Channel was one of our guests today, talking about the 3rd season of her PBS show “Places to Love”. Arthur and Pauline also hosted Rainer Jenss of the Family Travel Association, and discussed staying healthy while traveling.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, February 29th, Hour 2
There were no guests on this week’s travel show. Instead, the Frommers spent the entire show discussing Pauline’s recent safari in Tanzania (plus her trip to Zanzibar, Tanzania).
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, February 2nd, Hour 2
Arthur and Pauline started the show discussing currency rates and what they mean for travelers. This was followed by NYU Professor Lauren Gretch discussing how destination weddings are different today than they were a decade ago. Next Christian Wolters, Managing Director of TourRadar.com, discussed trends in guided tours. This hour’s final guest was Kelly Sunderland…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, January 26th, Hour 2
The Frommers started the hour by talking about the top trends in travel for the upcoming year, everything from the rise of vegan travel to new types of day tours around the world. Then Meredith Pratt, the author of Frommer’s EasyGuide to Washington, DC came on to discuss the ins and outs of planning a…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, January 19th, Hour 2
Guests on today’s show include Scott Mayerowitz of The Points Guy to discuss the best and worst airports by cost; and Anna Brooke, author of Frommer’s EasyGuide to Paris, to discuss what you need to know before your next Parisian vacation. Pauline and Arthur also talked about the Best Places to Go in 2020.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, January 12th, Hour 2
Pauline discusses her recent visit to the Dominican Republic. Then, Jeanne Cooper, author of Frommer’s Hawaii came on to discuss the latest developments in that great American state. Pamela Fiore, travel writer, also appeared.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, January 5th, Hour 2
Arthur and Pauline discuss the last of the destinations that Frommer’s authors chose as the best to visit in 2020 (see the complete list at www.frommers.com/bestplaces.com). Then Bill McGee, of Consumer Reports, came on to talk about the political fight to force the Trump Administration to enact a DOT rule passed at the end of…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, December 29th, Hour 2
Arthur & Pauline Frommer began today’s show by discussing Frommers.com new article on which are the Best Places to Go in 2020. To see the entire piece, go to www.frommers.com/bestplaces2020. Then travel writer Jennifer Barger discussed her recent Washington Post piece about taking crafting classes when you travel. Diana Schwam, the author of Frommer’s EasyGuide…
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, December 22nd, Hour 2
On today’s broadcast, Jon Waterman talked about his new book on the United States’ National Parks (published by National Geographic); Natasha Schlesinger of ArtMuse.com discussed touring artist’s studios in New York City; and Nicola Wood of U.S. News & World Report presented that publication’s findings as to which are the best and worst cruise lines….
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, December 15th, Hour 2
On this episode, Arthur & Pauline discussed her recent trip to New Orleans. Then writer Julie Kessler discussed travel to Uganda, and Dylan Thuras, one of the founders of Atlas Obscura, talked about the recently updated version of that book.
The Frommer’s Travel Show for Sunday, December 8th, Hour 2