Frommer's EasyGuide to New York City

Description

Frommer's has amassed a loyal following of millions who have successfully used its guides for more than 60 years. Arthur and Pauline Frommer are a publicity-making machine. Between writing syndicated newspaper columns, blogs, weekly radio shows and constant public appearances, Arthur writes introductions to many of the guides, while Pauline oversees the line as Editorial Director and author of the two best-selling guides to New York City. Frommer's authors are noted journalists, known for providing high-quality research and reliable, yet opinionated colorful reviews. Most of the authors live in the area they cover to ensure that the books lead travelers on the most authentic journeys possible. Because they are "embedded" in these locations, they also are able to turn up money-saving advice, for travel in all price ranges that many other guidebook series miss. Reviews include websites,closest public transportation, hours and exact pricing Most books feature a detachable map All new Frommer guidebooks are set in 10 pt. type, larger than most other guides Frommers.com is consistently named one of the top 10 travel sites and has over 14 million page views monthly. The guides are featured and link to key retailers and IndieBound for fulfillment.

Pauline Frommer started traveling with her guidebook-writing parents at the age of four months and hasn't stopped since. She is the Editorial Director for the Frommer Guidebooks and Frommers.com, as well as author of what has been the bestselling guidebook to her hometown since its first edition. Her first job in travel was on the website Frommers.com, and eventually she worked her way up to Editor in Chief. Pauline also served as Travel Editor for MSNBC.com for several years, before working with John Wiley and Sons to create the award-winning Pauline Frommer Guidebooks, a 14-book series that won the coveted "Best Guidebook of the Year" title three years in a row from the North American Travel Journalists Association (and once from the Society of American Travel Writers). For four years, Pauline created weekly travel segments for CNN's Headline News and CNN's Pipeline. You may also have seen her talking travel on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, FOX News and every local news station you can name. Her writings have been widely published in everything from Budget Travel Magazine to the Dallas Morning News to Nick Jr. magazine. Her podcast, The Frommer's Travel Show, was named one of the 13 best for travel by The New York Times. She resides in New York City with her husband, Columbia University Professor Mahlon Stewart and two very well-traveled daughters.

How to travel better, smarter and cheaper in 2023: For an affordable New York hotel, consult Pauline. That would be Pauline Frommer of Frommers.com, who lives in Manhattan and makes it her business to check out the city's cheap-ish hotels herself. It's a tough job-the average daily rate eclipsed $300 over the summer, and she's on the lookout for rates below that. But this is the bargain hunger whose dad, Arthur, wrote the original "Europe on $5 a Day" in 1957. Her latest assessment is on Frommers.com. For a fuller treatment of New York City (researched after the lockdowns), there's Frommer's New York City 2023." - Los Angeles Times