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'''Frommer's''' is a [[travel]] guidebook series and one of the bestselling travel guides in America. The series began in 1957 with the publication of [[Arthur Frommer]]'s book, ''Europe on $5 a Day''. Frommer's has expanded to include over 350 guidebooks across 14 series, as well as other media including the award winning [http://frommers.com/ Frommers.com] website which covers over 3,500 destinations. In 2007, Frommer's celebrated its 50th anniversary of guidebook publishing. Since May 2007, Arthur Frommer has been actively blogging about travel<ref>[http://frommers.com/blog/ Arthur Frommer Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> on the Frommers.com website.
== History ==
In 1957, Arthur Frommer, a young corporal in the U.S. Army, wrote a travel guide for American GIs in Europe, and then produced a civilian version called ''Europe on $5 a Day''. The book ranked popular landmarks and sights in order of importance and included suggestions on how to travel around Europe on a budget. It was the first travel guide to show Americans that they could afford to travel in Europe. It was a new concept for the time and has been credited with opening the door to modern tourism and travel guidebook publishing, particularly for budget travel.<br />
Arthur Frommer returned to the United States and began practicing law. During that time, he continued to write and also began to self-publish guidebooks to additional destinations, including New York, Mexico, Hawaii, Japan and the Caribbean. In 1977, Frommer’s trademark was sold to Simon & Schuster, Inc. After several subsequent sales the Frommer’s series was purchased by [[John Wiley & Sons, Inc.]] in 2001. Arthur’s daughter, Pauline Frommer, is now writing her own series of travel guidebooks and continuing the Frommer’s travel legacy.
== Guidebook Series ==
More than 75 million books have been sold since Frommer’s inception in 1957. Over 350 titles are available in the following series:
* Frommer’s Complete Guides
* Frommer’s With Kids
* Frommer’s Day by Day
**Amsterdam
**Athens
**Barcelona
**Beijing
**Berlin
**Boston
**Brussels & Bruges
**Cancun & the Yucatan
**Chicago
**Dublin
**Edinburgh & the Best of Scotland
**Florence & Tuscany
**Hong Kong
**Honolulu & Oahu
**Las Vegas
**London
**Los Angeles
**Maui
**Montreal
**Napa & Sonoma
**New York City
**Paris
**Prague
**Provence & the Riviera
**Rome
**San Diego
**San Francisco
**Seattle
**Seville
**Venice
**Washington D.C.
* Frommer’s Portable Guides
* Frommer’s Irreverent Guides
* Frommer’s Memorable Walks
* Frommer’s PhraseFinder & Dictionaries
* Frommer’s Driving Tours
* Pauline Frommer’s Guides
* The Unofficial Guides
* For Dummies Travel Guides
* Suzy Gershman’s Born to Shop Guides
* Frommer’s National Park Guides
* MTV Travel Guides
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://frommers.com/ Frommers.com] – official site
* [http://frommers.com/podcast Frommers.com/Podcast] – travel podcasts
*[http://frommers.com/blog/] - Arthur Frommer's Blog
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