Arthur Frommer

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He Changed the World of Travel With '$5 a Day' Guides

Arthur Frommer dies at age 95

(Newser) - Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95, the AP reports. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. "My father opened up the world to so...

Travel King Frommer to Boycott Arizona Over Guns

Won't set foot in state with gun-packing protesters

(Newser) - Travel guide dynasty founder Arthur Frommer is personally boycotting the state of Arizona to protest state gun laws that allowed heavily armed demonstrators to gather outside an Obama speech, Gawker reports. The elder statesman of travel writers, 80, said that while he's not sure yet whether he wants to encourage...

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