Frommer's is a travel

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series created by Arthur Frommer in 1957. Frommer's has since expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks in 14 series, as well as other media including an eponymous radio show and a website. In 2017, the company celebrated its 60th anniversary. Frommer has maintained a travel-related blog on the company's website since 2007.

History

In 1957, Arthur Frommer, then a

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in the

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, 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. 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

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, Inc. Pearson bought the reference division of Simon & Schuster in 1998 and sold it to

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in 1999.

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acquired IDG Books (renamed Hungry Minds) in 2001. Arthur’s daughter, Pauline Frommer, was writing her own series of travel guidebooks and continuing the Frommer’s travel legacy. On August 13, 2012, it was announced that

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was acquiring Frommer's for an undisclosed sum. In March 2013, it was reported that Google ended the printing of Frommer's guidebooks. In April 2013, it was announced that the Frommer's brand has been reacquired by Arthur Frommer and his daughter, Pauline Frommer. In July 2013, Arthur Frommer struck a deal with

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to distribute and promote Frommer's books.

Guidebook series

More than 75 million copies of Frommer's guide books have been sold since 1957. Over 350 titles are available in the following series: * Frommer’s Complete Guides * Frommer’s EasyGuides * Frommer's Day by Day for over 70 travel destinations * Frommer’s Portable Guides * Frommer’s Irreverent Guides * Frommer’s Memorable Walks * Frommer’s PhraseFinder & Dictionaries * Frommer’s Driving Tours * Pauline Frommer’s Guides * Frommer’s National Park Guides

In popular culture

Frommer's guidebooks are represented in the 2004 comedy '' EuroTrip'' when one of the main characters, Jamie, uses it to guide a group of teenagers around

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. Jamie later gets a job with Frommer's at the end of EuroTrip. In the opening scene of 2003's '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'',

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enters a Mongolian beer shack holding a Frommer's guidebook. A copy can also be seen near the beginning of the 2008 film ''

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''. Complete references from the Frommer's Guide book for Traveling around the world can be seen in the movie ''

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References

External links

*{{Official website Travel guide books Book series introduced in 1957

History

Guidebook series

See also

In popular culture

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