Frommer's is a renowned travel guidebook series and the bestselling travel guides in America. The series began in 1957 with the publication of Arthur Frommer's revolutionary 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 Frommers.com website which covers over 3,500 destinations. In 2007, Frommer's will celebrate its 50th anniversary of guidebook publishing. Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ... Arthur Frommer is the man behind Frommers travel guides and Arthur Frommers Budget Travel magazine. ...
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 revolutionary concept for the time and has been widely credited with opening the door to modern tourism and travel guidebook publishing, particularly for budget travel. 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:
Given that Frommers guidebooks are among the biggest selling names in travel books, I'm probably going to come off as some pariah by saying it, but the Frommers guidebook for Mexico is just nowhere close to being the best guidebook for anyone headed south of the border.
Somebody is either extremely ignorant about what exactly lies in the northern tier of the country, or they just didn't bother to do their research because they've somehow managed to overlook an enormous territory that spans at least 3 or 4 whole states.
I know it's a deliberate call on the part of the Frommers folks because I've been reading their guidebooks for years, and I have an older guide from 1995, and lo and behold, the north is covered -- not in great depth, but the bulk of the information they did provide is still largely accurate.
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