Arthur Frommer’’s Europe

Arthur Frommer The son of a Polish-born mother and an Austrian-born father, Frommer was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, but was stationed in Europe because of his fluency in German and Russian. During his service, he wrote and self-published a guidebook called The GI’s Guide to Traveling in Europe in 1955 that was an immediate hit among his fellow soldiers. In 1957, Frommer created a civilian version called Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, which became an overnight best seller. He subsequently published guidebooks covering all parts of the globe. Frommer licensed his travel guide book business to Simon & Schuster in 1977.

Eventually, the Frommer’s series was purchased by John Wiley & Sons, and in August 2012, Google purchased the travel guides. Through all the exchanges, Arthur Frommer was always deeply involved with the guide books. In 2013, Frommer reacquired control of the guidebooks bearing his name and has come full circle, now self-publishing his iconic travel books again. Additionally, Arthur Frommer writes a travel column syndicated through King Features, and co-hosts a weekly syndicated radio show with his daughter Pauline, ＂The Travel Show with Arthur & Pauline Frommer.＂ Arthur resides in New York City.

Paul Ames (author Portugal): A native of England’s East Anglia region, Ames has been fascinated by Portugal since a childhood visit in the 1970s when the country was gripped by revolutionary fervor. After 20 years based in Brussels covering Europe for The Associated Press and other international media, he returned to Lisbon in 2013. Paul works as a freelance journalist and never tires of exploring the delights of his adopted homeland, from the green hills of the Minho to sub-tropical Madeira island and all the beaches in between.

Peter Barron (author Spain): After careers at the BBC and Google, Peter Barron turned his attention to restoring a barn with his wife Julia at their finca on the border between Andalucía and Extremadura. He has been visiting Spain for over thirty years and loves flamenco guitar, ibérico ham, and manzanilla sherry. He is one of the authors of Frommer’s Spain and blogs about Extremaduran life at adventuresinextremadura.com. He divides his time between Spain and London.

Anna E. Brooke (author France) relocated from her native Britain to Paris in 2000 and hasn’t looked back since. She is now a full-fledged bohemian, juggling life between freelance travel writing (Frommer’s, Sunday New York Times Travel, Time Out Paris and the Financial Times), children’s fiction, acting and songwriting for film.

Jennifer Ceaser (author Belgium and The Netherlands) is a freelance writer and editor who has specialized in travel journalism for two decades. A former New Yorker and staff editor at the New York Post, Jennifer has lived in Europe since 2016, including Amsterdam, Berlin and Barcelona. She contributes to a variety of publications including Condé Nast Traveler, AFAR, New York magazine, BBC, Time Out, Delta Sky, and Wine Enthusiast.

Jason Cochran (author, England & Scotland) was twice awarded Guide Book of the Year by the Lowell Thomas Awards (Society of American Travel Writers) and once by the North American Travel Journalists Association for his book Frommer’s EasyGuide to London. His writing has appeared in the New York Post, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, USA Today, and Budget Travel , among many others. Jason has appeared as a host and commentator on CBS, Fox and AOL, to name a few. He currently is the Editor in Chief of Frommers.com.

Donald Strachan (author Italy) is a writer and journalist who has written about Italy for publications worldwide, including National Geographic, the Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, and the Independent.

Rachel Glassberg (author Austria, Germany, Switzerland) is a Berlin-based journalist last seen traversing the Alps for Frommer’s Switzerland and ruining her friends’ favorite bars for Frommer’s Germany. Formerly deputy editor of the English-language city magazine Exberliner, she now divides her time between writing, music, and travel -- sometimes two or even all three of those simultaneously.