Travel in Troubled Times: Arthur Frommer

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Marc Casto

Marc Casto has served as President & COO of Casto since 2004 and is responsible for all operations of Casto and oversees strategic corporate planning, marketing development, sales endeavors and information technology development for the company. Marc also serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations, including the Commonwealth Business Travel Group, Santa Clara County Educational Foundation, San Jose Visitors and Convention Bureau, Fulfillment Solutions Inc. and Anscor-Casto Travel Corporation. Fulfillment Solutions Inc., located in Manila, Philippines, provides travel fulfillment services to the US travel industry. Anscor-Casto Travel Corporation is an international travel agency in Manila. In 2006 The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal selected Marc as one of the "Top 40 Under 40 Business Leaders in Silicon Valley." In 2003 Travel Weekly named Marc as one of the "Top Forty Under Forty" and Travel Agent Magazine identified him as a "Rising Star" in the industry. Marc holds a bachelor's degree (with honors) in liberal arts from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He and his wife Julie live in the Bay area with their newborn, Elenora, and two dogs.

Arthur Frommer

Arthur Frommer, Founder, Frommer Travel Guide Series; Author, Ask Arthur Frommer Foremost travel authority Arthur Frommer's series of guides, published by Wiley Inc., consists of more than 340 titles reaching more than 6 million travelers per year covering every major travel destination in the world. He also writes countless magazine articles on a wide variety of travel subjects as well as a twice-weekly column on travel, which is syndicated to major newspapers all over the country. With his daughter, Pauline Frommer, he presents a weekly nationwide radio program on travel, lectures frequently and makes guest appearances on national television shows such as NBC's "Today Show" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He lives in New York City.

Frommer's Travel Tip: Recession Great for Cheap Trips

05 min 48 sec

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Frommer’s Travel Tip: Use Flight Aggregators, Not Expedia

03 min 16 sec

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Watch Full Program

01 hr 04 min 24 sec

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Bashful320

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Posted: 06.24.09, 11:42 AM

I was so excited when I saw that FORA.tv had a video of him, his books are great! We referenced his book when we went to Germany and Amsterdam. His suggestions for restaurants and locations to visit turned out to be great. He always has very good suggestions and everyone should take to his guides when traveling, especially in Europe.

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Hjalte

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Posted: 06.04.09, 04:56 AM

Sites like Momondo.com makes the marked and prices of flights so much easier to see through. I never buy a fare without checking with momondo!

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bachmann +

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Posted: 05.19.09, 12:43 PM

Frommer gives great tips for summer-fall travel! His recommendation of Kayak and Momondo are particularly useful. I recommend watching the full program he has great tips for traveling Central America on a budget, or how about an 8 day tour of China for under a thousand!

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