Arthur Frommer was as influential as the pill and the credit card

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Travel writer Doug Mack explains the essence of Frommer's liberating travel theology: Anyone can travel if they toss out what they expect travelers to do.

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day. economy was faltering, but even this was not enough to dissuade the masses from heading abroad, although it did mean …

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