Reviews For Arthur Frommers Budget Travel Magazine

I love this magazine, the trues stories of other people's travels is well worth it. I look forward to this magazine every month. The tip section is really good as well and I have used some of them as well.

This magazine is great for the beginer traveler and the more advance traveler as well. There are some really good deals in here as well.

The stories and places to visit will want you to pack your bags and go the following day.

Frommer's Budget Travel always has something I can use - every month. Their 20 quick tips are great, the features are actually trips that can be taken without breaking the bank. 2 thumbs up!

...this is the magazine for you. I currently subscribe to Budget Travel and several other magazines, and it is the only one I hold on to. It's an extremely valuable magazine and if you truly intend on traveling, the tips and information provided could truly save you hundreds upon hundreds of dollars. Each issue has a "20 Tips" (self explanatory) section and the famous "40 Best Vacation Packages for the next 3 months" section--both phenomenal! I LOVE to travel, but working in corp america with 2 weeks off a year makes it very hard to do so. However, Budget made me realize that traveling is indeed affordable when you have information and as of June (my official resignation date), I will be traveling like crazy using Budget Travel as my companion!!

This magazine is great. I read everyone article each month. It provides tons of suggestions and tips for how to save money. It also highlights little known things that you shouldn't miss when you travel.

Budget Travel is a quite a neat colorful magazine and is loaded with exotic far-away landscapes that do what they are designed to and give one a lift into dreamland. I also like some, not all, of their articles which tend to be well prepared and nicely written.

However, at the same time, it does need better organization as compared with (Horrors)Conde Nast.

I am diverting a bit but you may as well know that accessing your web site is impossible - I cant access it!!!

Found Budget Travel on Amtrak. Easy read and informative. Gave me ideas for future trips. My Travel Tip: Hair Conditioner in a pinch. You forgot your hair conditioner and the hotel combination shampoo/conditioner does not tame your locks. To get you through the day, place a dab of body lotion (often supplied by hotel) in palm of hand, add water and work through hair. Do not rinse.

'Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel' is a good magazine, with one absolute standout feature: the '40 Best' bargain vacations area. Every issue has great tips for the 40 best values for different vacations in different regions. Although I have never actually taken any of these vacations exactly as listed, I have on several occasions found them useful as a starting point for planning a trip.

The remainder of the magazine is fairly standard, and I think a bit repetitive. Occasionally I find useful tips in the '20 Tips' section, but more often than not the tips are so specific as to be fairly useless, along the lines of 'Did you know that on alternating Saturdays of months beginning with the letter "M" between the hours of 2:10 PM and 2:48 PM, the London Zoo gives out three free bamboo shoots to feed the pandas to the first seven people who ask?.' That is an obvious exaggeration, but not by much. I find the travel articles in general well written, but a bit repetitive (how many times can we hear about Paris or London?) and not terribly informative.

My biggest objection is to the editorial tone in the magazine: I am all in favor of a bargain, but some of the wheedling and whining makes me want to say "Enough. This guy has to earn a living, too." For instance, the editors regularly complain about high airfares, but a few months ago ran an editorial piece that wanted to boycott airlines that ran ads at the beginning of the inflight entertainment videos. I guess that they would rather the airlines not accept that money from corporate accounts, and instead have higher ticket prices? My point is this: you can't have it both ways, so stop trying. When you get a great deal on airfare, hotels, or rental cars, great, but know when to stop. Otherwise you start to look greedy.

Four stars overall: the '40 Best' is one of the best features in any travel magazine, period. One point reduction for somewhat repetitive features and editorial tone. Great job overall: go to some new places and you will be up to five stars.

Arthur Frommer's "Budget Travel" is a terrifc magazine for those thinking about travel or vacation. In the 10 issues you get over a year(for a "budget" price no less), you'll find hundreds of ideas for places to go and suggestions on how to get there, when is the best time to go, where and what to eat, where to stay, local shopping, the list goes on. And..the great part is the writers of the articles have done all the work for you. They have combed the web for the best prices, attractions to visit, and for accomodations that suit your needs, and in most cases have actually visited the destination or taken the Road Trip to let you know how it went.

There are articles of interest for those wanting a family style vacation( a recent article, listed and wrote about camps that the entire family could attend, with various price ranges), romantic getaways or business trips. Maybe you are looking for the best cruise deal, or want to tour Europe. There's something for every style of travel.

Every month there is a "Trip Coach". People write in and have a good idea of where they want to go, and BT plans out an entire itinerary for them. "Road Trip" is another monthly feature that plans out an excursion through a particular area. These articles give lots of details of places to go, and things to do and see along the way. They also give you a breakdown of choices in different price ranges, of hotel accomodations, travel modes, restaurants, and attractions. In a recent article they even listed which hotels where geared toward people interested in environmental issues.

So for the person looking for some great ideas for a vacation, or anyone just wanting to get away for a while, this magazine offers excellent advice. However, I thought there were too many ads for vacation spots that were "over-budget". Also, I would have liked to have seen a little more for those wanting to travel for an extended period of time. Maybe for those retiring, and want to see the country in a RV for example.(although there was an article recently on how to BUY an RV, there wasn't much in the way of travel ideas).

Overall, you really get your money's worth with ideas for travel, and a periodical that will save you time and money. It's a good place to start your vacation plans, and you may not have to go any further!

Enjoy....Laurie

I go to a gym where people share their magazines, and came across this gem. While it focuses on value vacation packages, the benefit that I've gained from it is its monthly list of 40 top vacation packages to destinations around the world. The magazine also offers an up-to-date web page describing even more places and bargains. It has really expanded my horizons about possible vacation spots. That alone is worth the reasonable cost.

This is a wonderful magazine for different ideas for vacations. I would highly recommend it.