{{short description|Travel guidebook series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2019}}{{Infobox publisher | image = Image:Logo-frommers complete.png | parent = | founded = 1957 | founder = Arthur Frommer | distribution = Worldwide | topics = | genre = | country = United States | headquarters = | url = {{URL|frommers.com}} | imprints = }} '''Frommer's''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|oʊ|m|ər|z|}}) is a travel guide book series created by Arthur Frommer in 1957. Frommer's has since expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks in 14 series, as well as other media including an eponymous radio show and a website. Frommer has maintained a travel-related blog on the company's website since 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://frommers.com/blog/| title=Arthur Frommer Online| access-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>
== History == In 1957, Arthur Frommer, then a 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''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/on-the-spot-arthur-f-4369/| title= On the Spot: Arthur Frommer's tips on finding cheap airfares| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=June 9, 2009| first=Jen| last=Leo}}</ref> 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.
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. Pearson bought the reference division of Simon & Schuster in 1998 and sold it to IDG Books in 1999. John Wiley & Sons acquired IDG Books (renamed Hungry Minds) in 2001. Arthur’s daughter, Pauline Frommer, was writing her own series of travel guidebooks and continuing the Frommer’s travel legacy.<ref name="50 years">{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070513/ai_n19113916/| title=Arthur Frommer guidebooks 50 years old| newspaper=Oakland Tribune| last=Harpaz| first=Beth J.| date=May 13, 2007| access-date=June 9, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831005241/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070513/ai_n19113916/| archive-date=August 31, 2009| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jwi.org/page.aspx?pid=3093| journal=Jewish Woman Magazine| title=Travel Tips from an Expert: Pauline Frommer| first=Laurie| last=Heifetz| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143110/http://www.jwi.org/page.aspx?pid=3093| archive-date=April 13, 2014| date=November 2011}}</ref>
On August 13, 2012, it was announced that Google was acquiring Frommer's for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444772404577587131075164366| title=With Frommer's, Google Taps Gurus| first1=Amir| last1=Afrati| first2=Jeffrey A.| last2=Trachtenberg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604102253/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577587131075164366.html| archive-date=June 4, 2013| date=August 14, 2012| newspaper=The Wall Street Journal| url-access=subscription}}</ref> In April 2013, it was announced that the Frommer's brand had been reacquired by Arthur Frommer and his daughter, Pauline Frommer.<ref name="Frommer's BBC">{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22024603| title=Google 'sells Frommer's guides business back to founder'| access-date=April 5, 2013| work=BBC News| date=April 4, 2013}}</ref> In July 2013, Arthur Frommer struck a deal with Publishers Group West to distribute and promote Frommer's books.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Bosman| first1=Julie| title=Sold Back to Its Founder, Frommer's to Publish Anew| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/business/media/sold-back-to-its-founder-frommers-to-publish-anew.html| access-date=August 4, 2015| newspaper=The New York Times| date=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
== Guidebook series == More than 75 million copies of Frommer's guide books have been sold since 1957.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
Over 350 titles are available in the following series:{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
* Frommer’s Complete Guides * Frommer’s EasyGuides * Frommer's Day by Day for over 70 travel destinations * Frommer’s Portable Guides * Frommer’s Irreverent Guides * Frommer’s Memorable Walks * Frommer’s PhraseFinder & Dictionaries * Frommer’s Driving Tours * Pauline Frommer’s Guides * Frommer’s National Park Guides
==See also== *Lonely Planet
==In popular culture== Frommer's guidebooks are represented in the 2004 comedy ''EuroTrip'' when one of the main characters, Jamie, uses it to guide a group of teenagers around Europe. Jamie later gets a job with Frommer's at the end of EuroTrip. In the opening scene of 2003's ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'', Cameron Diaz enters a Mongolian beer shack holding a Frommer's guidebook. A copy can also be seen near the beginning of the 2008 film ''Jumper''. Frommer's guides have also been a plot point on the TV series ''This is Us" ''and have been used as clues on "Jeopardy" a number of times. Complete references from the Frommer's Guide book for Traveling around the world can be seen in the movie ''Last Stop for Paul''.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website}}
Category:Travel guide books Category:Book series introduced in 1957