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Short bio: Pauline Frommer is Co-President of Frommer Media LLC with her father Arthur Frommer. The company publishes the Frommer’s guidebooks, and Frommers.com. She is author of Frommer’s New York City Day by Day and Frommer’s EasyGuide to New York City and an award-winning travel writer, podcast host (Frommer’s Travel Podcast, named one of the top 13 by the New York Times), and editor. Pauline is married to Columbia University professor Mahlon Stewart, and the mother of two very well-traveled daughters.
Occupation: Author/Editor/Broadcaster/Publisher
Website: frommers.com
Twitter: @frommers
Instagram: @frommers
Facebook: facebook.com/FrommersTravelGuides
Hometown: New York City
Residence: New York City
College: Wesleyan University
College major: Intellectual History
Are you flying again? Yes
How many countries have you been to? Haven’t counted
How many continents have you been to? 6
Earliest travel memory: Going to Europe with my parents every summer for three months
Favorite American city besides NYC: New Orleans
Favorite international city: Lisbon
Friendliest people in the world: Ireland
Country with the meanest immigration officers: Kenya
I have no desire to go to: Right now Hungary
Favorite U.S. airport: Charlotte for their rocking chairs
Favorite international airport: Taipei
Favorite restaurant: Iris in NYC
Favorite fruit: Mango and pineapple
Favorite island: Barbados
Favorite travel movie: Lost In Translation
Favorite travel show: Samantha Brown
Favorite travel book: The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
Worst travel moment: When my eight-year-old daughter (at the time) was stuck on a zipline in Costa Rica
What’s your dream destination? Antarctica
Best travel tip: See video
