DiscoverThe Thought Card: Smart Travel Tips and Travel Hacking For Financially Savvy Travelers198. Stop Overpaying for Travel: Hidden Fees, Pricing Tricks, and Smarter Booking Tips with Pauline Frommer
198. Stop Overpaying for Travel: Hidden Fees, Pricing Tricks, and Smarter Booking Tips with Pauline Frommer

198. Stop Overpaying for Travel: Hidden Fees, Pricing Tricks, and Smarter Booking Tips with Pauline Frommer

Update: 2025-07-17
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The travel industry makes billions from travelers overpaying. 

Today we’re exposing the traps that drain your wallet—and how to avoid them. 

Many of us overspend on travel without even realizing it, falling prey to shiny marketing tactics or getting caught off guard by hidden fees we didn’t see coming.

Pauline Frommer knows exactly how the travel industry works and ways the industry gets you to spend more than you should. She’s pulling back the curtain on the travel industry’s pricing tactics, shares how to spot real value, and gives us a smarter game plan for booking great trips on any budget.

Read blog post: https://thoughtcard.com/hidden-travel-costs-pauline-frommer/ 

 

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Pauline is the host of The Frommer’s Travel Show, president of Frommer Media LLC, which is the publisher of the iconic Frommer’s guidebooks, a series that has sold over 75 million copies worldwide. 

Website: www.frommers.com

Instagram: @frommers

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198. Stop Overpaying for Travel: Hidden Fees, Pricing Tricks, and Smarter Booking Tips with Pauline Frommer

198. Stop Overpaying for Travel: Hidden Fees, Pricing Tricks, and Smarter Booking Tips with Pauline Frommer

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