I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go

Amateur Traveler episode one twenty three today the amateur traveler talks to Pauline Frommer about the art of budget travel.

Think there's no way to stay in New York City for less than the average hotel price of $300 a night?

Think again, we'll show you how you can stay in a mansion and spend a lot less.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, not so the day.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

Before we get into our interview, we have a couple news stories for you today.

A new airline in Germany is going to give you an

entirely different meaning for the phrase take-off. This airline is for nudists.

An East German travel agency is taking is for the nudists.

An East German travel agency is taking bookings for the country's first nudist air service.

Passengers can strip off on board, but they will have to get dressed again before getting off the plane.

It's really a shame because otherwise that security line could go a lot faster.

And speaking of airport security, if you've had any questions about the new security procedures in the United States with the Transportation Security Administration or the TSA,

they do not really want to have a long drawn- conversation in the security line and so they've created

a new TSA official blog and that blog they plan to use to get feedback and questions from the public and to answer them in a way that will

not slow you down. Check out the link to both those articles in the show notes at

amateur traveler.com. I'd like to welcome the show Pauline Frommer who's come to talk to

us about budget travel. Pauling welcome to the show. Oh thanks for having me.

Now you come by this topic very naturally. You're the daughter of

Arthur Frommer, who's been in the budget travel business now for over 50 years, I think, is when your

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