Big Think Blog

What a messed up summer for travel. With the dollar weaker than ever and fuel costs through the roof, people are resigning themselves to sitting in their underpriced home with expensive air conditioning and complaining about not going anywhere. Peter Frank, Editor-in-Chief of CondéNet’s travel website Concierge.com recommends South and Central America and Eastern Europe for posh vacations that won’t bust the bank account. But he couldn’t resist expounding on the charms of unreachable Paris–c’est manifique–which, he notes, is currently reinventing itself with new styles of food and architecture. Is it the new president? Who knows, says Frank, but something is going on over there.