can be read for free online. The compilation is designed to be food for thought rather than an invitation to hit the road. With COVID-19 cases surging in many parts of the country, “we don’t want people to use these essays as the basis for travel until doing so is safe once again,” Pauline Frommer, who heads the guidebook company, told the AP. “We hope this list will be a spur to future travel, but we also just wanted it to be great reading right now.” If 2020 had been a normal year, Frommer and other travel experts would be offering year-end lists of great vacation spots for 2021 right now.
But “with the virus surging, we felt it was irresponsible for us to put together a story that pushes travel,” she said. So instead, the company decided.