If you haven’t met Eugene, we’d like to introduce you to him.
In 1936, our founder, Eugene Fodor, published On the Continent, a groundbreaking guidebook built on a simple but powerful idea: The best travel advice doesn’t try to tell you everything–it only tells you what’s worth knowing.
Ninety years later, we’re carrying that idea forward in an entirely new form.
Meet Eugene, Fodor’s AI travel assistant.
Eugene is built exclusively from Fodor’s guidebooks and the expert travel coverage here on Fodors.com. His recommendations are rooted in the firsthand experience of our writers and editors: people who visit the hotels, eat at the restaurants, explore the neighborhoods, and decide what deserves a place in our guides. It’s human-backed and vetted AI.
That makes Eugene fundamentally different from a generic AI travel planner. He doesn’t trawl the entire internet and summarize the loudest opinions, or overwhelm you with every possible hotel, restaurant, or attraction. He doesn’t even pretend that every destination is perfect for every traveler.
1. Eugene Fodor, the founder of Fodor’s Travel.2. Eugene, Fodor’s AI travel assistant.
Eugene has an opinion, and it’s backed by Fodor’s 90 years of expertise. And when Fodor’s does not have enough expertise to offer a meaningful answer, Eugene will say so. Because trustworthy advice sometimes means admitting what you do not know.
Ask him where to spend a long weekend, which neighborhood best fits your travel style, whether a famous attraction is worth the crowds, or where to book a memorable dinner.
Tell him what you enjoy, what you avoid, how you like to travel, and what you want to spend. He’ll help narrow the possibilities to the places Fodor’s genuinely recommends for you. He will not give you an endless list of options–he will help you choose what’s best for you.
Think of Eugene as a Fodor’s editor you can actually talk to. He’s experienced, honest, and very opinionated. Start chatting with Eugene now.