Note: The original “Five Dollars a Day” concept was coined by Arthur Frommer (John’s Editor).

In a recent interview, Frommer recalls hiring John for the Mexico assignment:

“I had grown to know a young man named John Wilcock, who was an editor of the Village Voice. A very well-known and excellent writer, who was desperate to travel to Mexico and write a guidebook, and I funded his trip there and published “Mexico on Five Dollars a Day.”