Tagged: food-and-drink

6 Ways to Learn a Foreign Language Fast

Being able to communicate with locals can significantly enrich your experience abroad. Not only are you less likely to get ripped off, but picking up a few local phrases can also…

Are Travelers Frill-Seekers? No, But Here's What They Really Want

Free drinks. Room upgrades. Better restaurants.That's what the travel industry thinks you want from your next travel experience.American Airlines (www.aa.com) last month announced it…

9 Must-See Museum Exhibits Around the World

Click to view slideshowIf you'll be visiting any of these 9 cities around the world this year, be sure to catch one of these buzz-worthy museum exhibits. …

10 Questions To Ask Your Travel Insurance Provider

Travel insurance is a tricky, slippery world. "I don't know how people without insurance backgrounds figure out insurance," said Steve Dasseos, president of TripInsuranceStore.com…

Travel Troubleshooter: Half a Room or Twice the Price

Even though she prepays for a hotel room on Hotwire.com, Elke Rist gets half of what she's promised: just one bed and quarters the size of a "jail cell." It will cost her twice as…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs

Settling into DenverConstruction is underway on the multi-billion dollar FasTracks project to expand the region's public transportation system with 119 miles of new light rail and…

Travel Health & Safety: Plenty of Fish in the Sea?

There's a splendid restaurant chain out of Boston that calls itself Legal Seafoods, and I used to imagine the name originated because eating fish can be so dangerous at times, and…

Travel Writing 101: Traveling on the (Very) Cheap

"You have a dream job!" Half the people I meet for the first time tell me that, and I agree. It's heaven for me because I am intensely curious, always wanting to know what's around…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Vienna & the Danube Valley

Vienna In June 2008, Austria and Switzerland will host Euro 2008 (www.uefa.com), the European Football Championship. Second only to FIFA's World Cup, the competition has been held…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Maine Coast

The state of Maine is increasingly hyping its new Maine Maritime Heritage Trail (www.maritimemaine.org), a made-up travel route along the state's entire looooong coastline -- which is…

People Pods Escape Japan, Spread to Mainland Asia, Europe and the United States

Until recently "capsule" or "pod" hotels were a distinctly Japanese accommodation phenomenon. Although originally introduced to satisfy the humble needs of Japanese businessmen while…