Tagged: united-kingdom

In London, Big Ben’s Tower Finally Emerging from Scaffolding—with New (Old) Look

The world-famous clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London has been under scaffolding for three and a half years now. The photogenic landmark, commonly referred to as Big Ben…

Bloody Brilliant! An English Dictionary for Americans Traveling in Britain

Globalization and digital connectedness notwithstanding, the English spoken in England still differs significantly from the English spoken in the United States. Any American traveler…

WATCH: Rolling Stones Video Takes Over London's Vacant Claridge's Hotel

Leave it to the Rolling Stones to find a way to create mayhem in a hotel room even when the hotel is closed. The just-released music video for the band's latest single, "Scarlet"…

Immunity Passports for Travelers: Quick Solution or False Hope?

Every day, it seems, we’re learning more and more about Covid-19. Over the last few weeks—and they feel like years, don’t they?—we’ve learned that loss of taste and smell might be…

Travel Podcasts: Food Worth Traveling For

Each week, Frommer's brings you two fresh podcasts stuffed with travel tips, news, and inspiration. Recordings are made from our weekly call-in show on WABC-770AM in New York and our…

Hotel Booking Sites Are Using These Shady Tactics to Trick You into Booking

Some of the biggest names in hotel booking websites just got chewed out for playing dirty mind games with their customers. The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),…

Tipping in the U.K.: A Gratuities Guide for Taxis, Hotels, and Restaurants

For North American tourists in the United Kingdom, the primary tipping danger, as in the rest of Europe, is of overdoing it. Tipping a waiter 20% on top of your restaurant bill may be…

10 Things You Must Eat and Drink in Cornwall

Cornwall is undergoing an artisanal food boom. Thanks to a mild temperature and extensive coastline, this picturesque county in the southwest of England already has a bounty of food,…

British Vacations Are Increasingly Affordable for the American Traveler

The big travel news of the current fall/winter season is the drop in the value of the British pound. As we go to press, the pound is selling for only $1.21.  It used to sell at…

How You Book Rail Is About to Change

Train travel is a $300 billion market. Globally, more than twice as much was invested in high speed rail as it was in air transportation last year. And that’s how it should be.…

The International Summer Program at Cambridge University is Apparently the Largest of the Learning Vacations, But Requires Early Applications

It's obviously too late to sign up for a summer vacation stay at one of the great English-language universities that open their classrooms and residence halls each July and August to…

Booze at Airports, Pokémon Go at Airports, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* UK AIRPORTS TO CRACK DOWN ON ALCOHOL SALES (Condé Nast Traveler). After a string of news stories involving drunken Brits behaving…

What Will Brexit Mean for Travelers? Some Counterpoints from Pauline Frommer

A dream died on June 23, the dream of a unified, peaceful Europe. After centuries of wars, it seemed like the European Union was going to finally forge a partnership between peoples…

London's Black Taxis Will All Soon Accept Credit Cards

London's licensed cab drivers famously have a larger hippocampus (the part of the brain that's responsible for memory) than average folks. That's the result of two years of studying…

Foreign SIM Cards Come with Censorship

Bringing an unlocked, out-of-contract smartphone on vacation and buying a temporary local phone number remains far and away the cheapest way to use a mobile phone in Europe. Just be…

Travelers Buying a SIM Card Abroad Faced with Web Censorship They Cannot Reverse

Travelers who purchase SIM cards for lower-cost mobile phone rates in the United Kingdom are finding their ability to surf the Web freely has been curtailed.All the big mobile…

The Only Rules You Need to Know for Driving a Car in the United Kingdom and Europe

Over on our busy message boards, the Forums, an interesting conversation has popped up in which Frommer's readers are compiling a list of all the rules a foreign driver would…

London Attractions Are Tricking Tourists into Paying More for Tickets Than They Have To

Some of the biggest attractions in London have adopted a new trick. They post high admission prices, and beside the price, they now put a little asterisk. Most people don't pay…

Fly to London for $787, Including Taxes, Thanks to British Airways' Astounding Fare Sale

If you were hoping to go to London, now's the time to leap and make the booking. Prices just don't get this good.To promote the introduction of its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft,…

Virgin Vacations sells luxury packages to the real Downton Abbey

It only took until Season Four. Virgin Vacations has added to its fall lineup a visit to the United Kingdom that includes a trip to the real-life set of the upstairs scenes of PBS's…

You Can Use a Starbucks Card Abroad Without Fees

Starbucks junkies may blow the equivalent of a MacBook Pro a year on those pricey morning cappuccinos, but if they're travelers, there may be one tiny benefit to the…

What's New at Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort (www.breckenridge.com) is definitely all grown up, typically running neck and neck with sister resort…

How to Avoid International Roaming Charges

It's a major headache for any traveler who didn't secure a mention on the Forbes list of the Richest People in America -- how to avoid getting whacked with excessive data and…

Shop Till You Drop: Paris Department Stores Offer More

Beginning in the 1800s, a new shopping phenomenon was introduced -- the department store. These large stores (Les Grands Magasins) offered goods previously sold only in small…

The Able Traveler: Whistler Ramps Up for the Paralympic Games

Oftentimes major events like the Olympics can be the impetus for access improvements. And because the Paralympics closely follow the Olympics, the host city also has to be able to…