Based in Surrey in the United Kingdom, Tamara Hinson has been a freelance travel writer for 15 years.
After studying media at university (which she feels taught her very little), she spent several winters working in ski resorts, including one in Québec as a snowboard instructor. After a short stint working as an editorial assistant at Nature magazine, Tamara ditched the London commute and became a freelance travel writer.
The countries and regions she knows best include the United States (particularly Florida and Nevada), various chunks of Eastern Europe (she's a firm believer that Poland and Germany are underrated) and Asia, where she spends a lot of time in Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and India.
Her regular outlets include Conde Nast Traveller, National Geographic Traveller, BBC Travel, the Times, Telegraph, Independent and various other in-flights, international publications and customer magazines. Her main focus area is Asia, although she loves off-the-beaten-path destinations, and her favourite trips have included ones to North Korea and Togo. She’s also a keen mountain biker, diver and snowboarder, so she writes about these subjects quite a lot.
Her favorite assignments include ones which required her to delve into the history of soy sauce on Shodoshima in Japan, learn about the comeback of Bengal tigers in India, and to spend a week hiking through Taiwan's mountains.
Other ContributionsConde Nast Traveller
National Geographic Traveller
BBC Travel
The Times
The Telegraph
The Independent
Covered TopicsTravel Hacks
Favorite DestinationTogo
North Korea
Zac Thompson
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Frommer's Managing Editor. Covers travel topics relating to the TSA, national parks, pop culture, the South, budgeting, &c. Upcoming trips: Chicago and Florida.
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President of FrommerMedia LLC, Editorial Director of the Frommer's guidebooks, author of the best-selling Frommer's New York City 2026 and Frommer's New York City Day by Day, host of The Frommer's Travel Show, named one of the 13 best podcasts for travel by the New York Times.
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Anna’s writing career started in journalism as a film critic for Time Out Paris. Today she is the author of eight travel guidebooks for Frommer’s and has written for multiple major publications, including the Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, where she is a long-standing France expert. She is also an award-winning children’s book author, known for middle-grade comedy and interactive picture books. Recent titles include Death by Chocolate and Murder Unwrapped, the first books in a new cozy crime series, Coco Bean Investigates, set in France (and inspired by her guidebook travels). When not writing, she has been an actress and an electro-pop artist, performing on stage and composing songs for films and commercials. Raised in Britain, she now lives in Paris with her French-Canadian husband and son.
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