About this item
This is London advice the way a friend would give it to you: fiercely opinionated, funny, and brimming not only with suggestions about what to see and do, but also what's not worth your time. Whether you want to see Big Ben or the Harry Potter studios, Trafalgar Square or the V&A, London is a city with an overwhelming number of attractions, lodgings, restaurants, museums, and shops. Author Jason Cochran is the guide you want to have a pint with, bringing culture and history to life with wit and plain talk -- it feels like he's right there with you. Whether your budget is large or tight, you'll see London like a local -- something many guides claim but none do as well as this one. Cochran was awarded "Best Guidebook of the Year" by the Society of American Travel Writers for a previous edition of this guide.
About the Author
Jason Cochran is an award-winning travel journalist, pop historian, and consumer reporter. He was the first person in a quarter century to twice win Guide Book of the Year in the Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, for his guides to Orlando and London. He has written extensively for the New York Post, Budget Travel (as senior editor) ; Entertainment Weekly; the New York Times and New York Daily News; USA Today; Travel Leisure; Travel Leisure.com; BBC Travel; Concierge.com; Newsweek; City; Frommers.com; Inside.com; Sidewalk.com; the South Florida Sun-Sentinel; and Seasons (Sweden) . He was Executive Editor at AOL Travel and filed popular AOL video segments as Editor-at-Large for WalletPop.com. He originated, produced, and hosted AfterShark, the post-show for Mark Burnett's Shark Tank (ABC) and has been seen as a regular contributor in consumer and travel issues to CBS This Morning, The Early Show, Fox Philly, BBC World, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, the CBC, Good Morning America, and national radio shows including that of Arthur Frommer. He was also awarded Guide Book of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association for his book on London. His writing has been awarded the Golden Pen by the Croatian government and was selected to appear in a permanent exhibit in the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and New York University.
