Follow the guidelines - Jeremy Head tells us what its really like to write a guide book.

Ever wondered what it's like being a guidebook writer? Jeremy Head wrote his first guideook for Frommer's last summer, Frommer's Seville Day by Day and he tells us what its like:

It seemed like a natural progression. I'd been writing freelance travel features for newspapers and magazines for several years. Most people think this must be the best job in the world. Being paid to swan around visiting places. In reality it's hard work and not very well paid. One destination quickly begins to look like another. To make the job pay you spend the minimum time necessary in a place to get your story. Consequently it can be frustrating. You see the briefest of snapshots - just enough to pepper your prose with some local colour that's hopefully not too clichéd, and then back on the plane home.

Frommer's Day by Day - Short on Time, Big on Ideas

  May sees the launch of four new titles in the Frommer’s Day by Day series, giving smart, up-to-date advice for the time-poor traveller wanting to get the most out of a city break. The introduction of Lisbon Day by Day, Brussels and Bruges Day by Day, Seville Day by Day and Dublin Day by Day expands the collection to take in some of the world’s most popular and exciting city break destinations.

Explore The Med's Hidden Treasures this summer with Frommer's 3 new With Your Family titles

To be published by Wiley - April 2008

From a café in Vieux Nice running pottery workshops for children to an ice cream stop in Umbria offering the best gelato in the unlikeliest of spots, discover the Mediterranean’s best-kept secrets this summer with Frommer’s three new With Your Family guides to the region. The new Tuscany & Umbria With Your Family, Greek Islands With Your Family, and Provence & the Cote d’Azur With Your Family are exciting additions to this innovative collection of guidebooks showing the growing vogue of UK families to tailor-make their holidays and explore destinations the way locals do.

The Top 5 family-friendly places to stay according to the Frommer's Provence and Cote d'Azur With Your Family authors, Vicki Trott & Louise Simpson

To be published in April 2008

Vicki Trott and Louise Simpson, authors of Frommer's Provence & the Cote d'Azur With Your Family travel guide, recommend the best places to stay in the South of France.

Frommer's With Your Family series introduces two local titles - Devon & Cornwall and Ireland

To be published in April 2008

Just in time for the Easter school holidays, Frommer’s UK is launching two new titles for holidays close to home in its With Your Family collection. The launch of Devon and Cornwall With Your Family and Ireland With Your Family reflects the increasing trend UK families to take their cars on holiday and reduce their ‘green’ footprint.

Frommer’s and Borders® Team Up to Revolutionise the Art of Travel Planning

27th February 2008:  Frommer’s®, the publisher of the best selling travel guidebooks, Frommers.com, and Whatsonwhen®, a leading Web services and events information provider, have created for Borders several unique travel information and planning tools, including a “trip recommender,” an extensive calendar of festivals and parties happening worldwide, and a “popular destination” feature that gives customers access to Frommer’s data on more than 100 U.S. and international destinations. Available on the Travel kiosk in Borders’ new concept store located in Ann Arbor, Mich., these tools allow customers to quickly and easily research hundreds of travel destinations right in the store.

Frommer's Day by Day: Beijing Tipped for an Olympic-sized Year

To be Published by Frommer's - February 2008

Setting for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is set to welcome thousands of athletes, spectators, and dignitaries throughout the year. A study in juxtaposition, Beijing can be a daunting mix of skyscrapers, traditional neighbourhoods, fusion restaurants and donkey carts. That’s why Frommer’s Beijing Day by Day guide, to be published next month, aims to help readers make the most of their trip with time saving tips, hundreds of images, suggestions for one, two and three day tours, transport guides and full size pull out city maps.

Make the most at London Book Fair with the Frommer's London mobile guide

Would you like to go somewhere different to eat and drink in London during the London Book Fair?

Are you fed up with waiting for taxis and would like some insider tips on local transport?

Then....

Frommer's The Algarve With Your Family and Barcelona Day by Day

Published by Frommer's - January 2008

Experience the Best of Iberia with two new Frommer’s Guides.....

Thanks to its mild climate and rich cultural history, the Iberian Peninsula has long been a popular destination for British tourists.  With its trendy bars, modern architecture and thriving design scene, Barcelona is ideal for a city break, and the new Frommer’s Barcelona Day by Day guide is designed to ensure that visitors get the best of the city in a short time.  The Algarve is best suited for a family holiday with its child-friendly sandy beaches, historic castles and family-friendly accommodation, and the new Frommer’s The Algarve With Your Family guide is written entirely with this in mind.

Six steps to a great holiday With Your Family

Planning a family holiday can be a nightmare - particularly if you want to try somewhere new. Which beaches have clean toilets and safe bathing? Does the campsite have a supervised toddlers pool? You might even forget how fantastic a great family holiday can be – creating the shared experiences and memories that will stay with your family for a lifetime.

Frommer's Northern Italy With Your Family Wins Award

11th December 2007:  Frommer’s UK has won an award for its first With Your Family series of travel books.

Frommer’s Travel Experts Announce Top Destinations for 2008

5th December 2007:  Each year, members of Frommer’s editorial staff put their heads together to choose those places around the world that are worthy of a traveler’s attention. Each destination is selected for what it has to offer – big city fun, rural relaxation, the opportunity to test your mental and physical mettle, or simply the fact that it often falls under the radar and deserves a little attention.

This year, we’ve selected the following 13 places:

Queuing with kids: family travel boredom busters

It’s the holiday moment you dread: a 2 hour delay at a packed charter airport, a cancelled ferry; tailbacks on the autoroute or a line round the block at the Uffizi. There’s only so far that shouting, begging and a game of ‘guess the next colour out the Starburst bag’ is going to get you.  The Frommer’s With Your Family experts help  keep your children’s boredom at bay.