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1 week ago | 
fodors.com | James Wong
The best things to do—and the top things to avoid—in London. Plus, the best hotels, restaurants, and tips for a memorable vacation. All curated by a trusted Fodor's writer based in the British capital. There are 9 million people in London, and I’m proud to be one of them. As a first-generation Brit, I took on a tour guide role from a very young age, navigating the West End independently before I was even a teen.
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2 weeks ago | 
lonelyplanet.com | James Wong
It can be daunting to imagine traveling on a current salary or bank balance, but where there’s a will, there’s certainly a way. These days, seeing the world is not a privilege reserved just for the wealthy, nor is it a backpacker's situation where comfort must be sacrificed. I’ve traveled extensively across 75 countries and counting, doing most of it somewhere along the middle.
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4 weeks ago | 
fodors.com | James Wong
In this month's hot take, we catch up with a former Disney employee about the spectrum of tourists who never want to grow up (a.k.a. Disney adults). Hot Takes is a new monthly series inviting experts to share their hottest takes about travel, hospitality, and more. Have a hot take you’d like to share with us? Send your takes to [email protected] for a chance to have your take featured in a future story. Before working at Disney HQ I’d last set foot on a Disney resort when I was nine years old.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | James Wong
40 Things To Know Before Visiting Vietnam For First TimersWe will write about Vietnam travel tips and all the cool facts about Vietnam and things to know before visiting Vietnam. From first timers to seasoned …
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1 month ago | 
lonelyplanet.com | James Wong
As the world’s largest continent, summers vary vastly in Asia. You have, on one end, sun-kissed isles, where exploring in flip-flops is a delicate breeze. On the other end, high humidity and torrential rains keep everyone strictly in the confines of air-conditioned malls. Venturing north may appear to be the best option for travelers. However, the region isn’t foolproof to Mother Nature. In Tokyo, for example, August's heat and humidity are exacerbated by the densely built and populated city.
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2 months ago | 
fodors.com | James Wong
START We don’t get why skydiving is so popular, either. It’s nice labeling yourself an adventurous traveler, isn’t it? Someone who’ll try anything once, like a fried scorpion from a Thai street stall (yum, crunchy!) or zip-lining through a Costa Rican jungle (yay, sloths!). Even the stuff that’s not-so-fun is game because everyone’s doing it on the ‘gram. Or is it? While traveling is all about putting ourselves out of our comfort zones, many of us have a limit.
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2 months ago | 
fodors.com | James Wong
Hotel experts and chefs advise on the best and worst items to order off the room service menu. There are some things I am not: a night person or a budget airline person and yet, alas, that’s a combination I frequently find myself in. After a long, treacherous journey the last thing I want is to discuss my bouncy server’s favorite appetizer at 10 p.m. First, I don’t care, and second, I smell like Economy Lite. That’s why room service is often a savior.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | James Wong
“If I Wanted Pasta, I’ll Go to Olive Garden”: Charles Barkley Once Explained His Gripe with $16.4 Billion BrandCharles Barkley has gripes with lots of different things and the only way he deals with them is by ranting on public platforms. Sir Charles often …
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2 months ago | 
esquiresg.com | James Wong
How adventurous are your family at the dining table? Mine… not so much. Before knowing any better, I thought it was perfectly normal to restrict dining out to the confines of five dishes within five trusted restaurants. When my parents immigrated to London, Chinatown was their safe space. It was where they could get a slice of home that—in an era before video calls, online shopping, and cheap flight deals—was difficult to maintain a strong connection to.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
esquiresg.com | James Wong
I struggle to remember the last time I truly appreciated a packaged gift, one that someone else had carefully thought about, selected and wrapped for me on a special occasion such as my birthday or Christmas. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful. It’s just that as a grown adult, I have everything I need, and when I don’t then I have the means to buy it myself. Like most children, I loved the idea of presents when I was under the age of, say, 16. At that point in life, you have no control.
