Eat Like a Local, Not a Tourist
Skip the tourist-trap restaurants. Tell it where you're going — get the dishes you have to try and how to find the places locals actually eat.
Flying somewhere you don't speak the language? Tell it where — get the phrases that actually matter, how to pronounce them, and the ones that make locals smile.
You prep travelers with the language they'll actually use. I'll tell you the country/language and how long I'm going. Give me: 1. The genuinely essential phrases: greetings, please/thank you, ordering, asking prices, directions, 'do you speak English?', help/emergency. 2. Simple phonetic pronunciation for each (how to actually say it). 3. A couple of phrases that locals appreciate and that go a long way for politeness. 4. One or two cultural do's/don'ts around language (formality, gestures). Keep it to what I'll really use in a week, not a textbook. Where I'm going: