Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
by Rolf Potts
from Villard Books
Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. Veteran shoestring traveler Rolf Potts shows how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Potts gives the necessary information on:
• financing your travel time
• determining your destination
• adjusting to life on the road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life
Not just a plan of action, vagabonding is an outlook on life that emphasizes creativity, discovery, and the growth of the spirit. Visit the vagabonding community’s hub at www.vagabonding.net.
The Smart Traveler's Passport: 399 Tips from Seasoned Travelers
by Erik Torkells
from Quirk Books
Budget Travel magazine isn't just about the best travel experience at the lowest price it's also about traveling "the right way." Their philosophy, "Vacations for real people," has led them to their readership for guidance, and this collection of their readers' best 399 travel tips is an essential addition to any traveler's library. In The Smart Traveler's Passport, you'll learn:
13 different uses for Ziploc bags
How dental floss can double as a tape measure
Where to find the best street food in cities worldwide
How a digital camera can help you find your rental car
Why clearing your Web browser's cache will lead to lower prices on airfare and hotel reservations
How to avoid long lines at the world's most popular attractions
Designed to look and feel like an actual passport, these tips on planning, booking, packing, flying, safety, security, and getting around make the perfect bon voyage gift!
The Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-on Traveler (Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-On Traveler)
by Judith Gilford
from Ten Speed Press
Do you need this book? Ask yourself the following questions: Do you take 40 pounds of luggage with you when all you really need for that beach weekend is a toothbrush, a nightgown, and a swimsuit? Do you wait until the last minute to pack, then end up tucking odds and ends into a bulging bag even as you're loading it into the taxi for the airport? Do you hate spending hours at the baggage carousel or battling for that last luggage cart? If you answered "yes" to any or all of these questions, The Packing Book is for you. In it, author Judith Gilford offers travelers a simple yet radical idea: it really is possible to pack everything you need into a single carry-on bag; all that's required is planning.
From choosing the right kind of luggage and the appropriate travel gear (money belts, ear plugs, etc.) to customizing your wardrobe according to the length and type of your intended travel, Gilford covers all the bases. She provides plenty of checklists so you won't forget the essentials, gives detailed instructions (complete with illustrations) on just how to pack items such as skirts, jackets, and slacks to minimize wrinkling and maximize space, and offers suggestions on packing for children and teens. Medical needs, entertainment needs--even security tips--are included in this invaluable guide to getting the most out of the least amount of luggage. The Packing Book takes the anxiety out of preparing for a trip, and even the most seasoned travelers may be surprised at how much they never knew about packing light.
This completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling PACKING BOOK offers carry-on packing strategies tailored for todayÂ’s travelers. Filled with checklists for every kind of trip, this indispensable guide presents organizational tips and information to help you effortlessly manage security issues, while ensuring youÂ’ve packed for any situation.
The RVer's Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Choosing, Using, & Enjoying Your RV
by Kim Baker
from Fireside
For the 5 million owners of RVs, this reference shows how to live efficiently, safely, and comfortably on the road--offering invaluable information and terrific tips from two experienced RVer's. Photos and line drawings.
The World's Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Money Is Worth a Fortune, Second Edition
by Tim Leffel
from Booklocker.com, Inc.
The World's Cheapest Destinations is a guide to the best travel values on the planet. It provides an overview for 21 countries, with activity descriptions and actual prices. Revised second edition.
Savoir Flair: 211 Tips for Enjoying France and the French
by Polly Platt
from Assimil Gmbh
Fully updated and revised.
Smart Packing for Today's Traveler
by Susan Foster
from Smart Travel Press
* Revised and expanded to include timely information on airport security, changing airline luggage regulations, and updated travel security.
Imagine traveling with all the right things without carrying five suitcases! Sound impossible? In Smart Packing for Today's Traveler, globetrotter Susan Foster shares how-to secrets discovered during hundreds of business and pleasure trips.
*Learn to pack for every trip - for business or vacation, for men, women and children, for any place in the world.
*Discover how to dress for all seasons at any destination. Know which fabrics and styles are comfortable and packable.
*Find out which type of luggage works for each trip, and the best packing methods for any bag.
The revised and expanded edition of Smart Packing for Today's Traveler answers all your planning and packing questions:
*How to travel light
*Tips for increased airport security
*When to check your bag and when to carry on
*How to pack less to meet airline bag weight and size rules
*Which clothing is best for a cruise
*What and how to pack for adventure trips or sports vacatons
*Information on packing toiletries, cosmetics, electrical appliances, and the best in travel gadgets
*Plus critical information on travel health and safety.
Smart Packing for Today's Traveler contains over 400 illustrations and charts, and believes that a "picture is worth 1,000 words."
The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World (Practical Nomad)
by Edward Hasbrouck
from Avalon Travel Publishing
Many dream of traveling the world, but few actually do so. If you've decided to put your money where your fantasy is and save for the trip of trips, Edward Hasbrouck is your travel guru. He's circumnavigated the world twice, and coordinates a travel agent's around-the-world department. He explains why you ought to chose (and stick to) your route in advance but needn't start and finish in the same city, and above all why you ought to take the travel plunge. He shares hard-won truths about saving money--and in Thailand or Bali $100 saved earns an extra month of freedom.
Fly Without Fear: Guided Meditations for a Relaxing Flight
by Krs Edstrom
from Soft Stone Publishing
"Powerful guided meditations and soothing music that dissolve your fear of flying while imparting skills that can be applied to any fear. Transforms an anxious flight into a tranquil journey of self-discovery."
"Fly Without Fear" is a powerful new audio CD from stress expert KRS Edstrom which provides a unique and highly effective program to free you from your fear of flying. Accompanied by soothing music, EdstromÂ’s guided meditations empower you to release the anxiety associated with flying and more... This exceptional "get results" CD includes calming meditations for boarding, take-off, in-flight and landing along with a desensitizing pre-flight "dress rehearsal" exercise. "Fly Without Fear" is a welcome new travel tool that can transform an anxious flight into a "Spa-in-the-Sky." Added bonus - this CD imparts skills that you can apply to any fear or phobia for the rest of your life!
Italy, Instructions for Use: The Personal, On-Site Assistant for the Enthusiastic (Even Experienced) Traveler
by Nan McElroy
from Illustrata Press
Ranked first in About.com Italy's Top Ten Travel Guides, the highly portable Italy: Instructions for Use is the only handbook concentrates solely on the practical aspects of Italian travel. With revisions for 2007 that include a larger typeface, it keeps all the insider info that other guides have neither the space nor expertise to provide at your fingertips...without weighing you down.
Written by an American who lives in Venice, organizes traveler's time there, and is fluent in the language, Italy: Instructions for Use foregoes dense destination descriptions. A concise, in-depth, palm-sized compendium containing all the information that's impossible to memorize as you prepare, (and that would make no sense without an Italian frame of reference) it instead provides expert answers to the questions that occur as you travel, at the moment you need them.
An elegant, color-illustrated guide designed for easy reference, it's packed with the most current, pertinent advice available. Updates include revised information on trains, cell phoning, and more. No matter what your destination, you'll find info on:
. Eating, drinking, ordering, tipping
. Driving, including color road sign illustrations)
. Phoning (local, international and cell calls) and getting online
. the Italian train system
. Shopping, shipping, VAT refunds
. Vocabulary in context, Italian to English, and vice-versa
. Tourist information
. Keys to language pronunciation
. Extensive appendix and index
Attractive as it is useful, Italy: Instructions for Use is indispensable, ideal companion to any destination guide. Read the Instructions before you go (perhaps a page or two each night), scan it again on the plane, and then keep it in your handiest pocket to consult for every what-now travel situation.
And remember: when all else fails, read the Instructions!
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