Guest Author - Kimberly Button

If you’ve ever had a dream about spending months traveling around the world, then The Practical Nomad - How to Travel Around the World is the book for you. If you’re just planning on a two week vacation to Italy or the Caribbean, then read no further. This is NOT the book for you.

The Practical Nomad - How to Travel Around the World is essentially the only book that world travelers need before starting their journey. The 620 page book covers every aspect of extended travel that you could possibly think of. From finding ways to get time off of work to the conditions of international toilets, if it’s a concern for travelers, then author Edward Hasbrouck writes about it. Having traveled around the world himself, Hasbrouck knows from experience what is important to world travelers. The book is interspersed with interesting stories and experiences that he or his friends have had while traveling the continent, effectively bringing to life the joys and hardships of life away from home.

One of the most intriguing facts in the book is that the cost of traveling around the world for several months is not that much more than the cost of a two week vacation. At the time of publication, the average tourist traveling for 60-100 nights (2 - 3 ½ months) estimated their expenses would be $3,418, only 50% more than the cost of a two week trip. Just think….if you postponed your annual vacation one year and put the vacation funds in a bank account, you could afford to travel for three months the following year. Not a bad tradeoff in order to see the world.

Of course, the estimated expenses of these long term getaways do involve a lot of travel in lesser-developed countries where the cost of travel is amazingly cheap. You’ll need a lot more money to spend a month in western Europe then you will to spend a month in India so The Practical Nomad discusses travel in under developed countries in depth. While the information covers long term travel anywhere in the world, those travelers planning on visiting lesser known countries will benefit the most from the book.

The amount of information in the book is overwhelming, but it definitely prepares you for any aspect of international travel. Chapters include Choosing Destinations, Surface Transportation, Air Transportation, Travel Documents, Safety and Health, Baggage, Practicalities and several other chapters. With so much information, plan on reading just a little bit of a chapter at a time while highlighting pertinent information or taking notes.

Though The Practical Nomad - How to Travel Around the World has just about everything you need to know about long term travel, the book’s Resource Section is an excellent source of information on books, websites, magazines and other information necessary for traveling around the world.

Whether you’re a college student planning on traveling after graduation or a retiree who is finally realizing their dream of seeing the world, if you are planning a round-the-world trip or just an extended vacation, then The Practical Nomad - How to Travel Around the World is mandatory reading for you.

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Kimberly Button is the author of The Disney Queue Line Survival Guidebook, the only Walt Disney World® Resort theme park guidebook that features scavenger hunts, trivia questions, word puzzles and hidden Mickey searches tailored to each attraction to alleviate boredom while standing in lines. For more information and to read an excerpt, visit www.disneysurvivalguide.com