The Globetrotter’s Guide: Essential Skills for Budget Travel
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Created with the overland budget traveler in mind, this ultimate travel companion is brimming with hundreds of tips and insights to make travel more enjoyable and worry-free. Compiled from years of research and the travel experience of its authors, The Globetrotter’s Guide is an easy-to-read compendium that guides travelers through every stage of their trip, from conception to safe return.
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Penning a guidebook to general budget travel is indeed an ambitious task, and authors Wayne Smits and Carol Dolinko must have realized the scope of such a work. The book’s subtitle, Essential Skills for Budget Travel, is no misnomer: the index covers everything from traveling with a significant other to photography etiquette in developing countries. The work’s impressive coverage of all topics related to budget travel is by no means incidental: both Smits and Dolinko boast travel-intensive backgrounds, and their experiences show through the text.
The duo delves into the logistics of travel with prose that is mercifully no-frills et good-humored, and with a willingness to broach topics like women’s safety with absolute candidness; instead of the usual “be careful, use common sense, don’t get paranoid” gloss-over, the authors spell out the dangers — and offer practical advice — even on tough situations like gynecological problems (including rape) and surviving a plane crash. One of the last chapters — a section enticingly titled “Trouble on the Overland Route” — is a veritable troubleshooter guide to Murphy’s Law of travel, and the subsections make a fascinating read even to savvy, hardened travellers who’ve braved anything from larceny-prone monkeys (p. 186) to coups d’état.
Smits and Dolinko make no pretense of attempting to cover in minute detail every aspect of budget travel; readers looking for verbose outpourings of advice on which African countries require Australian citizens to obtain visas should look elsewhere, but those searching for solid, well-researched advice on how to prepare (both materially and psychologically) will not be disappointed.
Also noteworthy is the wisely-collected list of travel resources at the back of the book. Covering everything from guidebook titles to travel website URLs, it provides a perfect complement for an already info-packed book. Smits and Dolinko, by discarding the adage “Use your common sense” in favor of the advice “Prepare”, have created a unique and unusually thorough book.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Globetrotter’s Guide: Essential Skills for Budget Travel