We women are on the move! With 32 million trips taken last year, U.S. women are predicted to spend more than $125 billion on travel during 2007. Travel expert Marybeth Bond has written a book geared to all of us who want to treat ourselves to “gals only” trips — whether it’s celebrating a milestone…
Here’s the latest in our monthly series of interviews with travel writers. This time, I questioned Tim Leffel, author of the contrarian traveler’s guide to getting more for less, “Make Your Travel Dollars Worth A Fortune,” published by Traveler’s Tales at $12.95, and “The World’s Cheapest Destinations”. I’m reading it now and relishing Tim’s winning…
Here’s the latest in our new monthly series of interviews with travel writers. When you call David Stanley, author of all eight editions of the 1,091 page “South Pacific” travel guidebook a widely traveled author, that’s a gross understatement. He has actually spent much of the past three decades on the road, criss-crossing six continents…
My friend and neighbor Lorene Jackson is a true biking enthusiast. In fact, she loves it so much that she wrote a book about the birthplace of the mountain bike revolution, complete with outlines of 60 easy family trips to epic singletrack rides, breathtaking vistas, and more, from the North Bay, South Bay, East Bay,…
Here’s another one of our new monthly series of interviews with travel writers. This time, I questioned Jennifer Cox, author of the amazingly real “Around The World in 80 Dates,” published by Arrow at £7.99 for the UK edition. I’m reading it now and it’s a fascinating account of her round-the-world quest to find her…
I had the opportunity to discuss “Vroom With A View” with its Aussie author who now lives in London, Peter Moore. It’s a hilarious account of his round-trip from Milan to Rome ona ’61 Vespa which he affectionately names Sophia –– after the legendary Italian actress and inspiration for his trip. Below are a series…
My fellow blogger and world-renowned traveler Jen Leo has done it again. With men. Her fourth collection of short stories from Traveler’s Tales is What Color Is Your Jockstrap?. She humbly calls it “a co-ed pajama party of raucous, racy and oft times ridiculous stories from travelers walking the fine line between questionable taste and…
Whenever I travel, I bring along a good book. Here’s one we recommend that can help you save money even before you pack you bags and find out how to cope with false advertising claims of so-called beachfront hotels that are really blocks from the water. How to Travel Practically Anywhere, by Susan Stellin, is…
A few years ago, I had the pleasure to meet the founder of San Francisco’s Pentagram Design Group while we were both judging an advertising awards show in Sonoma County. She was one of the most artistic and talented people I’ve ever known. Now, the 8th edition of Feedback, a worldwide guidebook from Pentagram, is…