The Frugal Globetrotter

In this comprehensive budget travel resource, the author reveals how to get a lot of travel excitement for a little price with low-cost travel options available from air couriers, around-the-world airline ticket brokers, domestic and international air charters, auto driveaways, offbeat adventure travel companies, and many other resources.

In Globetrotter Dogma, travel writer Bruce Northam entertains, educates, and motivates readers to hit the road through an idiosyncratic mix of travel lore, humor, shock, story, and practical advice. Employing a rambling résumé that touches two-thirds of the planet, Northam shares wisdom from his far-flung adventures:drifting with Burma's nomadic sea gypsies; walking coast-to-coast across northern England with Dad; shepherding in Morocco; pogo-sticking with Bulgarian gypsies, just to name a few. This timeless, illustrated compendium of roving bliss provides 100 reasons to keep exploring our wild and ever-changing world.

A JOURNEY THROUGH 135 COUNTRIES REVEALS WISDOM FROM UNLIKELY SAGESIn THE DIRECTIONS TO HAPPINESS, Bruce Thoreau Northam shares the infinite goodwill of strangers through engaging tales from his travels to 135 countries. He has spent decades navigating the globe in a continuing search for words to live by-and live for-in his quest for enlightenment.Bruce Northam is the award-winning journalist and author of Globetrotter Dogma, In Search of Adventure, and The Frugal Globetrotter. He also created "American Detour," a show revealing the travel writer's journey. His keynote speech, Directions to Your Destination, reveals the many shades of the travel industry and how to entice travelers. Northam's other live presentation, Street Anthropology, is an ode to freestyle wandering. Visit AmericanDetour.com.

These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. In Search of Adventure explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of what traveling the world has to offer. The “Trampled Underfoot” section features tales of woe on the road—the worst of the worst, or making the best of the worst. In “Global Issues & Viewpoints,” authors explore the changing world, oppressive governments, and the homogenizing of world cultures. From warm and inviting to raw and shocking, these nonfiction travel pieces present disparate viewpoints on the diverse world in which we live and leave no emotion untouched.

If you've ever fantasized about quitting your job and setting out to see the world, this book is for you. Learn how to plan and execute a family trip around the world, from choosing an itinerary to arranging for home-schooling to finding the best travel and health insurance. We'll also bring readers along for the best of our travel experiences in South America, Western and Eastern Europe, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Tokyo. We came within 10 feet of a wild tiger while riding in an open jeep in India and experienced a serious "electrical malfunction" on a jetliner at 35,000 feet. We ate roasted guinea pig and fried crickets and dined on a floating restaurant in a bay in southern Thailand. We danced on the tables at Oktoberfest in Munich and became stranded in the middle of Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia, when the engine of our dilapidated tour boat died. When it was over, we'd visited 19 countries on three continents, snapped 5,000 photos and gathered countless memories on our journey of a lifetime.

A "road map" for family fun and learning across the country in around a hometown. A helpful tool for homeschooling. Includes ideas for memorable--and inexpensive--vacations and field trips; how to find sources for travel money, ways to build closer family ties with children and teenagers.

Like many who are introverted and cautious, Jeff Martindale had only read about those who traveled the world. Then his employer sent him on two international business trips, which became dream voyages to some of the worlds most glamorous locales steeped in history and grandeur. The result is An Accidental Globetrotter, a refreshingly humorous and fact-filled journey by a writer whose sharp prose combines wit, attention to detail, and surprising courage.

Learn all the tricks and tips on traveling through the world. Know what to pack, learn how to find cheap flights, explore styles of traveling, safety precautions and lots of good advice and scams to avoid. It covers all the essentials from choosing where to go, what to do before you go, while you're there and when you return. It also shows a lot of great tips on keeping to a low budget as well as how to track your money while you travel. A must-read before traveling!Table of Contents What? Why? Where To...? Trip Planning Before You Go What to Bring While You're There Tips and Tidbits Scams and Shenanigans Top 10's Quips, Quirks and Quotes Why People Travel (Could This Be You?) Where Does the Money All Go? Resources About Me