Best Travel Tips
Revolutionary new travel book shows everyone regardless of current financial condition how to camp, travel and live forever anywhere in the United States on $20 a day. You need this book if any of the following apply to you: if you are so bored with your lifestyle that you don't feel like you're living at all, if you have household expenses so great that you never get ahead or get to do anything fun, if you would like to happily camp, travel or live anywhere on $20 a day, if you are retired and want to keep a house but still travel cheaply, if you would like to downsize from a large RV to save money and time while adding destinations, if you have children you would like to travel and camp easily and cheaply with, if you would like to take time off work to write a book, recover from a tragedy, or change your life, if you are a foreign tourist coming to the U.S. for a long holiday, if are you a survivalist who wants to live off the grid, if you want to disappear and leave your past behind, becoming invisible escaping creditors or stalkers, if you are heading for divorce, blaming your marriage instead of your life, for the boredom killing you, if you want to run your own mobile business? More on these subjects vandweller, vehicle dwelling, van dwelling, living in vehicle, living in van, rv, travel, camp, explore, road, adventure, fun, offgrid, cheap, live, retire, early, quit, work, travel, vacation, van, motorhome, camper, travel trailer, disappear, escape debt, work from home, work while traveling. He released the first version of Vanabode in 2010 and continues to update and upgrade the website supported book, philosophy and strategies employed in this unique method of travel.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you are interested in simplicity, freedom, stealth, and flexibility, without having to become an electrician, a builder, a plumber, and an expert on solar energy then this is the book for you."
"It's very inspiring so far and I look forward to the very practical aspects of it as well as I really want to know more about free camping and if it's quiet enough and how realistic it is to have no bathroom except a port a toilet inside your van."
"Jason was kind enough to send me an electronic copy of his book after I had purchased it in audio, so that I had easier access to the photos."
"Would love to see an update that includes medical advice for us seniors traveling the country."
"my kindle was at fault and not your book."
"Good perspective and some advise that will challenge some levels of comfort for some people."
"I was expecting more options to be presented but it was very helpful."
"This felt like a sales pitch as to why you should 'vanabode', but very little 'How to'."
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"it is a good book."
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"Would Gladly purchase again!"
"A perfect gift for the traveler-types that have hippie leanings!"
"Excellent book."
"I was honestly expecting a bigger book (although I guessed I could have seen the page numbers in the description).The pictures and organization of topics is great, and it can be very inspiring at times."
"Refreshing to learn of world wide traditions that can build guiding principles for living a life of peace, connection and perspective."
As a wife, relationship coach, and an empowered woman who spoke three times on the TEDx stage, Milena has implemented every advice she writes for herself and in her long-distance relationship. In this book, you will find: - Real stories that touch your heart and help you believe in love. - Inspiration to overcome all challenges and to create your dream relationship despite the distance. - Insights on how to transform your relationship from distance to closeness, loneliness to connection, and uncertainty to confidence. No matter how much doubt you have about your long-distance relationship, how daunting the distance may feel, or how many miles are between you and your partner -- know that by following the guidance of 10,000 Miles for Love, you can make your relationship work. Her life changed when Milena started taking her dreams seriously.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I particularly appreciated the part about how to deal with The Parents – because as much as we'd like to say that we don't care what they think about whom we choose to love, it really, REALLY helps when everyone gets along. OR, if you've got a pal (gal or guy) who needs an LDR chat (and you've run out of things to say to them but love them to bits anyway and wanna help out), direct them here and say that coffee is on you if they can't get at least ONE good piece of advice out of it!"
"The story of this book is raw and real in that it captures a genuine authenticity to the struggles and pleasures young couples in LRD feel."
"But what makes it awesome is that it goes straight to the heart of matters, it doesn't pretend or jump around the porridge as we say in Norway, (beating around the bush), it just tells it as it is."
"This book is heartfelt, practical and recounts examples from the author's own life in finding peace, grace, worth and love within oneself, in the process of finding love with that special someone."
"The best thing is that, this book encourages women to love with all of their heart, to take care of themselves, and to live happily."
"Milena's approach is so refreshingly personal that it's as if she's reached through the pages to hold your hand, heart and mind to guide you through the journey of building a healthy relationship--long distance or otherwise. Milena offers advice just as much as she asks you to internalize."
Best Air Travel Reference
How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly them. Straight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safety. The real story on congestion, delays, and the dysfunction of the modern airport. The myths and misconceptions of cabin air and cockpit automation. Terrorism in perspective, and a provocative look at security. Airfares, seating woes, and the pitfalls of airline customer service. The colors and cultures of the airlines we love to hate. “Patrick Smith is extraordinarily knowledgeable about modern aviation, and communicates beautifully in English, not in pilot-ese. “A brilliant writer, Patrick Smith provides a laugh-a-page tour of a misunderstood industry -- a journey into the world of aviation, stripped of the mumbo-jumbo and filled with humor and insight.”. -- Christine Negroni, aviation correspondent and author of Flying Lessons. "Patrick Smith doesn’t just know everything about air travel, he possesses a rare knack for explaining it in lucid and witty prose." “Patrick Smith manages to demystify the experience and remind us of the magic of aviation.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Are you someone who doesn't get excited looking at the lights of planes as they line up in the night sky outside a busy airport, coming in for a landing, one after the other? Smith has been been a pilot and in love with all forms of air travel since, as a child living in Boston, he'd sit on the Revere beach and watch in awe as planes landed at nearby Logan Airport. He grew up to make a living as first a pilot for a commuter carrier - flying up and down the Atlantic seaboard and all around New England - and then he "graduated" to flying cargo jets for a freight airline. We're also fascinated by the arcane of the airline industry - old tickets from the 1940's and clips from newsreels of passengers boarding a plane in the 1950's outfitted in suits and ties and hats. Looking at the September 11th terrorist attacks in particular, he talks about how the TSA and other government groups reacted by imposing the wrong "rules" in the hopes of making airplane travel "safer". Smith recounts the many terror attacks and hijackings of airplanes and airports in the 1970's and 1980's that we've seem to have forgotten. Good lord, it's half the battle of flying today just getting through TSA security."
"You'll learn the author's personal grades for major carriers' aesthetics, his take on UFOs, a straightforward assessment of flight safety, and "the horror and absurdity of history's worst plane crash" that few have heard of."
"Expect more of these…. On a flight from London to New York, I noticed that our 747 was flying almost parallel with, and very close to, a Lufthansa plane. The tracks are 60 miles apart, however, so you were likely on the same track as the Lufthansa jet, a thousand feet higher or lower, and slightly offset horizontally. A plane one or two miles away horizontally and only a thousand feet lower or higher will basically appear parallel to you. The tracks go west-to-east in the evening, when the vast majority of planes depart North America for Europe, and east-to-west in the mornings and afternoons, when most flights are headed the other way. Track “A” on Tuesday might consist of a totally different string of latitude/longitude fixes than Wednesday’s track “A.”. Separate from ATC communications, there’s an open radio frequency (VHF 123.45) used on the track system that allows crews to talk to each other. The landing gear produces quite a bit of drag and occasionally we’ll lower it sooner, as a way of increasing the rate of descent or helping us slow down, when necessary. Then, as we began our descent, he indicated that the landing gear would be lowered earlier than usual in order to use up excess fuel. It sounds as though your shortcut left the plane with so much fuel that it would have been above its maximum landing weight for the runway (perhaps, because of wind or weather-related reasons, the only available runway was a short one?). The increase in drag produced by the landing gear would result in considerably more fuel burn, helping get the plane within limits. We were above landing weight, however, and the dispatchers recommended that instead of landing heavy, which would entail a time-consuming inspection, that we should descend to a lower altitude and deploy the gear for the last half-hour or so of flight. You’ve got green lights, red lights, white lights; steady lights and flashing lights. Mind you there are variations, but here’s a generic rundown: Navigation lights (wingtips and tail): Colored lights that show a plane’s orientation: red on the left, green on the right, white in the back. Anti-collision lights (on the wingtips and sometimes the upper or lower fuselage as well): Very bright, white flashing lights that basically mean “look out, here we are!” Used night and day. Turned on just prior to the takeoff roll; turned off again just after landing. Rotating beacon (upper or lower fuselage): A red flashing light used any time aircraft is moving. Means, “stay clear!”. Landing lights (most commonly wing-mounted and/or mounted on the nose gear strut): Very bright, white, forward facing beams. Taxi lights (normally on nose gear strut): White, forward facing beams. Runway turnoff lights (if installed, wing-mounted): Bright white lights aimed slightly askew, to aid in high-speed turns when exiting the runway."
Best Travel Atlases & Maps
NatGeo takes you on a photographic tour of the world’s most spectacular destinations, inspiring tangible ideas for your next trip. "This breathtaking, 320-page volume, published by National Geographic, contains 250 exquisite color photographs that will either inspire you to see the world or at least give you the opportunity to become the quintessential armchair traveler. Images taken by some of the world’s premier photographers are accompanied by practical travel information for visitors to each place, including dining and lodging options.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this for my 90 year old father who has dementia."
"Very pretty, but not quite as informative as I was hoping."
"People love to look at the book when it's on the coffee table."
"Awesome travel book."
"Nice quality hard cover with great pictures."
"Beautiful book...we have enjoyed going through every page and filling our bucket lists!"
"This was a gift for someone that travels a lot."
"I do not find the photographs well curated, or inspiring."
Best Travel Language Phrasebooks
Over 700 conveniently organized expressions include terms for modern telecommunications as well as phrases related to transportation, shopping, medical and emergency situations, and other common circumstances. Pablo Garcia-Loaeza is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at West Virginia University, where he specializes in Latin American literature and culture.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Now instead of learning to say things such as, "My dog likes to drink water," and "The penguins don't like my sister's blue dress," I can actually order in restaurants, ask directions, shop, ask for help, etc."
"Excellent."
"A very useful book of phrases to help bolster those who are studying Spanish."
"If you serious about learning, this is the best value for real results."
"Handy book to carry with you on a trip to any Spanish speaking country."
"Comes in handy when trying to interact with a Spanish speaker."
"I am completely happy with my purchase and how quickly it arrived."
"Great for homeschool Spanish!"