The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World

by Edward Hasbrouck

Book Overview

The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World provides a global perspective that's necessary for both first-time trekkers as well as experienced explorers. Now more than ever, it is important to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598808885
• ISBN13: 9781598808889
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Rick Steves
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource for Around the World Travel

My husband and I are currently traveling through Asia and used Edward Hasbrouck's book in preparation for our trip. It is a comprehensive book, that explores every aspect of around the world travel. He covers everything you need to know and more, from preparation of paperwork to interacting with people along the way. He is a expert in this field -- one of the best, and he generously shares his knowledge in this book. Travelers are fortunate to have such expertise in their hands, what it would take years for an individual to acquire is shared here. His compilation of fact and opinion is well-balanced. He also includes an excellent resource section, with many books and websites for further research. Starting your research with this book will save you a lot of time and effort -- it's all right here.

Best of the RTW travel guides. Period.

We're 7 months from an 11 month trip around the world and this book is IT for authoritative information. If you are flying to a vacation spot you need this book. Although the book is long and detailed we found it's completeness a real help. Hasbrouck is a detail oriented guy that you would want for a travel agent. His section on air travel is unbeatable. I have read nearly all of the round the world guides and this is the best bar none.

By far the most practical and useful planning tool out there

This book is admittedly a little dry, but it provides the practical information that anyone planning a lengthy trip around the world needs. The author doesn't mess around, there are no cute cartoons or tons of funny anecdotes. If that's what you want, look elsewhere! This book is essentialy a compendium of information to guide you through the process of planning and executing an independent trip around the world. The book does not give very much information that is specific to any country of region, but it does give resources to help you plan your destinations and transportation. This book is a definite must have. The section on airlines/airfares is especially worthwhile.

buy it for the airfare advice, but nothing else

I went ahead and bought both this book and World Stompers, and I think where one lacks, the other picks up. This book is incredibly boring and at times repetitive, but the travel agent's insight and explanation of how the international and domestic airline ticketing systems work is well worth the cost of the book. Also, I found some of the country information a bit outdated. For more nuts and bolts advice on how to get by as a backpacker on an RTW trip, as well as some helpfl and humorous anecdotes, read World Stompers instead.