The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World (Rough Guide Travel Guides) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Rough Guide Travel Guides | Publication Date: April 28, 2003

A pre-trip guide for travellers planning their first trip around the world. Written by an experienced traveller, it covers everything from budgeting, packing and avoiding scams to staying healthy and working abroad. The guide contains area profiles, giving the lowdown on where to go and the best way of getting around. Colour photographs provide evocative images of some of the most alluring destinations and there are anecdotes throughout from other travellers.

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About the Author

After nine years on the road Doug Lansky has all the qualifications necessary to inform first-time travellers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides (April 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843530570
• ISBN-13: 978-1843530572
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #712,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You Need For Planning A Global Journey, September 15, 2005

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This review is from: The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

From visas to packing, from travel costs to the best places to visit, this book does an outstanding job in preparing a potential traveller for a long term international trip. I especially appreciated the "Basics" section which contained a wealth of internet resources.

One thing to keep in mind, however, is that this book is primarily geared toward young backpackers who want to travel the world on a super tight budget. Also the writer is British and his primary reading audience is European youth, among whom the 1 year RTW (Round the World) trip is almost a rite of passage. But there is also a much smaller but equally adventurous set of young American backpackers for whom the book would be just as useful. Personally, I began travelling on the cheap at age 18. But at the ripe old age of 37 I'm more inclined towards mid-range international travel. So sometimes I felt the writer's numerous suggestions on how to scrape by on pennies weren't 100% relevant. But at age 21 I would have loved his advice. Plus I'm so frugal by nature that I still kinda like it.

Overall it's hard to imagine a better book for the young backpacker or really anyway wanting to make a RTW trip.Highly recommended!

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is the BEST book!, August 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

My husband and I are planning an extensive around-the-world trip for next year. While we are travel-savvy, we have never done this type of trip. Also, we are in our 30s, so we aren't doing a true "backpacker" trip, nor will it be luxury travel, it will be somewhere in the middle. This book is a MUST for anyone planning an extensive trip. It gives you the lowdown on a hundred topics, from medical/health, insurance, etc to basic overviews of the different regions and countries. It gave us a LOT to think about, and has me doing further research on issues that I had never even thought about. A MUST READ!!

57 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Know-how for roads more and less traveled, May 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Everythign in here is stuff you could figure out after a hundred hours on the internet, networking in a few dozen traveler ghettos and spending a few years lugging way too much, uh, luggage, but chances are your globetrotting will go farther, cheaper and (if you're smart about it) slower than if you had to figure it all out from scratch. Lots of emphasis on getting off the tourist trail and out interacting with local culture, written by a guy who's been doing just that for nearly a decade...