Planning a trip around the world? Let "First-Time Around the World" get you started. Loaded with the very latest travel information, including all you need to know about round-the-world tickets to teaching and working overseas, this pre-departure guide will help get you make the most out of your ultimate journey. The guide begins with a full-colour 'Things Not to Miss' photo section with suggested itineraries, route maps, details on what to bring, when to go, how much it will cost and which vaccinations will keep you healthy. The individual country profiles highlight the best places to visit with country-specific websites and necessary budget information for your first time world trip. There are plenty of useful tips to help save you money, keep you safe and maximise your time on the road. The guide comes complete with concise regional information, with overland maps and details on weather, major attractions and unmissable festivals.
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After nine years on the road Doug Lansky has all the qualifications necessary to inform first-time travellers.
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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!
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
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Format: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
By A Customer
Format: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...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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this was a great purchase
i love how this book is laid out. its well organized in a way i can read it. i actually prefer it to lonely planet... i enjoy the fact they use a little color. Read more
Published 7 days ago by ted
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better be young
While there is a lot of interesting information in this guide, it is definitely geared to young people who plan to take a year or more to travel. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bleecker
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Roough Guide First Time Around the World 3rd Ed
The book gave a very good overview on RTW travel. It made the travel idea and planning idea for me seem more real and that yes, i can do this EASILY. Read more
Published 22 months ago by KVB
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this book!
Filled with practical advice for a first time around the world traveler. I bought the 1st edition and have been dreaming of the day when I could make this trip a reality. Read more
Published on February 25, 2011 by Sandy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful
Great book. Even though this is the first edition, it still has all the info you need. I would suggest this to anyone that is going to plan a trip to another country.
Published on December 8, 2010 by Pip
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a great and inspiring book!
Like most of us who are considering purchasing this book, I was at least thinking about an around the world trip. Of all the books I read, this was in the top two on the subject. Read more
Published on September 2, 2010 by Marco Polo
2.0 out of 5 stars
For Beginners Only
Beginners Only:
Good Book - for beginner travelers only. While looking at this book I didn't realize that it would go into such detail as to remembering to pack travel... Read more
Good Book - for beginner travelers only. While looking at this book I didn't realize that it would go into such detail as to remembering to pack travel... Read more
Published on July 17, 2010 by karalee19
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Little All Around Resource and Launching Point
I am a habitual traveler and I love reading travel writing and books that open up my mind and options for my next big adventure! Read more
Published on February 21, 2010 by P. Curran
5.0 out of 5 stars
The only advice we needed on the logistics of travel
My wife and I used the first edition of this book to figure out the nuts and bolts of traveling around the world. It was absolutely invaluable. Read more
Published on June 29, 2008 by Logan D
4.0 out of 5 stars
Time to take a trip...
Lansky does a good job of culling together resources for the first time or novice traveler. There are also some good ideas for the experienced traveler. Read more
Published on June 7, 2008 by Deborah Verlen
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