This easy-to-read, 432-page guide is an essential source for travelers, travel agents and tour operators. All the world's countries are listed as well as major island dependencies. For every destination the guide suggests a good or best time to visit. The guide also warns of seasons when strong desert winds, cyclones, monsoons, snowy conditions, freezing temperatures and searing heat can occur. This second edition contains 240 maps and over 400 weather tables.
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Time is my most valuable asset. I work in a travel agency where clients expect me to have at my fingertips all the answers concerning airfares, tours and weather. Fortunately, in a few seconds I can answer weather questions about rainy and dry seasons, the expected midday temperatures and, most importantly from a client's viewpoint, the best time to visit a country. I get my answers from The Travel Planner's Weather Guide where the information is presented concisely, saving me the time of wading through pages of travel guides and confusing weather manuals.
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Russell and Penny Jennings have traveled throughout Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East , the South Pacific and the Russian Federation. When planning their independent travels and arranging and escorting their tours to various destinations, choosing a good time to travel has always been of major importance.
In their travel agency business, when consulting with clients, they found it imperative to have weather information available immediately. The information in their previous weather books, combined with additional research, has resulted in this weather guide.
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Handy compact guide for planning,
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I bought this guide shortly before embarking on a recent 7 month journey all around Australia, North and SE Asia, and Arabia. I can say now that I have returned (Temporarily at least) that weather is a crucial part of the travel experience. WIthout a doubt, places where I knew the weather would be more humid, etc... stood out as much tougher places to travel in. Needless to say, I minimized this by using this guide. In defense of "bad" weather - I will say that to get a true impression of places one should experience less than ideal (Or what most would think of as ideal) weather from time to time. In some places the changes can be dramatic - and it is different weather that forms a culture and people over time among several major factors. Certain festivals and/or animals also occur/appear outside of the most ideal touring weather. This guide has little simple maps showing the location of a country relative to it's neighbors. Also regional maps. Larger countries are broken down also - such as the USA, Brazil, Indonesia, etc...the maps usually reflect this breakdown too. Temperatures are given in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. The only failing of this book then is that global weather patterns are changing and that the "best time" to travel to a country is relative (Which the authors also note somewhat in the beginning). But, for what most would consider "ideal and easy" it is good. Improvements would be bar graphs (Like Lonely PLanet or a chart like in Rough Guides - though this might make the book much thicker) and more charts showing the time of year as it relates to such events as animal migrations - as the book has for Kenya. Alhough this latter improvement might change the scope of the book. Also, incorporating sunrise/sunset might be good. Lastly - I'm not sure if the alphabetical order of countries is the best method - sorting by regions might be more useful. FYI - there is a newer version of this book.
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A friend flew to Mexico on a cheap 2-week holiday package and came home soaked. He hadn't known it was the rainy season. I vowed never to be caught like that. I searched for a weather book and found the Travel Planner's Weather Guide by Russell and Penny Jennings. I discovered that every country in the world is listed, as are many island dependencies. The weather of each country is described and supported by weather tables, and there is a recommendation for the best time to visit. Some large countries are divided into regions and the regional
weather is described, season by season. The authors mentioned that they acquired 30 years of weather records from the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climate Data Center in North Carolina, USA. They have presented this data into easy-to-read weather tables which show month by month weather and include morning and afternoon temperatures, rainfall in millimetres and inches, the number of rainy days expected per month and the average hours of sunshine per day. The book sparkles with information about each country - capital,languages and topography. Additionally, advice is given about where and when to cruise, trek, dive and when to go on safari. With the countries arranged in alphabetical order I could quickly flip through the book for my country of choice. Alternatively, I could use the extensive 16-page index which makes the search for information a breeze. I highly recommend it.
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The best time to cruise is when the weather is cool in hot climates, warm in cool climates, and when there is less rain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
average afternoon temperature, afternoon temperatures range, afternoon temperatures average, foliage changes colour, pleasant afternoon temperatures, general weather information, negligible rain, sea breezes temper, southeast tradewinds, afternoon average, northeast tradewinds, light rains fall, transitional month, occasional light rain, tradewinds blow, preferred months, rainiest months, coastal temperatures, main rainy season, brief thunderstorms, occasional thunderstorms, rain decreases, sunshine averages, drier season, wettest season Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The best time to cruise is when the weather is cool in hot climates, warm in cool climates, and when there is less rain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
average afternoon temperature, afternoon temperatures range, afternoon temperatures average, foliage changes colour, pleasant afternoon temperatures, general weather information, negligible rain, sea breezes temper, southeast tradewinds, afternoon average, northeast tradewinds, light rains fall, transitional month, occasional light rain, tradewinds blow, preferred months, rainiest months, coastal temperatures, main rainy season, brief thunderstorms, occasional thunderstorms, rain decreases, sunshine averages, drier season, wettest season Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Publishing Ltd, Pacific Ocean, Virgin Islands, New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, North Island, South Africa, Gulf Stream, Mediterranean Sea, Sunrise Jul, British Columbia, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Altitu Sunrise, Burkina Faso, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Costa Rica, Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Persian Gulf New!
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