Gutsy Women: Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road (Travelers' Tales) (No. 1) (Paperback)

by Marybeth Bond (Author)

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Product Description
An indispensable pocket guide with travel tips for women on the road, Gutsy Women offers a wealth of fresh ideas on how to travel safely, comfortably, within your budget, alone, with your mother or children. It's packed with funny, instructive, and inspiring travel vignettes -- a must-have for beginning as well as experienced travelers.

From the Publisher
Marybeth Bond, editor of Travelers' Tales: A Woman's World (winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for Best Travel Book) has done it again in this indispensable pocket guide with travel tips for women on the road. Gutsy Women, for novice as well as experienced travelers, provides a wealth of fresh ideas on how to travel safely, comfortably, within your budget, alone, with your mother or children. Sections of the book address: The Older Adventuress, The First Time Traveler, The Solo Traveler, Women's Health and Hygiene, Dining on the Road, and Romance, Loneliness, and Unwelcome Advances. The book is packed with funny, instructive and inspiring travel vignettes from the author and from people like yourself who have traveled a little, or extensively. Gutsy Women explores: What are the risks and rewards of women traveling How do you deal with the stressful emotions of departure and arrival How to stay in touch How to stay healthy, with a focus on women's concerns Dealing with dining on the road What about romance, loneliness and how to thwart unwelcome advances How to keep to a budget How to tip and when to bargain Tips for the business traveler Tips for the first time traveler Tips for the solo traveler Tips for the older adventuress Tips for mother/daughter travel Tips for travel with children What to take - packing ideas Gutsy Women is a book to inspire you and prepare you to pack your bags and set out into the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885211155
• ISBN-13: 978-1885211156
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,114,446 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It inspired me to pursue my travel dream., October 15, 1999

By	Jennifer Douglas (Santa Rosa, California) - See all my reviews

This book came into my life when I was trying to decide whether to take off on my own to travel around the world. The tips and realistic advice about women traveling indepentently inspired me to pursue my travel dream. Marybeth Bond has a writing style that instantly makes you feel comfortable. She explains the ins and outs of travel in a way that makes it all seem possible. I would recommend the book to anyone considering a trip abroad on her own.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book contributed greatly to my trip., March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: T.T. Gutsy Women Single Copy Disp (Poster)

I got a copy of your book before I left on my solo trip to China. I was > >inspired by the commonsense, supportiveand inspiratinal words in thebook. > >I always keep a journal on my trips. This time I made copies of thelittle > >inset boxes with the words of wisdom. I randomly glued them into myjournal > >before I left. It was amazing and inspirational where these words of > >wisdom showed up. For example, I was on a train somewhere betweenBeijing > >and Xian. I was in a sleeper with two older Chinese businessmen anda > >fellow from New Zealand. We were all shocked about sharing thesleeper. > >The room was hot, very hot and stuffy. In the middle of the > >>night one of the businessmen wakes up, turns on the light and starts > >coughing, hacking, and spitting. I bail out of my bunk, go to thedining > >car, and start writing. I am the only Westerner in the car. In my > >journal, the saying on p 13 was on the page. "As a woman, my fearof being > >cooped up in my home without new challenges, new conversations, newvistas, > >far out weighs any fears I might have of traveling solo in a strangeland." > > Those words made my current experience much more the adventure. This book > >contributed greatly to a wonderful trip. Thanks.> >>> >> > >>Ev Levine, photographer, mother, wife, and addicted traveller. > >>-----------------------