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Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
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.
The publisher, O'Reilly and Associates
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.