Wanderlust and Lipstick: the Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo
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Beth Whitman is a travel writer and speaker on women's travel. I've seen her speak before and when I came across her website recently, I thought I'd order this book. The book is actually signed by the author, and although it says it's the "newest edition" (second edition), it is still a bit outdated as it's from 2009.
I saw the author speak a few years ago at a Travel and Adventure Show and thought she had some useful tips and tricks for solo female travelers. I recently came across her website again and decided to give this book a shot.
If you're a woman who has rarely traveled at all, much less solo, this book may have some practical pieces of information for regarding travel in general. There are also several good websites and sound pieces of advice. I would caution you, though, that things change rapidly in the travel industry - which means that some of the information in this book is now outdated. For example, Northwest Airlines hasn't existed for a decade (Delta absorbed them in 2008), paper airline tickets were eliminated that same year, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually uses or accepts traveler's checks anymore.
I consider myself a very seasoned traveler, so this book didn't really have too many new tidbits for me and I did skim quite a lot of it. I did enjoy some of the 'stories from the road' and other anecdotes, though, and it's always good validation to read that others use some of the same tactics and tricks that I do when traveling solo.
I'll list this as AVL until I decide what to do with it.
If you're a woman who has rarely traveled at all, much less solo, this book may have some practical pieces of information for regarding travel in general. There are also several good websites and sound pieces of advice. I would caution you, though, that things change rapidly in the travel industry - which means that some of the information in this book is now outdated. For example, Northwest Airlines hasn't existed for a decade (Delta absorbed them in 2008), paper airline tickets were eliminated that same year, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually uses or accepts traveler's checks anymore.
I consider myself a very seasoned traveler, so this book didn't really have too many new tidbits for me and I did skim quite a lot of it. I did enjoy some of the 'stories from the road' and other anecdotes, though, and it's always good validation to read that others use some of the same tactics and tricks that I do when traveling solo.
I'll list this as AVL until I decide what to do with it.
I'm taking this book with me to Europe next week. I'll update with release details once I have them.
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To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations!
You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large.
I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book to let me know it's been found. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!).
Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did.
If you do choose to join Bookcrossing and make a journal entry, then you can watch the book as it travels -- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
If you decide to join Bookcrossing, please feel free to indicate that I, BethanieKay, referred you when you set up your free online profile!
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single release!!
Happy Reading!
Journal Entry 4 by BethanieKay at Offener Bücherschrank Liechtenstein in Vaduz, Vaduz Liechtenstein on Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (9/24/2019 UTC) at Offener Bücherschrank Liechtenstein in Vaduz, Vaduz Liechtenstein
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
There's a little book trading cabinet across the pedestrian walkway from the visitor information center, which seemed like the perfect place to leave this.Happy travels little book!
Ce livre fera une belle addition à une grande sélection de livres de et sur les voyages. Merci de l'avoir apporté d'Amérique. Je l'ai trouvé au retour d'un long périple dans l'Est de l'Europe, traversant 16 pays en 7 semaines !
Il m'intéresse d'autant plus qu'il parle un peu de la Birmanie, et peut aussi entrer dans cette collection thématique "géo-politique".
Il m'intéresse d'autant plus qu'il parle un peu de la Birmanie, et peut aussi entrer dans cette collection thématique "géo-politique".
