5 Things That Are Getting on My Nerves
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel books, Travel industry | 14 Comments »This past month Wired magazine's cover story was "Why Things Suck." It was a brilliant collection of 33 annoyances and their causes. Some of my favorites were in there, including the dozen subscription cards stuffed into every magazine, the Ticketmaster ...
7 Wierd Things From Marco Polo’s Biography
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel books | No Comments »In the latest issue of Perceptive Travel there's a review of the recent Marco Polo biography from Laurence Bergreen. This is an interesting guide to the life of the original world traveler, a Venetian who ended up going to Constantinople, ...
Favorite Books of Round-the-World Travelers
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Posted in Travel books | 1 Comment »I never seem to get around to doing those year-end lists of the top this or that. It's probably because I'm still on deadline for some article or book instead of phoning in some copy that can run while I'm ...
The State of Travel Guidebooks
Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Travel books, Travel industry | 1 Comment »If you want to get an insider's scoop on the worldwide guidebook industry and where things are headed, check out David Stanley's blog post South Pacific Handbook RIP. There are a lot of points in there that have had current and ...
World’s Cheapest Destinations - in Italian!
Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Travel books | No Comments »That cover photo you see there to your left is the Italian version of my book The World's Cheapest Destinations. It came out to Viaggiare al minimo and that link will take you to the official site of the publisher ...
