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 ...
Online Vietnam Guidebook
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Travel bargains, Travel books | 1 Comment »Robert Reid, a guidebook author who has written about Siberian mustaches for Perceptive Travel, has just released an online guidebook for Vietnam. Reid is no newbie when it comes to guidebooks. He has updated a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks (including ...
Polite Vikings, Juggling Backpackers, and Grilled Lamb’s Face
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books | No Comments »A headline like that can only mean one thing - the new issue of Perceptive Travel is out. We've got Notes Towards a True Historie of the Vikings, Backpacker Cabaret at the Jugglers Rest Youth Hostel, and Extreme Eating in Morocco ...
A Puppet Opera, Dead Rock Stars, and a Mysterious Legionnaire
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Perceptive Travel, Travel books | 1 Comment »Plus mysterious archeology and a romp through the safe danger of Costa Rica. It's all just another issue of the Perceptive Travel webzine. Of course there are also the usual reviews of new travel books plus reviews of interesting world ...
