Gusty Women: Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road

by Marybeth Bond

Book Overview

"Although Gutsy Women is a book of travel tips and wisdom, like its predecessor, Travelers' Tales: A Woman's World, it is about more than just travel. It is about living, the rewards of risk-taking,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885211155
• ISBN13: 9781885211156
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Thanks for another great book.

Marybeth Bond is one of my favorite travel writers. Whether she is compiling stories about women's travel: "A Woman's Passion for Travel," "A Woman's World" or "A Mother's World" or providing us with sound travel advise through the Gutsy Women's series, Marybeth is a source of sound advice, untempered passion for adventure and an umitigated belief in the strength of women. Read her books and you will be inspired, touched and ready for adventure.

Marybeth reminded me that I too am a gutsy woman!

Marybeth Bond has packed a tremendous amount of relevant and heart-felt information in this short book. Not only is this book practical and informative, but it is also sensitive to women's particular concerns and needs while traveling. As a young, single, aspiring traveler, I am concerned about possible obstacles and risks that I may encounter while traveling alone. This book addressed every aspect I had thought of and more - from the all important safety issues, to health and hygeiene to romance on the road and tips for staying in touch with loved ones while gone. I also appreciated the new chapters on volunteering abroad, special interest programs and traveling with other women (be they your friends, mother, or children).This book inspired me, gave me courage, and set my worried mind more at ease. She gives straightforward, womanly advice on virtually everything that may come up for the solo woman traveler and, through her own experiences and the experiences she conveys of other women travelers, proves that women can and should travel safely, confidently, and joyfully.

It inspired me to pursue my travel dream.

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.

This book contributed greatly to my trip.

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. > >>-----------------------