Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious

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An indispensable companion for rookie and veteran travelers alike that promises to revolutionize both how and why we vacation.

By captivating millions during his six-year, fifty-country tenure as the New York Times’s “Frugal Traveler,” Seth Kugel has become one of our most internationally beloved travel writers. While his famously unassuming journeys around the globe have forged a signature philosophy of whimsy and practicality, they have also revealed the seemingly infinite booby traps of on-the-grid tourism. In a book with widespread cultural reverberations, Kugel takes the modern travel industry to task, determined to reignite humanity’s age-old sense of adventure that has virtually been vanquished by the spontaneity-obliterating likes of Google Maps, TripAdvisor, and Starwood points. Woven throughout with vivid tales of his perfectly imperfect adventures, Rediscovering Travel explains―often hilariously―how to make the most of new digital technologies without being shackled to them. For the tight-belted tourist and the first-class flyer, the eager student and the comfort-seeking retiree, Kugel shows how we too can rediscover the joy of discovery.

"Whether or not you're familiar with Kugel's amusing, yet never cloying writing; his self-deprecating and hilarious storytelling; and his inner struggle between his fear of talking to strangers and his compulsion for out-of-the-way adventures, 'Rediscovering Travel' will feel as comfortable as your favorite, wooly pair of socks. He'll charm your pants off with his amusing and endearing anecdotes about his travels, near and far."
– Associated Press

"In his insightful and fun book, Kugel…takes on the increasingly commercial and technological aspects of 21st-century travel. His advice will stimulate travelers' curiosity while rescuing a sense of adventure that has been eclipsed by technology and corporate tourism…Kugel's advice for discovery-filled travel is thought-provoking and surprisingly simple." 
– Publishers Weekly

"The former 'Frugal Traveler' columnist for the New York Times encourages anxious tourists toward more adventurous travel in this helpful, humorous, and opinionated guide…Using anecdotes from his plentiful experience to illustrate his points, but without indulging in personal history for its own sake, Kugel makes the case that low-budget, minimally planned travel can be more rewarding than a journey insulated from risk and serendipity…Travelers both timid and daring will find plenty of useful advice in this perceptive and provocative volume."

– Kirkus

"Book of the Month, January 2019…Using a mix of charm, debate and anecdote, travel journalist Seth kugel kicks around the concept of journeying in a world that's been 'documented to within an inch of its life.' It's a refreshingly uncomfortable treatise about iffy ethics, the dangers of preconceived ideas and context-free risk assessments…But this isn't a rant about the modern travel indsutry; rather it's a passionate plea for sponteaneity and maing 'organic' travel choices…Whether you come away agreeing or spitting Kugel's name, you're sure to be re-engaged with why you travel." 

– Wanderlust Magazine (UK)

…Seth Kugel is one of the world's best travel writers. In this book, Kugel challenges the lack of spontaneity in adventure in today's world because of all the websites (like this one) out there that allow people to plan everything down to a T instead of letting travel just happen. It's a collection of amusing stories designed to inspire you to be a little less shackled to technology on your next trip! 

– Matt Kepnes, "Nomadic Matt"

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