This year, I self-published my first book. It's called From Paper to Plane: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Your Vacations Abroad. If you find my Travel Tips blog helpful in planning your trips, you'll LOVE this book because it has so much more information all in one place, and in the logical order you'll need.
This book is the culmination of everything I have learned over the past six years about planning for international travel. But it is not just a list of tips. Instead it’s an approach, with clear steps and action items. In this book I have simplified processes and organization, created and curated resources, and answered questions you may not even have known to ask. My hope is that you can use this book as a tool to help you prepare for any trip more confidently, efficiently, and with less stress.
Here are a few of the topics you'll learn about in the book:
-How to decide where to go when, because sometimes the more difficult decision to make is the first one.
-How to decide if your itinerary is too packed, and what to do to fix it.
-What to do if you lose your passport while abroad, and how to get a travel visa.
-How to set a travel budget and stick to it.
-The quickest way to find and book the best flight for you. Most people don’t know about this resource.
-How to plan ahead for your laundry, so you never end up running out of clean underwear.
-Free and low cost accommodation options you may have never even heard of.
-The one resource that saves hours planning transportation.
-Everything you need to know about renting a car.
-How to pack for one carry-on only, including a sample packing list.
-What to do about your cellphones and bank cards while abroad.
-How to decide if you need to purchase travel insurance.
-Systems and structure to keep all of your travel plans and confirmations organized.
-A time-based planning checklist so you don’t forget anything.
-How to overcome the language barrier and communicate with locals.
-How to stay safe during solo travel, and how to survive family travel.
-How to use rewards credit cards and other hacking methods to save money on your flights, so you have more to spend on fun.
I absolutely love helping people plan for travel, whether it's a 3 day trip or a 3 month journey. Through my personal consultations, blog, email series, free downloadables, videos, and now this book, my goal is to help you be able to feel more confident and less stressed when it comes to planning any trip.
Whether you are a newbie traveler or a frequent flyer, you can get a lot out of this book. This book is for anyone, young or old, who loves to, or wants to, travel internationally, likes to be prepared, and wants to plan trips in an organized way. If that’s you, go buy it!
From Paper to Plane will be on a countdown sale from March 26th to April 1st (2018). So what's a countdown sale? On the first day, the price will be dropped from $9.99 to $2.99. The next day it goes up to $3.99, then $4.99. This trend continues for the whole week. So the earlier you buy, the better deal you get!
