Book review at ASJA

How to Travel for Free (or pretty damn near it!) was just reviewed in the ASJA Monthly – the magazine for members of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. In the “What’s in Store” section, book reviewer Melissa Gaskill writes:

Seale, a freelance travel writer, recognizes that there are many guides offering advice for traveling on the cheap; hers tells you how to travel not only cheaply, but free or close to it, based largely on personal experience.

The book has chapters about travel’s major aspects—trans- portation, accommodations, and sightseeing—and one on cre- ative ways to travel. Seale makes a couple of important points, such as: There is an inverse correlation between the amount of time you spend researching, planning, and taking a trip and the amount of money you’ll spend, and the longer your trip, the less expensive it becomes.

Check out the entire review here!

About Shelley Seale

Shelley is a wanderer and student of the world, yoga chick, voracious reader and dog lover. She pounds the keyboard as a freelance writer, author and publication designer, based in Austin, Texas when she isn't traipsing around the globe. Shelley has written for National Geographic, USA Today, The Guardian, The Week, Fodor's, The Telegraph and Texas Monthly, among others. Shelley has performed a catch on the flying trapeze, boarded down a live volcano, and was once robbed by a monkey in India. But she doesn’t know how to whistle.

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Posted on October 3, 2011 by Shelley Seale