The book that launched a thousand road trips!

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Product Description

Where would your dream take you if you had a whole year to just travel? But perhaps you're thinking, "if I only knew how to start planning my adventure!" This detailed "how-to" guide will get you moving from the dreaming to the doing in no time at all.

Included is step-by-step, real-life information on planning the trip you've always wanted to take -- along with generous doses of humor and advice on topics such as:

* How to pay for a year away from home * How to unravel all your current commitments - to family, work, and organizations * How to plan on the fly and enjoy every day * How to pack in 3 small drawers and 24" of closet space - for two! * How to handle the emergencies that crop up along the way * And the most asked question: How to enjoy your traveling companion on a 24/7 basis!

Once you've decided to "leave it all behind", Live Your Road Trip Dream takes you along on an action-packed, whirlwind tour of the authors' trip - just to help you visualize what months on the road might really be like, and to offer a glimpse into how decisions and discoveries are made along the way.

This is the ultimate road trip planning guide.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141977 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 276 pages

Christine Delsol, San Francisco Chronicle, December, 2004
…the authors pack their book with advice on making your dream happen.

The Villager, June, 2004
"The book that launched a thousand road trips ...see what (they) learned on the road trip of a lifetime."

Wilsonville Spokesman, July 28, 2004
"...offers ... advice and instructions on how anyone with the free time can put things on hold ... and go traveling."

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Customer Reviews

DISAPPOINTING - Cost $77,000 for their year long trip...
The title of this book is misleading - it says you can live on the road for the same price as staying at home - however, the authors spent about $77,000 (not including any house or mortgage payments while they were gone) - that comes out to about over $3,000 per person, per month. What a ridiculous budget - if I had that much money to spend, travelling in an rv would be a piece of cake - the rest of the book is fluff and gives no practical advice.

Well, obviously, it gives no practical advice about saving money because the authors splurged. I feel cheated by the title of this book.

Get inspired to travel!
Carol and Phil White were retirees with a dream: to travel around the country on their own, for a year, without running out of money or energy. They planned, they budgetted, they kissed their children and grandchildren farewell, and they headed out.
This newly revised manual and travelogue tells how they did it, both in practical and human terms. They provide budget plans, recommendations on transportation choices, insights into travel decisions, and suggestions for websites (including their own) which provide more information and tools. The first half of the book provides the planning tools and suggestions; the second is the diary from their own travels.
Anyone interested in long travel, RV use, or travelogues should consider this readable, useful volume.

Walked the walk (or rode the road)
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What I liked best about Live Your Road Trip Dream is that the authors actually DID what they wrote about. Their first-person experience made it much more meaningful. A great how-to book (that is also fun, informative, and entertaining) for those ready to pack up and go or those thinking about hitting the road.