Girlfriends Getaways, Women Travel Books

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In 1985 Marybeth began writing about women travel and encouraging all women to ‘go for it’ alone, with friends, or groups. She knew her subject well, for she had just returned from two years traveling alone around the world. During this journey she met her future husband, an American, in Katmandu. Her eleven books cover solo, family, adventure and girlfriend travel.

In her 20’s she lived in Luxembourg, Paris and New Caledonia. In her 30’s and 40’s she lived with nomads in the Thar Desert of India, Sherpa families in Nepal, Karen Tribes in Northern Thailand, the hill tribes (Black Thai) in Northeast Vietnam, Gamblin musicians in Bali, Gaelic dairy farmers on the Dingle Peninsula, Mayans in Mexico and the Navajo on tribal lands inArizona.

Lighthearted or serious, sad or funny, or some combination of it all, each of Marybeth’s eleven books will move you -- perhaps even to a new adventure or to the road itself

50 Best Girlfriends Getaways

This fun, information-packed guide presents ten categories of Best Places for women to go with girlfriends, sisters, or mothers. The wide-ranging chapters have something for everyone. "Best City Getaways for Girls Who Just Wanna Have Fun" focuses on San Francisco, Miami, Quebec, New York City, and New Orleans. "Where to Celebrate Big Birthdays" suggests Las Vegas, Northern California wine country, and Savannah. "Best Places for Adventure Escapes" includes rafting the Colorado, heli-hiking the Canadian Rockies, and kayaking or canoeing in Maine. "Best Bonding Vacations" recommends Ashland, Oregon, Rocky Mountain National Park, Chicago, and Lake Chatauqua, New York, while "Best Places to Heal When You've Been Dumped" sends you to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and to Big Sur, California. Other chapters offer suggestions for golf getaways, pampering retreats, artsy getaways, and great retail therapy. The book is filled with practical tips on roommate etiquette, safety, packing, budgeting, and other specific advice for the growing number of women—young, old, single, married, divorced, and widowed—who are hitting the road. Short, true stories about women's experiences open each chapter, and quotes from all types of women travelers broaden the appeal—further inspiring readers to pack up their bags, call a girlfriend, and say "let's go!"

A Woman's World ­ National Bestseller

Marybeth's best-selling first collection of travel stories, A Woman's World, chronicled and celebrated the diverse and bold new ways women are exploring the planet. A Woman's World won the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book of the Year and elicited not only critical praise but thousands of enthusiastic letters from readers. It is in its 6th printing. The stories span the continents, cross the generations, and are written by every kind of traveler from novice to adventure. They will move you out of your armchair, take you along paths of memory, and fill you with the spirit of adventure.

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Gutsy Women: more travel tips and wisdom for the road  - Her Most Popular Book! As seen on Oprah and the Today Show

Gutsy Women, for novice as well as experienced travelers, provides a wealth of fresh ideas on how to travel safely, comfortably, within your budget, alone, with your mother or children. Sections of the book address: The Older Adventuress, The First Time Traveler, The Solo Traveler, Women's Health and Hygiene, Dining on the Road, and Romance, Loneliness, and Unwelcome Advances. The book is packed with funny, instructive and inspiring travel vignettes from the author and from people like yourself who have traveled a little, or extensively.

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A Woman's Europe ­ New

A Woman's Europe captures the magic of the Swiss Alps, the French countryside, the streets of Moscow, the isles of Greece, the country roads of Ireland, and much more with a uniquely female perspective. Some women travel solo, others with friends, family, or partners, but all have been drawn to Europe-for adventure, romance, culture, cuisine and art. Whether searching for their Irish ancestry, savoring Italian delicacies, or striving to understand the conflict in Bosnia, in A Woman's Europe will satisfy the reader with illuminating tales.

A Woman's Passion for Travel: More Stories from a Woman's World ­Inspirational!

"Passion": any kind of feeling or emotion -- hope, fear, joy, grief, anger, love, desire-when vehement, overwhelming or of compelling force. In this follow-up to the award-winning A Woman's World, meet women from all stages of life -- college students and grandmothers, old friends and new -- adventurously wending their way across the globe. Lighthearted or serious, sad or funny, or some combination of it all, each story in this collection will move you -- perhaps even to the road itself.

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In this pocket tome, Marybeth Bond dispenses invaluable advice on staying healthy on the road, traveling to third world countries and close to home, traveling to adopt abroad, and keeping children of all ages entertained and adults energized.

If you have infants, toddlers, or teens, whether you're going on your first trip as a mother (or grandmother) or you're a seasoned traveling woman, you'll be inspired to pack your bags and explore, for weekend trips to overseas odysseys.

A Mother's World: Journeys of the Heart ­ For mothers

In stories close to home and far away, from Peru to Kenya and New York City to Ukraine, mothers recount adventures and experiences traveling with their small children, their grown children, and their own parents. They travel to find their adopted children, they become pregnant, and they recount the joys and pains of motherhood in a language that will move women and men alike.

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