The Idle Traveller

by Dan Kieran (Author), Dan Kieran (Author), AA Publishing (Author)

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2013
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As we jet off on holiday, passing from airport lounge to hotel in our desperation to escape our everyday lives and find some better weather, we'd do well to ask ourselves what on earth we're doing. Do we really travel any more or do we just arrive? The Idle Traveller calls on us all to re-assess what we're setting off in search of and what travel has become. Dan Kieran argues we need to bin the brochure, glide rather than fly, embrace disaster, be epic in our travel pursuits and immerse ourselves in the life-changing experience of true journeying. Full of inspiration for making the journey more meaningful and fun, The Idle Traveller will transform the way you travel forever.

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As we jet off on holiday, passing from airport lounge to hotel in our desperation to escape our everyday lives and find some better weather, we'd do well to ask ourselves what on earth we're doing. Do we really travel any more or do we just arrive? The Idle Traveller calls on us all to re-assess what we're setting off in search of and what travel has become. Dan Kieran argues we need to bin the brochure, glide rather than fly, embrace disaster, be epic in our travel pursuits and immerse ourselves in the life-changing experience of true journeying. Full of inspiration for making the journey more meaningful and fun, The Idle Traveller will transform the way you travel forever.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: AA Publishing
Published: 01 Jul 2013
ISBN 10: 0749574739
ISBN 13: 9780749574734

Media Reviews

'a brilliant insight... deeply alluring... all beautifully told. Wherever you travel, you'd gain a lot from reading this book.' ****--Telegraph 'Dan Kieran is spot on... a timely, thoughtful, and even important book.' ****--Daily Mail 'thought provoking and often comical.' ****--Lonely Planet 'entertaining and endearing... the importance he places on really travelling will echo with anyone who shudders at the idea of booking a package holiday.' --Wanderlust

Author Bio

Dan Kieran is deputy editor of the Idler. He is the editor of Crap Vacations, The Book of Idler Pleasures, and The Idler Book of Crap Jobs, and he has written for the Guardian, the Observer, the Sunday Times, and the Times. Tom Hodgkinson is the author of The Freedom Manifesto, How To Be Idle, and The Idle Parent.