Top student travel books 2005 - new travel books and old travel book favorites for student travelers. Heading out for the first time? Woman traveler? Parent needing to ensure proper plans are laid? Read up. (And do look into this year's top travel books, too.)
1. Student Travelers' Handbook
"Virgin Student Travelers' Handbook" from Virgin Publishing is a handy guide for students planning a gap year or semester abroad -- one of the great features is a list of 50 favorite backpacking destinations. Detail about visa requirements, embassy address lists, currency tips and all the travel stuff long term student travelers need to know.
2. "Rough Guide" First Trip Around the World Handbook
"Rough Guide First Time Around the World" is just what the title tells you: a rough (meaning adventurous) guide book to accompany your first trip around the world. Travel advice told in the trademark Rough Guide rock and roll tone.3. Traveler's Tool Kit for First Timers
A great guide to cheap travel -- this book covers absolutely everything from A to Z. "The Traveler's Tool Kit" is a perfect read for first time travelers who are a tad bit nervous; read this book before you go and you'll learn about everything from how to plan and pack to staying healthy while traveling -- the latter in, perhaps, more depth than you ever wanted to know (what kind of fungus was that again?).4. World's Cheapest Destinations - How, Where, and Why You Should Go
Prefer to stretch those pennies while seeing the planet? Author Tim Leffel may be the world's foremost expert on cheap travel undertaken with style: do it by finding spots where your US dollars are worth a pile o' money. Learn all about the how's and where's of budget travel (and I don't mean Disney World on a shoestring) with "The World's Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Dollars Are Worth a Fortune."5. Miss-Adventure Tales
"The Thong Also Rises" is a thoughtfully edited collection of women's travel tales -- delightfully funny, wry and wonderful anthology. Gals *and* guys will get a smile (and an education) from this travel book for adventurers.6. Lonely Planet's China Guide
China's student travel traffic jumped by 90% recently, according to Open Doors 2005. Put China on your travel list and read the 2005 Lonely Planet Guide to China before you go -- all the usual Lonely Planet guidebook goodies here.7. "New Orleans is a dangerous place to live in, both for the body and the soul."
So said Victorian children's author, Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer, 150 years ago. Mrs. Mortimer, who also said, "People who are dainty must not come to Norway", had the terrible idea of writing a geographical trilogy, which has recently been compiled into "The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World." Included because it's just a must-read this year. Remember to close your jaw.8. "Not for Tourists Guide to New York City" 2006
Students listed NY, NY as the numero uno student travel city in 2005 -- if you're headed to the Big Apple, take along a copy of "Not for Tourists Guide to New York City 2006." The NFT series, which includes titles for other US cities you love, like "Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago", gives real insider scoops.9. A Guide to the Hippest Hotels
"Hip Hotels Atlas" is a compendium of fantastic and fun hotels in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North and South America. Some are outrageously expensive, some are just outlandish -- all are fun for gaping, and some are worth booking consideration. Over 1000 great photos.10. The Land of the Long White Cloud
That Maori moniker for New Zealand is just one of many travel tidbits uncovered by the Let's Go guidebook authors of 2005's "New Zealand Adventure Guide." Student travelers fancy the land of Kiwis right now -- take a tour with a Let's Go guidebook in tow (Fiji is covered, too). Let's Go travel books are best for the indie-minded, mate.