Travelling is the new trend these days. To opt for new places, explore hidden gems and mingle with the locals is how people say you do it to get the optimal experience and gather marvelous memories. From little kids dreaming of going into space to gen-Z and millennials leaving their roots to live a nomadic van life, to retired people finally getting to cross things off their travel bucket list, travel is everywhere we go. It’s also on our phones, finally finding a way to creep through the cracks of our most humble abodes. People snapchatting, instagramming, whatsapping and vlogging their adventures for everyone to see.

Caught the wanderlust bug, have you?

Here are our top 3 travel books so you can know how to journey and journey sitting in the comfort of your own homes. A two-in-one experience! What more could one want?!

1. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

Vagabond 

noun

A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job. The art of going from place to place, never settling, or giving the time for roots to grow, to experience all that the world and its people have to offer. 

In this guide, Potts caters to all adventuring spirits by being their best friend and knight in shining armor as they prepare to take on the adventure of a lifetime. Short, wise, and inspiring, this book will infect you with the travel bug if you weren’t already, so much so that you won’t know what hit you and the next time you come to your senses, you will find yourself at a scenic place among the mountains with no memory of how you got there. Hint: be sure to check your camera! Meanwhile, here’s a quick rundown of what this book entails:

• Inspiration and motivation
• A rewarding travelling life
• Incorporating long term travel in your life
• Tips and tricks
• A new perspective

2. How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter by Matt Kepnes

Everybody wants to travel but then they are exposed to the harsh reality. Travelling is seen as something expensive, a luxury, something to be afforded after you have won big bucks and leisure time, which isn’t a fate for each one of us. So instead of sitting on our chairs and not even trying, read what Kepnes has to say on how to travel with whatever you have got and have the time of your life while doing so. This book truly lives up to the YOLO mindset and offers some of the following:

• Tips and tricks
• Travel hacks
• Backpacking
• Smart banking
• Comfortable budget travel

3. Life Travel and The People In Between: A Memoir by Mike Nixon

In 2006, Mike Nixon was a hotel receptionist and on this bridge between people and the world, he encountered fascinating characters on their way to places in the wider world. He wanted that life but didn’t know where to start…until one fateful meeting that set his life on a different course.

Ride this roller coaster as Nixon takes you on his journey around the world, not in 80 days, but enough of them to count it worthy of writing it in a book as he enthralls you with people, places, and things he encountered. Worried this book isn’t for you? Here’s a short list of what it contains:

• Memoir
• Anecdotes
• Memories
• World travel
• Honest and realistic approach on travelling
• Life highlights
• Travel experiences

Conclusion

In this modern century, everything is at the tips of our fingers and accessible and this list is only the tip of the iceberg. There lies so much more underneath. Many more books to explore and read, places to see and travel, things to remember that once you get started with these three, the rest will uncover on its own. 

Travelling is a beautiful thing, and it cannot always be planned. The fun lies in the spontaneity. So, take these books as your blueprint and build the structure yourself! Happy hunting, happy reading, and happy travelling!

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