Matt Kepnes
Författare till How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Revised: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter
Om författaren
Matt Kepnes is a native of Boston but calls the world home now. After a trip to Thailand in 2005 inspired him to travel more, he quit his job and set off around the world. More than six years later, he is still exploring new lands and helping others do the same. Visit him on the web at visa mer NomadicMatt.com, and follow him on Twitter @NomadicMatt. visa färre
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Some reviewers have complained that it is a book only for young people. Well, sort of. Younger folks might overall be more willing to 'put up with' the strictures that author Kepnes suggests for keeping costs low. But I'd argue that I, at the tender age of 61, am squarely in the target audience for a great deal of the wisdom(s) proffered here. I don't know how much couchsurfing I would want to do at this point, but I am also quite uncomfortable with the kind of 'luxury' that travel/tour companies seem to assume a person like me would want.
I'm glad I read this, but I have to confess, I do think the book has some ... well, issues of tone, if that's even the right word. The emphasis on cost, cost, cost sometimes gives it a cheapjack, rushy, shallow feel, and I wind up feeling like the world presented here is a big amusement park rather than anything deeper than that. A stupid example would be the use of the word 'attractions' for the kinds of things one might want to do in a given locale. This might indeed be an age issue. I don't know.
Also, given that it's over six years old, the book is really out of date, and it's probably better to keep up with Matt Kepnes via the Nomadic Matt website rather than relying on anything here (though, again, it's worth reading for whatever tips in it wind up applying to you).… (mer)