You Can Travel Free - Softcover

Kirk, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965798100 ISBN 13: 9780965798105

Publisher: Pelican Books, 1925

Synopsis

After 500,000 miles of free travel, this expert advises how to receive free accommodations, cruises, package tours, and more.

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From the Back Cover

If you paid anything at all for your last vacation, you probably paid too much, states You Can Travel Free author Robert Wm Kirk.

At this very moment, tens of thousands of people are out there seeing the world at little or no cost. And they're doing it safely, comfortably, and legally. As Kirk demonstrates, just about anybody can roam the globe with little or no money.

Hike in the Andes, ski in Switzerland, cruise the blue waters of the Caribbean . . . once you know the secrets of free travel, your imagination is your only limitation.

Every strategy Kirk has uncovered through three decades of hands-on research now is available here:

-- exchange programs that allow students and nonstudents to sample life in foreign countries--free
-- complimentary cruises, including posh around-the-world voyages
-- vacation-time jobs abroad that pay you while you sightsee in your spare time
-- home exchanges--anywhere from the Riviera to Maui to Paris
-- scholarships for travel
-- tours with your friends and neighbors to fabulous destinations of your choice
-- short-term yacht crewing positions that allow you to see the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, or the fabled isles of Polynesia
-- strategies for seeing the very best sights without buying a ticket
-- careers that offer free vacation travel among their perks
-- volunteer opportunities that take you to other continents
-- hosts who will welcome you with open arms, give you a bed and meals, and show you the local sights . . . while charging you nothing
-- au pair jobs that enable you to baby-sit your way around Europe
-- organizations that want you to teach your own language for board and room, airfare, and substantial pay

This single, affordable volume offers all that and much, much more, including hundreds of addresses, phone and fax numbers, and Web sites.

Don't let a tight budget stand in the way of your dreams. Find the valuable travel strategy that's just right for you and you can travel free.

Author Robert Wm Kirk has traveled nearly a half-million miles for free! A retired college professor, he lives in northern California with his family . . . when he's not off seeing the world.

About the Author

A former college professor, Kirk was born with a passion for learning through travel but found it difficult to travel on his teacher's salary. More than thirty years ago, he discovered his first free travel secret and has been learning more ever since. In his retirement he plans on traveling even more extensively. When not globetrotting, he resides with his family in Santa Rosa, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Books
• Publication date: 1925
• ISBN 10: 0965798100
• ISBN 13: 9780965798105
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English