Dru Pearson

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Dru Pearson was born with more wanderlust than money. At the age of six she first saw a world globe and knew she wanted to explore every country on it. Unfortunately, most of her traveling for the next forty years was done vicariously through books and websites. Packing was a snap, but her feet itched to get on a plane.

Travel on a single mother's budget was problematic, but she learned to be frugal both at home and on the road. The more trips she took, the more she wanted to take. The wanderlust was incurable.

When she retired from teaching English, she moved from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Ajijic, Mexico, for four years. She explored that country in her Westfalia camping van, wrote several articles that were published in local expat magazines including Ajijic's El Ojo del Lago, edited a newsletter for expats, served on the Lake Chapala Society board, volunteered in several capacities at LCS, and wrote Retire in Mexico - Live Better for Less Money.

These days Pearson lives in Arizona, but she visits Mexico whenever possible for as long as she can.

Pearson has also written another book where she shares the tips she's accumulated over the years to help other travelers rent inexpensive accommodations that rival hotel suites and dine on gourmet food at McDonald's prices in her newly revised and updated, Europe on a Dime: Five-Star Travel on a One-Star Budget.

Since the publication of Europe on a Dime: Five-Star Travel on a One-Star Budget, which was chosen by travel guru Johnny Jet as the travel book of the week, she has been interviewed on a Boston radio show, invited to present at the Festival of Books in Tucson, Arizona, and written for the International Travel News newsletter.