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Featured Categories : Travel & Holiday : Guidebook Series : Virgin
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The Virgin Student Travellers' Handbook is purpose written for young people contemplating or actively preparing for travel during a Gap year, either before or at the end of University. Tom Griffiths writes in a friendly, down-to-earth and intelligent way about every aspect of travel and working abroad. Rather than a guide on where to go, this is a book that asks and answers questions about why you should travel and when and how to do so. In the "Getting Started" chapter Tom points out that, of five young people who talk about travelling, statistically only one of them will go--this book is designed for that person. Every conceivable aspect of travelling is covered: how to budget, what employers think, who to go with and one of the most important chapters--how to deal with your parents!The practical side of the book is brilliant and Tom's extensive experience is clear to anyone who has travelled before. It covers health, diet, insurance, drugs, visas, hitch hiking, keeping in touch, how to pack a rucksack and a brilliant checklist of what you'll need to take with you--all of which will go a long way to reassure anxious parents of your "mature" attitude to travel.
Equally strong is the theoretical side of this book. Tom weighs up the pros and cons of taking a gap year and, as MD of the Gap Year Travel Company, he obviously sees more pros than cons and his enthusiasm is infectious. His writing style is quite funny with some really good travel tales stuck in between the practical guidelines. The advice he gives is challenging and considerate at the same time and mature without being patronising; he even includes his own e-mail address with an instruction for anyone in dire straits to contact him--what a nice bloke!
The last section of the book is country by country listings of the top 50 backpacking destinations, giving statistics on climate, languages, embassy addresses, living costs and visas needed. Worth bearing in mind, at the end of all this, is the chapter on returning home. Things will seem weird/boring/sedate, but the adventure you've had on your Gap year will set you up with an aptitude for adventure in whatever field of life, work or study you then choose to pursue. --Thea O'Connor
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Aimed at young (or young-feeling) visitors who aren't content to merely flit from stodgy monument to dusty museum in a city as lively and diverse as Dublin, Virgin's City Guide Dublin packs an incredible breadth of entertaining information between its slim covers. A wealth of sights, restaurants, hotels, shops and more are broken down in two ways: first by location, so you'll be able to find something to eat, buy, or ogle no matter where you are, and then by type of venue, so you can plot a course from home or hotel based on your own interests.These listings are also linked to a two-sided "day and night" companion map, the guide's niftiest feature. The map's "day" side spotlights Dublin's landmarks and shops, while the "night" side points the way to clubs, theatres and more than 60 of the city's inimitable pubs. The listings are thoughtfully and creatively subdivided, so you're sure to find what you need, whether you need a meditation centre or a place to have a pint at 7a.m.
Remarkably, the book's hipper-than-thou tone rarely grows cloying. At worst, it occasionally masks the abundant historical and cultural information it presents, as though in its rush to look cool, it's afraid to look smart. Nonetheless, for those willing to stomach the inevitable jokes about "first-timers," Virgin provides a fresh and well-rounded guide to the city's varied delights. --Andrew Nieland
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Do we need travel agents any more? Not according to The Virgin Internet Travel Guide. With the Internet has come "the opportunity for everybody, whether or not they have their own PC, to cut out the middleman and make their own travel bookings directly," writes author Davey Winder. His book, however, covers much more than holiday booking online. There are sections on finding general travel information (eg exchange rates or weather), activity holidays (eg cycling, whale-watching), luxury travel and resources for long-haul travellers like cyber cafe locations and Web discussion forums. The longest section is a country-by-country listing of sites with local information, ranging from government-sponsored sites to unofficial sites full of experienced travellers' tips.Following the fashion in Internet guides, the book is small--pocket-sized--but the listings are sufficiently detailed. There are 2-4 line reviews of most sites listed, which are informative if somewhat chirpy (here's the review of Virgin Atlantic's site: "A very snazzy, well very red actually, Web site--and excellent online booking and information resources"). The author has dug up sites with information on countries from Libya (a personal audio greeting from Colonel Qaddafi)to Micronesia. The first two sections cover Internet basics, which seems an unnecessary inclusion, since anyone seeking to learn to use the Internet has most likely already bought a beginners' guide. The lack of an index of sites makes looking up a specific travel site difficult. Still, there's a wealth of information here: travel agents beware.--Kathleen Keefe
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