Travel

Sure, it's easy to find some book about 100 or 500 or 1,000 places you have to see in order to make your life complete, but most of us don't have that kind of time or money. We need to know how to make the most of one or two trips a year, whether they are one state away or halfway around the world.

I'm an author with several travel books on the shelves (“Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune” and “The World's Cheapest Destinations”), plus I'm co-author of “Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America.” So I often get asked about which books I would recommend for travelers. The following titles all meet an essential need by providing the advice and knowledge to make every trip more fun, more interesting, and less stressful — no matter where you happen to be heading. Most will probably save you a wad of cash as well, so you can come back home without being broke.