The Traveller's Handbook contains a combination of advice from top travellers, reflections from celebrities and a comprehensive factual directory. Fully updated and restructured, it retains the best writers from the last 20 years as well as articles by more recent big names. The book contains a range of topics on independent travel with global coverage of information for travellers of all ages, from first-timers to frequent flyers. It includes information on business travel including the best websites for the electronic traveller working abroad. Expanded country profiles cover the whole world and the whole range of ways to travel, and the latest trends are highlighted - where to go, extreme sports, eco-tourism and charity challenges.