Comments on: Cheap Trick: A review of Tim Leffel’s ‘World’s Cheapest Destinations’

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:24:00 +0000

Great point about the fact that you are GOING to LOSE just try to lose a little as possible. This book is def worth a read.

By: Michael Robert Powell

Michael Robert Powell — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:38:04 +0000

PS: Greetings from Taian, CHINA

By: Michael Robert Powell

Michael Robert Powell — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:36:16 +0000

Hi … as a seriously-perpetual traveler since 1988 – 100+ countries, mostly in the Developing World, I can say – YES, travel can be cheap. Very cheap. Compared to the West.

BUT MORE SO, exciting, exotic, and educational – well beyond the tourist resorts and cliches of your standard university studies (yes, was there; graduated) and the narrow media view of how the world … is.

Amongst the cheapest destinations: India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Syria, Cambodia, Laos, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, etc. Depends … what extras you indulge in each day.

Regards – Michael Robert Powell
AKA the candy trail … a nomad across the planet, since 1988

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:11:24 +0000

Ouch? Why? The expression wasn’t used to offend — nor am I embarassed using it. Of couse, I guess it doesn’t adhere to to the Hanyu Pinyin romanization but I don’t really find that a big deal. ‘Moscow’ is an equally absurd spelling for the Russian capital. Should we all start saying—and writing—’Moskva’? I went with ‘Pekinese’ after a quick Google search that suggested Beijinger/Pekinese were used interchangeably — but your comment sent me back for a definitive answer. It’s funny that there’s no consensus (even among Beijingers) as to what’s correct. According to Chinese Postal Map Romanization, Peking is the name of the city and still serves as the traditional customary name for Beijing in English (passports issued by the British Embassy are still printed as being issued by the “British Embassy, Peking”).

By: arkyoptics

arkyoptics — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:48:56 +0000

“Out of this total, a Pekinese has to find…..”

Ouch. Poor choice of words, there. Peking began to be known as Beijing in 1958 when the PinYin romanization was adopted. Nowadays it is always Beijing, and the inhabitants known as Beijingese at least to themselves, so that is the correct term.

A Pekinese is a small dog. That has not changed.

By: Wanderlust Wednesday: August 11, 2010 | A Girl’s Guide to Travel, Studying, Working, and Volunteering Abroad

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:40:38 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:22:28 +0000

Thank you very much for pointing that out, Linda — our mistake! We've updated the links in the post above — the updated third edition (which is the edition we reviewed) is available here.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:06:21 +0000

I clicked on the link you posted and it took me to a book that is out of print. I searched on Google and found out there is a newer edition.

By: Tim L.

Tim L. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:07:19 +0000

Thanks Daniel and Katherine for featuring this book on your site! I wrote the first edition back in 2002 because I couldn’t find this kind of information anywhere else and I figured other travelers could use it too. Leapfrog forward 8 years and two more editions and I still think it’s hard to find place-to-place cost comparisons anywhere. Glad you liked it.