About this item
Take it from a friend who knows: "travel is not scary or difficult for the mature single woman. Confidence and planning are the keys."Rome, Chicago, London, Vienna, Berlin . . . best-selling author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo. With this guidebook, she has compiled information, tips, and tricks to share with mature women interested in seeing the world.Like a world-traveled, well-informed friend, Seagrave provides encouragement, advice and support for the safest, and most comfortable sojourns, and offers practical guidance based on her first-hand knowledge of the locations she recommends. She shares tips for researching, booking, and packing for your vacation, includes checklists to follow when preparing to leave, and even discusses insurance, jet lag, traveling through menopause, and financial considerations.
About the Author
With the unique combination of being a best selling travel writer of guide books on camping, successful international Entrepreneur and extensively published academic, Dr. Jayne Seagrave is an eclectic woman who has a wealth of experience and talents in a number of areas. Her infectious personal attributes coupled with a energy, enthusiasm, joie de vive and desire to convey her knowledge and experience to others has resulted in a diverse career.
Although primarily an entrepreneur, Jayne is probably best known as a travel writer with extensive expertise on camping in Western Canada, and more recently on "Taking Flight" as a mature, single woman.
Jayne has written four books about camping in British Columbia. Over 50,000 of these guide books have been sold making her one of the most successful travel writers in BC. Her works include: Camping With Kids in the West; Best Camping Adventures - Southwestern BC and Vancouver Island; Best Camping Adventures - Northern, Central and Southwestern BC; and the most popular entitled Camping BC: A Complete Guide to Provincial and National Park Campgrounds (www.heritagehouse.ca) . The latest seventh edition of this book was released in 2014 with a new chapter about campgrounds in the Yukon. She has camped and visited over 180 campgrounds in BC, Alberta and the Yukon and is frequently asked to speak on CBC radio and other media outlets on camping and outside recreation and is well recognised as the camping expert in British Columbia.
