How to Become a Travel Ninja (e-book review)

July 16th, 2009

World Traveller

Diwali flowers. Photo by Susanna Sender.

A few months ago, Chris Guillebeau released How to Become a Travel Ninja, a 39-page guide designed to help travellers save money.

In case you haven’t heard of Chris, here’s what you need to know: He’s on a mission to visit every country in the world in 5 years. He’s well on his way – over 100 countries have been ticked off the list – and flies over 40 times a year. In short, if you’re looking for an expert who can tell you how to travel more for less, Chris is your guy.

If you’re looking for an expert who can tell you how to travel more for less, Chris is your guy.

Travel Ninja is a welcome companion to The Unconventional Guide to Discount Airfare, Chris’ ebook about finding cheap (or free) airfare. There is a little overlap, but Travel Ninja has a wider scope and goes into more depth on a few topics. Here’s what it covers:

How to reduce airfare surcharges and fees
Tips on attaining elite status for major North American airlines
The ins-and-outs of Round the World Travel
Finding cheap (or free) accommodation
How to get anywhere you want to go
Troubleshooting solutions to common issues, including airline waitlists, arriving at a destination without a visa, travelling with mutliple airlines on the same itinerary and international dateline confusion

As with all of Chris’ ebooks, the design is impeccable and the writing is fluid and conversational. I read through it in one sitting, effortlessly, and came away with some solid advice and unique strategies for saving money on the road.

The ebook is available in two packages. Here’s what the Basic Package includes:

The guide
A spreadsheet showing how Chris tracks Frequent Flyer Miles, Credit Card Arbitrage, trip planning ideas, Round-theWorld prices and more
A 30-minute audio Q&A session

If you go for the Complete Package, you get all of those things as well as:

7 Sample Round-the-World itineraries
An extra audio session about travel hacking and frequent flyer maximization

Whichever version you go for, you’ll get 6 months of free updates and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Plus, if you quote TB at checkout, Chris will shave 10% off the price.

Buy the Basic Version now for $39: Travel Ninja basic version

Buy the Complete Version now for $58: Travel Ninja complete version

Editor’s note: This review contained affiliate links.

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