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Edward Hasbrouck,
The Practical Nomad

Welcome, fellow travellers! This is the Web site of author, journalist, blogger, consumer advocate, and travel expert Edward Hasbrouck:

• News from Edward Hasbrouck's Blog
  


• Edward Hasbrouck's weekly columns on "The Amazing Race",
  the around-the-world travel reality television show
  
  • Current season: The Amazing Race 17 (Fall 2010 on CBS-TV in the USA)
  • Previous seasons of The Amazing Race


• Edward Hasbrouck's travel book series, The Practical Nomad:
  • The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World
    (4th edition, 2007)
  • E-book edition for Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Windows PC
    (includes the complete text of the 4th edition of the hardcopy version)
  • The Practical Nomad Guide to the Online Travel Marketplace
  • Reviews of The Practical Nomad
  • What readers are saying about The Practical Nomad
  • Ordering information


• Interviews with Edward Hasbrouck from National Public Radio:
  • How to Travel Around the World (5 minutes, from The Savvy Traveler)
  • Privacy and travel records (4 minutes, from NPR News)


• Advice on current travel issues:
  • European air travel after Eyjafjallajokull
  • Air travel and global warming
  • China travel tips
  • How does hotel discounting work? (part 1)
  • Online hotel discount directory (part 2)
  • AmEx cancelled my card. Now what should I do?
  • FAQ about Airline Bankruptcies
  • Federal airline consumer protection agenda
  • FAQ About Changes to Flights and Tickets
  • FAQ About Travel Insurance
  • ICANN and top-level Internet domain names for travel (".aero" and ".travel")
  • Consumer Travel Alliance


• Travel planning resources and advice by Edward Hasbrouck:
  • The Practical Nomad's top tips for travelers:
    • Key advice from The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World
    • Key advice from The Practical Nomad Guide to the Online Travel Marketplace


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• Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Travel:
  • Hasbrouck v. CBP: Why I'm suing the Department of Homeland Security
  • How to request your travel records
  • Policy analysis, research, and white papers for the Identity Project
  • "Papers, please!" (The Identity Project blog)
  • My testimony to the European Parliament (Brussels, 8 April 2010); includes annotated slides, archived video, and links to background material
  • Travel ID, Travel Privacy, and the Travel Panopticon (includes my chapter on Travel Privacy from the 2004 Privacy and Human Rights yearbook)
  • FAQ about "Secure Flight"
  • Logs of travellers' movements on passport RFID chips
  • Unanswered questions at Dulles Airport
  • Permission to travel ("Mother, may I"?)
  • Exit permits and asylum seekers
  • Travel safety and civil liberties: Fear vs. Danger
  • Who's watching you while you travel?
  • Q & A with Business Week on the need for a Federal travel privacy law
  • Comments to the Federal Trade Commissionn on the privacy of travel information as a consumer protection issue


• Articles by Edward Hasbrouck on other topics:
  • Google Books and Writers' Rights
  • Self-Determination and Human Rights in Kashmir
  • The Military Draft, Draft Registration, and Draft Resistance (Resistance.info)
  • Health Care Workers and the the Military Draft (MedicalDraft.info)


• About Edward Hasbrouck:
  • Bio
  • Contact info
  • Public appearances and events
  • Disclosures & Disclaimers
  • How to pitch me
  • The Hasbrouck Family Association

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