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Edward Hasbrouck,
The Practical Nomad

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

"I write and speak about travel as an aspect of life: something we do, not something we buy. There is an industry of companies and people who sell services to travellers, but travel is an activity, not an industry; an experience, not a product. We may pay for transportation and for places to sleep, just as we may pay for schooling, but we can't buy experience any more than we can buy enlightenment -- even if, in the best of worlds, travel sometimes brings us both. I abhor the commodification of travel, and I write and speak about how my readers and listeners can avoid it."

• News from Edward Hasbrouck's Blog
  


• Edward Hasbrouck's travel book series, The Practical Nomad:
  • The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World (5th edition, 2011)
  • The Practical Nomad Guide to the Online Travel Marketplace
  • Reviews of The Practical Nomad
  • What readers are saying about The Practical Nomad
  • Ordering information


• Public radio interviews with Edward Hasbrouck:
  • How to Travel Around the World (5 minutes, from The Savvy Traveler on NPR)
  • Privacy and travel records (4 minutes, from NPR News)
  • The REAL-ID Act and the right to travel (15 minutes, from Texas Public Radio)
  • DHS plans to gather social media information (7 minutes, from "The World" on Public Radio International)


• Edward Hasbrouck's weekly columns on "The Amazing Race",
  the around-the-world travel reality television show
  
  • Most recent season: The Amazing Race 31 (Spring 2019 on CBS-TV in the USA)
  • Previous seasons of The Amazing Race since 2001


• FAQs and advice on current travel issues:
  • Airport police attack passenger: Why did it happen? Who's to blame?
  • FAQs about travel in the time of Trump
  • Public demonstration of airline reservation hacking
  • What's the real story about the REAL-ID Act and air travel?
  • Federal airline consumer protection agenda
  • Places in the news: Notes from my visit to Yemen
  • Google acquires ITA Software: What's that mean for travellers? (3 part series)
  • Do I have to be young, strong, and fit to travel? (No!)
  • Air travel and global warming
  • FAQ About Changes to Flights and Tickets
  • FAQ About Travel Insurance


• 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
  • Bicycle travel resources and advice:
    • FAQ: Do I need to be young, strong, and fit to travel by bike? (No.)
      Is it easier to travel by bicycle on your own or in a "supported" group?
    • FAQ and buying guide: How to buy a touring bicycle
    • FAQ: International bicycle travel
    • FAQ: Riding skills for bicycle travel
    • Bicycle route-finding and navigation
    • Bicycle touring in Argentina
    • Bicycling along the Danube River
    • A visit to Hazebrouck (bicycling in Flanders)
    • Bicycle touring in England and Scotland
    • Articles about bicycle travel from my blog


• Around-the-world airline tickets from Airtreks.com
  


• Television appearances and presentations by Edward Hasbrouck:
  • NBC Today Show: "Shills" and fake reviews on travel sites
  • C-SPAN: Government Surveillance and Control of Travelers
  • Cato Institute: The status of the REAL-ID Act





• Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Travel:
  • Reason.TV: Is Silicon Valley building the infrastructure for a police state?
  • The REAL-ID Act and the right to travel
  • C-SPAN video (with annotated slides): Government Surveillance and Control of Travelers
  • Dispatches from the "No-Fly trial
  • Airlines and the human rights of migrants in transit
  • How to request your travel records
  • Why I sued the Department of Homeland Security
  • FAQ: Edward Hasbrouck v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Policy analysis, research, and white papers for the Identity Project
  • "Papers, please!" (The Identity Project blog)
  • FAQ: Searches at airports and U.S. borders
  • FAQ: U.S. government monitoring of social media
  • Forms DS-5513 and DS-5520: "Long Form" passport applications
  • FAQ about "Secure Flight"
  • Logs of travellers' movements on passport RFID chips
  • 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
  • Consumer Privacy and Air Travel: Recommendations to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation
    (testimony to the DOT Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection, 21 May 2013)
  • Comments to the FTC on the privacy of travel information
  
  
• Interviews and profiles:
  • Transitions Abroad magazine: "Around the World Travel: A Conversation with Budget Travel Guru Edward Hasbrouck"
  • CNN Sunday Morning News: "Travel expert Edward Hasbrouck on making the best of air travel"
  • CNN.com: "Travel expert Edward Hasbrouck on bargain airfares and destinations"
  • Antiwar.com: "Ed Hasbrouck versus the TSA: The Practical Nomad-turned-air security watchdog"
  • Bloomberg Businessweek (Technology): "Covering the Traveler's Electronic Trail"
  • Zeit.de (Reisen): "In dieser Datenbank steht, wer mit wem schläft"
  • Golem.de: "Fluggastdatenspeicherung": Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Video
  • LeMonde.fr (Technologies): "Les boîtes noires de l'accord sur les données passagers"
  • DeCorrespondent.nl: "Dit gebeurt er allemaal achter de schermen als je naar de VS vliegt"
  • Other translated interviews and news reports in French, German, and Dutch
  • Travel Writing 2.0: "An Interview with The Practical Nomad"
  • National Writers Union: "On Blogging: Making a Living Wage as an Online Writer"
  • Chicago Maroon: "Generation X': A Brief History of Dropouts at the University of Chicago" (More)


• Articles by Edward Hasbrouck on other topics:
  • National Writers Union (Co-Chair, Book Division)
  • 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
  • Publicity photos and book cover images
  • Contact info
  • Public appearances and events
  • Mentions in the news
  • Disclosures & Disclaimers
  • How to pitch me
  • The Hasbrouck Family Association
  • Where does the name "Hasbrouck" come from?

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