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INTERVIEW GLOBALBRENDA OR SINGLE PARENTS REQUEST A REVIEW COPY OF THE SINGLE PARENT TRAVEL HANDBOOK ABOUT The Single Parent Travel Handbook REVIEWS OF THE SINGLE PARENT TRAVEL HANDBOOK STATISTICS ON TRAVELING SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES |
FOR IMMEADIATE RELEASE Single Parent Travel Handbook Makes BookSense 76 Children's List! As announced in Bookselling This Week (May 20), The Single Parent Travel Handbook (ISBN: 0-9723627-0-3; Travel Essay/Parenting; $17.95 ($28.00 Canadian); trade paperback; 320 p.; appendices; single parent survey; index). by travel industry veteran Brenda Elwell will be ranked on the BookSense 76 Children's List. The 2000 Census revealed that, of households with children, 1 in 4 is headed by a single parent-yet The Single Parent Travel Handbook is the ONLY book on the subject available! Why is single parent travel different than traditional family travel? "By definition, the single parent is a working parent," says author Brenda Elwell. "Traditional double parent vacations are structured to get rid of the kids so the parents can have couple time, but the single parent always winds up as the odd man out stuck somewhere in the space between family couple and swinging single." The Single Parent Travel Handbook focuses on planning a trip that will be enjoyed by both the children and their parent, whether that occurs in the U.S. or in Zimbabwe. Ms. Elwell helps sort out the troubling details of single parent travel, such as dealing with the dreaded Single Supplement, assembling the documents necessary to travel with children in these security-conscious times, and finding travel agents who specialize in single parent travel. This is one book no single parent can afford to do without! Recommended by Parents Without Partners : "The Single Parent Travel Handbook is a must-read" Elwell draws upon her own experiences, along with stories and information collected from her online customer survey, to provide the single parent with advice on how to make the most out of traveling with children in the United States and abroad.... The only book on the subject, this is recommended for all public libraries.- Library Journal "There's a lot here that any traveler can use... [b]ut it also contains some helpful suggestions on traveling alone with children, from getting a letter of consent from the other parent to keeping kids busy during long trips to treating illnesses."- San Jose Mercury News "Elwell details where to go, how to get there and how to share fun on the way and at the destination. Leaving nothing to chance, she offers solid advice on planning, getting the right documents (including needed vaccinations according to your destination), packing and managing money (before and during a journey).... It's worth it's weight in kids!"- Where to Go Next Newsletter "The Single Parent Travel Handbook by Brenda Elwell is an expressly practical travel guide for single parents.... [It] is [an] earnestly recommended guidebook devoted to the special concerns and problems associated with single parent travel."- Midwest Book Review GlobalBrenda Publishing has one mission: Let the voice of the non-traditional traveling family be heard! The publisher's works have been praised by its readers and the New York Times, Rudy Maxa's Savvy Traveler radio show, Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine, Travel Weekly, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Orbitz, Child Magazine, Parents Magazine, MSNBC as well as other media. For more information, visit GlobalBrenda.com. "The Single Parent Travel Handbook" is the first book devoted to traveling single parent families. Hailed by Parents Without Partners as "a must read," the book focusing on planning a trip that will be enjoyed by both the children and their parent and helps sort out the troubling details of single parent travel. #### CONTACT: |