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Today's traveler seeks authentic experiences, not just viewing awesome sites, taking must-see photo opportunities, and checking an item off of a bucket list. Today's modern day explorers seek immersion, wisdom and better and a greater understanding of people and places. Real life experiences are most compelling people to travel and bridge cultures together. Travel opens us up to the wonders of the world, and to the serendipitous occurrences when cultures merge. At the forefront of any journey, travel begins with people and protecting local society. It's a powerful lesson that cannot be learned staying home viewing travel on television. ""Going Local - Experiences and Encounters on the Road"" is the first travel book by industry veteran Nicholas Kontis. ""Going Local"" details how to implement a focal point for travel we should all have- that of learning from the local cultures. With the assistance of technology, never before has it been so easy to stay in someone's home, share a meal, hitch a ride, and be guided by and learn from local society. ""Going Local"" delves into the rise in peer-to-peer travel and shows how to meal share, use apps to mingle with local society, take a trip around the world, move out of your comfort zone overseas, or to volunteer. You'll learn why responsible travel matters and enjoy case studies along with keynote talks with travel visionaries, icons and explorers in the field of travel such as Tony Wheeler, Rick Steves, Richard Bangs, Don George, Judith Fein, David Noyes, and James Dorsey. The great Lonely Planet founder, Tony Wheeler, gives the cover endorsement stating: ""Many people - Mark Twain included - have noted how travel is a certain cure for bigotry and narrow-mindedness. I hope Nick's book may help persuade people to take the treatment.""

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"Praise for Nick ""Nick Kontis fully showcases a better way to travel by fully immersing into local society"" Richard Bangs Author, television personality, and regarded as the father of modern adventure travel Nick Kontis writes about the way we should be traveling. It's not about package tours and brief stops, but deep immersion into getting to know locals and finding out about why they - and now you - love the places they call home."" Michael Luongo ""Award winning New York based novelist, freelance writer and photographer"" ""Nick Kontis is committed to the kind of travel that brings peace, communication and joy."" Judith Fein Award winning travel writer, speaker and videographer ""Nick Kontis is championing a travel concept that I have held for decades, ""Immersion"" in local culture. I believe this is the path to international understanding and I applaud him for his work."" James Michael Dorsey Explorer, award winning author, photographer and lecturer ""With more and more people traveling into remote corners of our increasingly accessible and complicated world, it is incredibly valuable to have voices like Nick Kontis to guide us towards a more memorable and enlightening travel experience."" David Noyes Award-Wining Travel Writer and Photojournalist ""With more Nick Kontises on the road, we'd have a much more peaceful world. Support his kind of ""going local."" John Lamkin Award-winning journalist and photographer ""The single biggest impact on my children's education is the experiences they share, with locals, around the world. Nick Kontis opens up a world many don't realize is accessible to them."" Jim Pickell President of HomeExchange.com ""If Jules Verne were alive today he would use Nick to go ""Around the World in 80 days"" Arthur Frommer Founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel[ magazine ""Many people - Mark Twain included - have noted how travel is a certain cure for bigotry and narrow-mindedness. I hope Nick's book may help persuade people to take the treatment."" Tony Wheeler Co-founder of Lonely Planet Guidebooks"

Praise for Nick Nick Kontis fully showcases a better way to travel by fully immersing into local society Richard Bangs Author, television personality, and regarded as the father of modern adventure travel Nick Kontis writes about the way we should be traveling. It's not about package tours and brief stops, but deep immersion into getting to know locals and finding out about why they - and now you - love the places they call home. Michael Luongo Award winning New York based novelist, freelance writer and photographer Nick Kontis is committed to the kind of travel that brings peace, communication and joy. Judith Fein Award winning travel writer, speaker and videographer Nick Kontis is championing a travel concept that I have held for decades, Immersion in local culture. I believe this is the path to international understanding and I applaud him for his work. James Michael Dorsey Explorer, award winning author, photographer and lecturer With more and more people traveling into remote corners of our increasingly accessible and complicated world, it is incredibly valuable to have voices like Nick Kontis to guide us towards a more memorable and enlightening travel experience. David Noyes Award-Wining Travel Writer and Photojournalist With more Nick Kontises on the road, we'd have a much more peaceful world. Support his kind of going local. John Lamkin Award-winning journalist and photographer The single biggest impact on my children's education is the experiences they share, with locals, around the world. Nick Kontis opens up a world many don't realize is accessible to them. Jim Pickell President of HomeExchange.com If Jules Verne were alive today he would use Nick to go Around the World in 80 days Arthur Frommer Founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel[ magazine Many people - Mark Twain included - have noted how travel is a certain cure for bigotry and narrow-mindedness. I hope Nick's book may help persuade people to take the treatment. Tony Wheeler Co-founder of Lonely Planet Guidebooks

Praise for Nick ""Nick Kontis fully showcases a better way to travel by fully immersing into local society"" Richard Bangs Author, television personality, and regarded as the father of modern adventure travel Nick Kontis writes about the way we should be traveling. It's not about package tours and brief stops, but deep immersion into getting to know locals and finding out about why they - and now you - love the places they call home."" Michael Luongo ""Award winning New York based novelist, freelance writer and photographer"" ""Nick Kontis is committed to the kind of travel that brings peace, communication and joy."" Judith Fein Award winning travel writer, speaker and videographer ""Nick Kontis is championing a travel concept that I have held for decades, ""Immersion"" in local culture. I believe this is the path to international understanding and I applaud him for his work."" James Michael Dorsey Explorer, award winning author, photographer and lecturer ""With more and more people traveling into remote corners of our increasingly accessible and complicated world, it is incredibly valuable to have voices like Nick Kontis to guide us towards a more memorable and enlightening travel experience."" David Noyes Award-Wining Travel Writer and Photojournalist ""With more Nick Kontises on the road, we'd have a much more peaceful world. Support his kind of ""going local."" John Lamkin Award-winning journalist and photographer ""The single biggest impact on my children's education is the experiences they share, with locals, around the world. Nick Kontis opens up a world many don't realize is accessible to them."" Jim Pickell President of HomeExchange.com ""If Jules Verne were alive today he would use Nick to go ""Around the World in 80 days"" Arthur Frommer Founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel[ magazine ""Many people - Mark Twain included - have noted how travel is a certain cure for bigotry and narrow-mindedness. I hope Nick's book may help persuade people to take the treatment."" Tony Wheeler Co-founder of Lonely Planet Guidebooks

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