Edward Hasbrouck

Edward Hasbrouck is an internationally-recognized travel expert and travel industry insider, with a backgorund of 15 years of experience working for offline, online, and "clicks-and-mortar" travel agencies specializing in international airfares and related technology. "To travelers around the world, Edward Hasbrouck is 'The Practical Nomad', the go-to authority on international travel, and an expert on airfares and how to get the best deals on the Internet", says Business Week. Hasbrouck is the author of the acclaimed "Practical Nomad" series of travel how-to and advice books (PracticalNomad.com); a travel journalist and consumer advocate (winner of a Lowell Thomas Award for investigative reporting from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation); a blogger and self-publisher (Hasbrouck.org); and a consultant on travel-related human rights and civil liberties issues for the Identity Project (PapersPlease.org). Edward's own travels have taken him around the world three times (most recently a 13-month, 80,000-mile, 6-continent, 28-country trip in 2007-2008) , to all 50 US states, and to more than 50 other countries. Hasbrouck's blog has been recognized and recommended by the New York Times, the Times (UK), and the Wall Street Journal as one of the leading travel blogs, and his FAQ on the Usenet newsgroup "rec.travel.air" has been the definitive source on international airfare discounts since 1991. His readership includes business travelers, backpackers, travel professionals, and many others. Hasbrouck has been featured in a BBC-TV travel documentary; spoken at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington; seen CNN, CNBC, TechTV, "Computer Chronicles" on PBS, "The Savvy Traveler" and "Marketplace" on NPR; and quoted in newspapers and magazines around the world.

Visit Edward Hasbrouck on the web at: http://www.hasbrouck.org/index.html

Edward Hasbrouck contributes to the following category:

• Consumer Travel News
• Independent Travel

The Last 10 Posts by Edward:

• The Amazing Race 20, Episode 11 (Season Finale), (07 May 2012)
• Perceptive Travel reviews the 5th edition of “The Practical Nomad”, (02 May 2012)
• Marin County cites my protest as basis for motion to halt PG&E “SmartMeter” deployment, (30 Apr 2012)
• The Amazing Race 20, Episode 10, (30 Apr 2012)
• What do authors fear from “Orphan Works” licensing proposals?, (27 Apr 2012)
• European Parliament approves PNR agreement with the US. What’s next?, (25 Apr 2012)
• The Amazing Race 20, Episode 9, (23 Apr 2012)
• PG&E “SmartMeter” opt-out fees are suspended, (20 Apr 2012)
• The Amazing Race 20, Episode 8, (16 Apr 2012)
• Flawed California bill (SB 1464) would endanger bicyclists, (14 Apr 2012)

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