First step -- Safety and security -- Keeping in touch -- Health and hygiene on the road -- Gutsy diner -- Romance on the road -- Budget and money matters -- Bargaining and tipping -- Comfort on the road -- Business traveler -- First-time travelers -- Student traveler -- Solo traveler -- Travel companions -- Boomers on the go -- Mother-daughter travel -- Taking the kids -- Travel with teens -- Volunteer travel -- Packing -- Stories from the life of a gutsy traveler -- Final word