Travelers' Tales, publisher of award-winning travel literature anthologies, announces the hrefease of a special edition, Travelers' Tales Gutsy Women: Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road. This indispensable pocket guide is packed with travel tips and anecdotes for women on the road.

There is practical advice in this book for every woman traveler, from novices to seasoned professionals. I personally came away with several new suggestions that will be implemented on future trips (and I've spent a lifetime on the road for both business and pleasure).

Everyone has their own packing style and methods of travel. Ms. Bond's seem quite different than my own (I'm more a "fly by the seat of your pants" kind of traveler), but there are still many good usable tips here, regardless of whether you're a carefull planner and packer or a "spur of the moment" sort of adventurer.

Travelers' Tales: Gutsy Women was inspired by Traveler's Tales -A Woman's World, winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal award for Best Travel Book of 1995. In response to requests from A Woman's World readers, Bond has assembled this special edition to share the hard-won wisdom of veteran women travelers.

Gutsy Women overflows with inspiring, instructive and funny travel vignettes and tips. Women taking charge of the risks and rewards of traveling is the focus of Gutsy Women. The book addresses both the practical aspects and the emotional impact of life on the road. Gutsy Women advises readers on:

• How to deal with the stressful emotions of departure, arrival, and homecoming
• How to stay healthy, with a focus on women's concerns
• Dining on the road
• Romance, loneliness and how to thwart unwelcome advances
• Specific tips for the older adventuress, the business traveler, and mother/daughter travelers