Roamin’ Halliday Tips from a Pro

Halliday’s stories could fill a book, and she’s done just that with "No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late."

One of the most important lessons readers take away from these 14 tales—
besides the need to beware of wildlife with opposable thumbs—is that your travel companion will make or break your trip.

With an assortment of ex-boyfriends, group-tour freaks and family members in her souvenir scrapbook, Halliday invites you to do as she says, not as she does. For some travel pointers hard-won on the road, read on.

“There was half a thimbleful of grass left when they were due to return home, and Halliday became possessed with the desire to smuggle it into the US.”

Money Matters

As someone who once stretched $800 USD between two people for two months in Europe—“We ate nothing but bread”—Halliday’s idea of luxury is forking over the spare change for a private restroom stall.

But whatever your budget, be sure it matches your travel partner’s.

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