Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel by Steve Burgess
In this smart and sharply funny interrogation of our right to roam, Burgess looks into the traveller’s soul, sharing the stories of some of his most personally-significant travels, from Rome to Tana Toraja, and looking to studies and experts around the world for insight into why we travel and how we could do it better.
- Last updated: November 6, 2024
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Burgess poses some tough questions – from what drives us to explore and the difference between being a tourist and a traveler to whether flying can be justified during a global climate crisis.
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Steve Burgess ruminates on what the future holds for international travel (10m, 3s).
Steve Burgess offers his version of what it means to travel in an increasingly crowded, climate-change affected, and economically divided world.
David Beers, editor of The Tyee, has a Q&A with Steve Burgess.
Travel might present a moral quandary when Vancouver’s Burgess stops to think about its costs, but very little in "Reservations" suggests that Burgess is about to retire his luggage.
Local newspaper journalist Dana Gee interviews Steve Burgess in May 2024 at Vancouver Public Library (58m, 51s).
Steve Burgess brings his wit and wanderlust to new book Reservations: The Pleasure and Perils of Travel.