--- title: "1 Travel Book Quotes By Tony Wheeler" description: "1 Travel Book quotes by Tony Wheeler. Plus more from Tony Wheeler and more Travel Book sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/tony-wheeler-53696_books_from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-pl_146769.jpg" --- > [“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in travel publishing came from established companies. The changes in the air seemed to completely bypass them and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-planet-story-re-the-travel-book/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/tony-wheeler-53696_books_from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-pl_146769.jpg) ## Other authors on Travel Book ## More by Tony Wheeler > [Ultimately, magic finds you, if you let it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/ultimately-magic-finds-you-if-you-let-it/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) > [“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in travel publishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-planet-story-re-the-travel-book/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) > [If there is a nice place, and the place does not come to you - you have to come to the place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/if-there-is-a-nice-place-and-the-place-does-not-come-to-you-you-have/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) > [I love travel because you may be uncomfortable, hungry, hot and sweaty, cold and shivering…but damn it, you will never be bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/i-love-travel-because-you-may-be-uncomfortable-hungry-hot-and-sweaty/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) > [“I’ve been surprised at how calm and orderly everything is in Zimbabwe; visitor numbers were clearly down, but Harare was neat and peaceful. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/i-ve-been-surprised-at-how-calm-and-orderly-everything-is-in-zimbabwe/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) > [All you've got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/all-you-ve-got-to-do-is-decide-to-go-and-the-hardest-part-is-over/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel-book/tony-wheeler/#itemlist", "name": "1 Travel Book Quotes By Tony Wheeler", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in travel publishing came from established companies. 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