Tim Leffel is an award winning travel writer, editor and author who has published four previous books on traveling well for less. He is editor of Perceptive Travel, established in 2006, and the Cheapest Destinations Blog, established in 2003. He is frequently quoted in the media as an expert on value travel and living abroad and has appeared in "Travel + Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Men's Health, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Global Traveler, and more". He has lived in three countries and five U.S. states.