Chris Santella has authored a book called Once in a Lifetime Trips: The World’s 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences and one reviewer writes…”Having visited most of these places himself, Santella doesn’t just try to give readers some truly special and awesome places that our planet has to offer, but also to make a unique trip, journey, or experience out of it. The book is divided by definition of how one can reach certain places: by sea, in the jungle, in the mountains, in the country, in the city, and even in the sky. Each location has a two- to three-page entry featuring one or two photographs highlighting it, as well as a storytelling description of how one can best experience this unique place told through second person.”

Here are some more books about travel planning that can be very helpful to seniors:

• Holly Hughes’ 500 Places to See Before They Disappear is a hot topic.   
• Andrew Mersmann’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference by Frommers is a good example of senior volunteering abroad.  One review states…”This book is nicely organized: not by location, as one might expect from a travel guide, but by theme (animal welfare, teaching children, etc.) which is helpful.”
• Pam Grout offers her The 100 Best Volunteer Vacations to Enrich Your Life. One review of this books writes…”You could collect butterflies in the Amazon, assist Europe’s marginalized gypsies, teach music in Ghana, or work in an Argentinean soup kitchen. All these idea and more are made very accessible with the author’s attention to detail.”
• Here is a cool book from Amazon.com called 1000 Ultimate Experiences from Lonely Planet. 
• Another is called Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips from National Geographic
• And lastly if you are a gourmet or a glutton, check out this one called Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe from National Geographic. jeb