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You Only Live Once: A Lifetime of Experiences for the Explorer in All of Us
"You Only Live Once" inspires readers to seize the moment, explore the world and share their incredible stories. With over 1000 experiences for every stage of life, this eclectic gift book is the perfect manual for a life well-lived. Combining stunning photography with illustrations and infographics, it will surprise and entertain with a quirky mix of experiences everyone should try at some point in their life.
Cloth-spined hardback
Visual feast mixing illustration, infographics and photography
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
"TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category"
"'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times"
"'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) "
Cloth-spined hardback
Visual feast mixing illustration, infographics and photography
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
"TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category"
"'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times"
"'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) "
336 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2014
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December 9, 2014
I feel like this book could be more clearly laid out!! I felt a little confused about it the whole time... it's not very easy to look through. However, it is amazing and inspiring and makes me want to drop everything and drive away (even more than i had already been feeling, anyway)! really cool!
June 30, 2016
OK, but who has the money?
October 22, 2020
Knowing this volume was created by Lonely Planet, expectations were high. It consists of 'once in a lifetime experiences' sorted by duration (an hour, a day, a week, a month and a year). The suggestions in the book are both plentiful and wonderful. They tried to involve places you could go all around the globe. The short stories are a little bit vague, yet entertaining. Overall I could say the 'YOLO advices' combined with beautiful photographs trigger my wanderlust for sure.
February 19, 2024
Niet de grootste fan van de titel, maar wel uitstekend leesmateriaal om autoreparatiewachttijd te overbruggen.
October 27, 2024
讀的是固定版型的電子書，大部分的字小到不想閱讀
我對於本書提供的靈感有興趣的有
城堡住一晚
動物園住一晚，不過看起來偏向是由老師帶學生的行程
坐上 MiG-29戰鬥機特技飛行（同個網站另提供無重力飛行），只是從金錢來看是狠狠砸了人生財務規劃，最便宜的約43萬台幣，而到了能忍痛這樣花的時候大概也沒有能撐得住的身體了吧。
本書看到後來越看越像自我成長書籍
為人生想達成的中期目標提供靈感
換個角度來說，還有檢視人生即將／已經錯過了什麼……
我對於本書提供的靈感有興趣的有
城堡住一晚
動物園住一晚，不過看起來偏向是由老師帶學生的行程
坐上 MiG-29戰鬥機特技飛行（同個網站另提供無重力飛行），只是從金錢來看是狠狠砸了人生財務規劃，最便宜的約43萬台幣，而到了能忍痛這樣花的時候大概也沒有能撐得住的身體了吧。
本書看到後來越看越像自我成長書籍
為人生想達成的中期目標提供靈感
換個角度來說，還有檢視人生即將／已經錯過了什麼……
March 3, 2016
The title did warn me that this book would be cheesy. And yet, I read on.
There are four sections to the book. These include travel experiences for: a day, a week, a month, a year. The idea behind the book is to provide inspiration for travel within these time frames.
I read it cover to cover but didn't glean as much inspiration or ideas as I thought I would. The stories written to accompany the suggestions were also awfully boring.
The book also doesn't seem to cater towards budget travellers, with many suggestions in the price range of thousands of USD for the week-long suggestions.
With a bit of googling you can gather as much information as this book provides, or more.
If you haven't done much travelling and have no idea where to go or what to do, this book would provide a good starting point.
There are four sections to the book. These include travel experiences for: a day, a week, a month, a year. The idea behind the book is to provide inspiration for travel within these time frames.
I read it cover to cover but didn't glean as much inspiration or ideas as I thought I would. The stories written to accompany the suggestions were also awfully boring.
The book also doesn't seem to cater towards budget travellers, with many suggestions in the price range of thousands of USD for the week-long suggestions.
With a bit of googling you can gather as much information as this book provides, or more.
If you haven't done much travelling and have no idea where to go or what to do, this book would provide a good starting point.
September 19, 2015
'You only live once; but if you do it right, once is enough.' Mae West
An obvious statement that holds so much weight! Every house hold needs a copy of this book! My husband bought this for me for Christmas last year, and the impact was phenomenal. So many experiences lay before me that I never knew were possible.
The book is cleverly set out into 5 handy chapters: Things you can do in an Hour, a Day, a Week, a Month and a Year. After reading this book, I have now set myself a new challenge - to complete a list of 50 experiences before I turn 50! Yep....15 years should be plenty of time right ? :/
An obvious statement that holds so much weight! Every house hold needs a copy of this book! My husband bought this for me for Christmas last year, and the impact was phenomenal. So many experiences lay before me that I never knew were possible.
The book is cleverly set out into 5 handy chapters: Things you can do in an Hour, a Day, a Week, a Month and a Year. After reading this book, I have now set myself a new challenge - to complete a list of 50 experiences before I turn 50! Yep....15 years should be plenty of time right ? :/
July 21, 2020
Was expecting more of the backpacking lonely planet vibe this was more “money isn’t something you need to worry about” and crazy expensive suggestions.
August 26, 2025
A great read and brilliant suggestions.. if you have the money.
Their first "1 hour" excursion suggested, on the very first page?... go Antarctica to witness the birth of penguins. Wtf?!
Also caught a fun suggestion of "buy a Virgin Galactic flight" as a suggestion to make you feel small. Could just sit next to the fat stacks you'd need to afford that!
Not even ¼ of the way through and dissatisfied. Shall be skimming the rest of the book to save my time.
Their first "1 hour" excursion suggested, on the very first page?... go Antarctica to witness the birth of penguins. Wtf?!
Also caught a fun suggestion of "buy a Virgin Galactic flight" as a suggestion to make you feel small. Could just sit next to the fat stacks you'd need to afford that!
Not even ¼ of the way through and dissatisfied. Shall be skimming the rest of the book to save my time.
December 26, 2020
In a travel impaired world, Lonely’s Planet “You only live once” is just what the doctor ordered. It provides a wide range of travel inspiration. It’s not about delving in great travel narratives but more an assortiment of worthwhile undertakings, big and small. Almost like a catalog or travel magazine but then written in the unmistakeable Lonely Planet style. Just what the doctor ordered.
March 12, 2018
I absolutely LOVE Lonely Planet’s books. The pictures and illustrations are amazing, the information great and they also make for great coffee table books. They are also the reason my bucket list is approximately 10km long.
December 21, 2019
Un maravilloso recorrido por los lugares más increíbles del mundo y las actividades que puedes hacer en una hora, un día, una semana, un mes o un año. La inspiración perfecta para planear el próximo viaje.
August 7, 2019
So inspiring to read, with many ideas that you can translate to your own city: ie the pages about urban hikes inspire you to think about walking around your own city. Highly recommend!
September 17, 2019
Good content, but I read the Kindle version, the layout was a little bit tough to navigate.
Used the Amazon Cloud Reader on my PC since it wasn't able to read properly.
Used the Amazon Cloud Reader on my PC since it wasn't able to read properly.
September 20, 2019
No a very good book AND, it gave me a paper cut. No bueno.
September 29, 2020
Being up for most adventures this was an easy read to give me ideas for making more of them!
June 21, 2022
This is a travel book; not a self-development book.
May 28, 2024
Great concept but I am not sure who the market is for this book … it is worth perusing if you find it in the wild but I am not sure if I could recommend a purchase.
September 6, 2025
It was alright. I took a few notes.
December 31, 2019
A great read prior one-year sabbatical leave!
February 19, 2015
3.5 stars, really...
I enjoyed this over some weeks with cups of tea. Gorgeous photography and fantastic adventures... even if the majority of stories were briefer than I would have liked.
I do, however, now have the urge to go walk/cycle a ridiculous distance.
I enjoyed this over some weeks with cups of tea. Gorgeous photography and fantastic adventures... even if the majority of stories were briefer than I would have liked.
I do, however, now have the urge to go walk/cycle a ridiculous distance.
April 27, 2015
Nice coffee table book to flip through, but definitely re-affirmed that I am not very adventurous. I'd do maybe a handful of these things. Good set of ideas, though.
If you don't feel like purchasing from Urban Outfitters, your local library probably has a copy!
If you don't feel like purchasing from Urban Outfitters, your local library probably has a copy!
February 17, 2015
AMAZING. Love all the photographs, the destinations, the quotes, the stories. Perfect for anyone with wanderlust - like me. :)
June 20, 2015
An excellent book full of great ideas for those with incurable wanderlust. Well written, well presented - recommended.
October 7, 2015
I found some of the suggestions to be interesting ones, particularly those to do with walking, most sounded like they required a lot of money and could really only managed by the rich.
November 29, 2016
Lovely book to gather experiencies.
May 18, 2017
A lot of blank space on the page. Read this on kindle and the magnification features were kind of distracting.
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April 27, 2017Fun to browse through and dream about, but unfortunately probably not realistic for the average person. Still, it's nice to live vicariously through the adventures (of varying timespans) possible for those who can travel the world.
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