New Travel Website offers Alternatives to Package Tours, Cookie-Cutter Hotels and Crowded Destinations

GoNOMAD.com, the Internet¹s only comprehensive resource site for independent and alternative travel, launches September 2000. Unlike many other travel Web sites, GoNOMAD.com doesn¹t sell tours, cruises or discount hotel rooms. Instead, GoNOMAD.com brings together all the resources and information adventurous travelers need to plan their alternative and off-the-beaten-path vacations independently.

In addition to exciting articles by top travel writers, original guides to unusual destinations, inspiring ideas for women¹s and family travel, GoNOMAD.com offers listings and links to unique accommodations, transportation, tours, outfitters, travel services and alternative travel programs around the world.

"More and more travelers are looking for something different, something off-the-beaten-path and unusual," explains GoNOMAD founder, Lauryn Axelrod. "GoNOMAD offers adventurous travelers an opportunity to explore the world independently, and to discover the thrill of alternative travel."

Arthur Frommer calls the independent and alternative travel market "a major phenomenon" as yet undiscovered by the mainstream travel press. But with over 50 million U.S. travelers choosing independent travel and seeking unusual activities like learning or volunteering vacations, the time is ripe for a Web site catering solely to this growing market.

Whether travelers are looking for information on overlanding the Sahara, teaching English in Nepal, or an unusual B&B in Seattle, GoNOMAD.com can provide.

GoNOMAD.com has also secured partnerships with leaders in the alternative and independent travel industry and with major air travel suppliers and resources. At launch, GoNOMAD will feature destinations from North America to North Africa and will list over 250 unique travel businesses and services in its searchable databases.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact GoNOMAD at (802) 375-1114.