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Books & Movies to Inspire Your Summer Travels

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Devon Correll
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bryant chapter.

Summer vacation is fast approaching.  What better than traveling the world, to make the most of it? Of course, every good trip comes from a ton of inspiration. Whether its from a photo album on facebook, pinterest vacations, or your mother’s vintage sun dress, inspirations come from everywhere.  Contiki and Her Campus Bryant are here to share with you some great inspirations to help in planning your summer travels.

 

Movies to inspire your travel bug from 2012:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Anna Karenina

Life of Pi

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Hunger Games

On the Road

Skyfall

Lincoln

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

To Rome With Love

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Twilight: Breaking Dawn II

 

Books to inspire your travel plans:

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman

The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World by Jennifer Baggett

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald

The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

Midnight in the Garden if Good and Evil by John Berendt

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller

 

 

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Devon is a senior at Bryant University.  As a Marketing and Communications major, Her Campus is everything that Devon loves. Her hometown of Rutland, Vermont is where she was born and raised.  She attended Philadelphia University for her freshmen year of college as a Fashion Industry Management major, but discovered her true passion was the business aspect of the fashio industry, leading her to transfer to a nationally ranked business school, Bryant University.  Devon is the co-president of the Her Campus chapter at Bryant and is also a Research Assistant in the school's Office of Planning and Institutional Research.  You will see Devon on campus organizing HC events, running around finishing projects, or hanging out with her friends.  Devon's passions include: writing, dance, the ocean, and spending time with the people she loves.