Do You Love Antique Fairs? Travel and Shop the World for Free by Debra Palmen:Quick Book Summary

Have you ever wondered how you can combine international travel and shopping at antique fairs in Europe with business deductions and a side business that can pay for your international travel year after year?  If so,  this book is for you - especially if you enjoy shopping at antique markets for home decorations and jewelry like I do.

In Travel & ShopThe World For Free: How to turn antiques and vintage shopping into free international travel, Debra Palmen,  has written an easy to follow guide on  how you can replicate her business plan that allows her to take two trips to Europe yearly without costing her any money out of her own pocket. Palmer uses the profits she makes after selling the antiques that she buys to finance her next shopping trip. 

Palmer reveals tips garnered from over 30 years of experience  to help you get started as an antique merchant as well.  You will learn the exact locations of the best antique fairs and antique markets in England and France.  Palmer explains how you should decide what you should buy by attending local antique fairs and looking at which items are selling.  Palmer explains why Fall and Spring are the best times of year to travel to Europe. Once you have found and purchased lovely antique home decorations and other unique items from the best antique fairs in London, France, and other European countries, Plamer explains  how to package the goods to send them home. Once you are home, Plamer explains the different methods you can use to sell your antiques so you can earn a profit and finance another trip. You will learn also learn how to not get taken by merchants selling replicas and how to bargain for the best deals .

Palmer is from Australia and is writing to an Australian market but almost everything she writes applies to an American going on a European shopping trip as well.  The main shopping centers are in England and France but she provides advice on side trips into many other countries as well, including Turkey, China,  Belguim, Morroco, etc.  

Rating: $$$$$ out of five.  I love this book. For less than $3, you will learn tips that can help you pay for many years of enjoyable international business travel, all tax deductible, to go shopping at the best antique fairs in Europe.  You might even learn tips that help you earn extra spending money as well. 

This book was purchased from Amazon Kindle while the book was selling for free, but I would have been pleased to pay $2.99 for the wealth of information that is included here   

Copyright @ 2016 Christine Esser 

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