You love a good temple as much as the next guy and when visiting a foreign country for the first time, you’ll be sure to see many of the highlights recommended by popular guide books. But let’s get one thing straight. There better be time set aside for some retail therapy. Getting lost in the windy alleyways of the souks of Marrakech is your idea of heaven. Where did the time go, you think, as you wade through the bolts of raw silk and porcelain pots? Haggling becomes so second nature that you find yourself doing it at Starbucks when you get back Stateside. 

Your apartment is adorned with trinkets from every trip and you have more silver anklets than a band of gypsies. If you haven’t read it already, a perfect travel book for you would be “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding” by Kristin Newman. A tale of a young, knows no limits, woman traveller who finds herself crisscrossing the globe in a mission to quench her wanderlust. Sound familiar? 

You are creative with a free spirit and open mind. You excel at packing yet still, you’ve been known to sit on your suitcase, gritting your teeth, and willing it to close.

The Market Maven would travel best with the Culture Vulture and the Travelista.