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How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel
On July 4, 1972, a pair of young newlyweds named Tony and Maureen backed out of the driveway of a family home in the south of England. They were driving a used blue minivan that they had bought for the princely sum of £65, and their goal was to get to …