Cultured Travel Guide Books - The Travel Detective: How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deals from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies (Travel Detective) |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.202
EAN: 9780812973808
ISBN: 0812973801
Label: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: 2005-05-03
Publisher: Villard
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Summary: Disappointed
Comment: The full title of this book sounds great, but the book fails to deliver. Repetitive, boring, outdated and poorly organized and edited. Look online for up to date travel tips.
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Summary: Not Great
Comment: This book is mostly about airlines. I was hoping for it to be more about hotels and how to get good service. I guess I should have found some reviews before buying the book. A lot of the information is older and you can't use now because of the changes made. I just would get this book from the library or the bargain book bin.
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Summary: Read and save.
Comment: Another of his books that help save money on your travels. Buy the book and enjoy the savings.
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Summary: Im sure he has much more valuable stories to share...
Comment: I purchased this book after hearing the author speak at a Travel Show. His talk was both informative and entertaining. I expected his book to be some mix of his travel experiences and best practices the average traveller can apply.
I was quite disappointed. The book seems to be more of a diatribe against the travel industry. I do not work in that industry and I dont travel nearly as much as the author, so perhaps Im giving the travel industry too much leeway, but I dont see the need to write an entire book written in opposition of a mostly hardworking group of people.
Further, the "tips" in this book were either mostly non applicable to the general traveling public or completely common sense. I didnt need to read a book to tell me I should be courteous while traveling or I should shop around for the best fares.
The author was so much more pleasant, charming and informative in person that I hope he writes another book that focuses more on his personal experiences.
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Summary: why are there so many angry reviews?
Comment: I am a frequent traveler who found the book interesting and informative about many seemingly illogical aspects of traveling the airlines. I suspect the angry reviews are from travel industry insiders who object to Greenberg's snarky tone.
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Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets.
Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has deteriorated dramatically. Industry surveys reveal what you already feel: growing dissatisfaction among travelers of every age, income, and education level. We've been abused by the travel experience. Peter Greenberg is here to help. The Travel Detective tells you the things most travel agents can't — or sometimes just won't — tell you. In his characteristic friendly and conversational tone, Greenberg tells how to find the secret walk-up fares that can save air travelers hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on last minutes flights; which coach seats on which planes are better than first class; the secret rule to know to avoid being bumped from a flight, which cruise ship brochures lie; which credit card companies are fastest — and slowest — to come to your aid in a foreign land, or worse, in the U.S.,; which hotels have the best — and the worst — fire and crime safety records, and how you can protect yourself; how to negotiate the best hotel room deal; which hotels have the worst water pressure in their showers (and better yet, how you can get great water pressure, even at those hotels); and much, much more. Accessible and entertaining, The Travel Detective gives you the information and tools you need to make every trip an affordable pleasure.
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