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| The Complete Travel Detective Bible: The Consummate Insider Tells You What You Need to Know in an Increasingly Complex World! | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter Greenberg
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19909
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.8
ISBN: 1594867089
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9781594867088
ASIN: 1594867089
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
Release Date: October 2, 2007
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 A Bore To Read And Not As Much Useful Info As I Had Hoped For January 16, 2008
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This isn't really so much a book that you would want to read in its entirety as a collection of data and opinions to scan through. Sections 1-2 are devoted to topics such as airports, frequent filer miles and baggage policies. A novice traveller might find something helpful here. But most travellers will find very little that they don't already know.
Sections 3-5 are focused on various forms of "speciality travel" such as pet travel, biking and culinary travel. If you a have a particular interest in one of the forms of "speciality travel" covered than this might be of interest. But once again the info presented here seemed pretty basic and the sort of the stuff that could be easily found on the internet.
In fact, a few web sites mentioned was the only aspect of the book that I found useful at all. Perhaps most of the credit here should go to Sarika Chawla who Greenberg says is his information researcher. On the other hand Greenberg has a rather grumpy style of writing and a tendency to go off on rants which I found unpleasant. I didn't enjoy reading it and there just wasn't enough useful information to make this worthy of of a recommendation.
 A useful overview and a useful website. January 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is so much travel information available these days that it's hard to recommend any source of travel information. Nonetheless, Peter Greenberg has been in the game for a long time. His writing is clear and his tips are a great starting point for further researches. His website at petergreenberg.com is an excellent source of additional, up-to-date information. He'll even respond to questions and comments.
This is a very good overview of travel information for people who love to travel. And, he'll make you smile -- perhaps the best travel tip of all. :)
 Complete? Yes. Ground breaking? No December 31, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Chock full of information but for the frequent traveler, nothing ground breaking in it. A lot of the back chapters are geared towards niche demographic groups (seniors, gay/lesbian, etc.) and so you'll just flip through a lot of it. He lists a ton of different links for useful websites throughout the book but it would be helpful if they were compiled as an appendix in the back of the book.
If you're an inexperienced traveler who is going to be doing a lot more travel in the future, this is a good book for you. For the rest, may be overkill/underkill.
Great resource December 31, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is valuable for all travelers. As a travel agent, I found much pertinent information that I can share with clients and use myself. You can't go wrong by purchasing this book.
Complete but Simple December 1, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is on target and would be quite helpful to rookie travelers or want to-be-travelers. It doesn't really have any deep secrets or new advice for experienced travelers.
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