How to Travel Practically Anywhere - The Ultimate Planning Guide

Informationen zum Autor The travel reporter SUSAN STELLIN has contributed features on travel advice and trends to the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, and Travel + Leisure. Klappentext An essential guide for today's traveler: timesaving tips to navigate, book, and troubleshoot your travel planning, on and off the Web. If you’ve ever tried to find a sale fare you saw advertised for a flight, only to turn up much higher prices, or discovered that the hotel you booked wasn’t exactly “steps away from the ocean,” you know that the do-it-yourself era of travel can mean something else entirely: you’re on your own. Now Susan Stellin, a regular contributor to the New York Times , offers the ultimate guide to the sometimes overwhelming logistics of travel, from researching trip plans to avoiding pitfalls on the road. This comprehensive guidebook presents practical advice on the most useful Web sites, strategies for finding the best deals, and resources to help you decide where and when to go. It also provides crucial tips to ensure your trip doesn’t disappoint, including what you should research before you book your hotelhow to avoid hidden fees and expensive change penaltieswhat your credit card covers when you rent a carwhom to call if you need a doctor far from home No matter what type of trip you're planning—business or pleasure, domestic or international, budget or splurge, exotic getaway or family visit— How to Travel Practically Anywhere will be an indispensable resource.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Stellin
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2006
• EAN: 9780618607532
• ISBN: 978-0-618-60753-2
• No. of pages: 321
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Memoirs, Travel writing, Reference works, Ancient World, Social and cultural history, Language: reference and general, Literary essays, Travel and holiday, Travel and holiday guides, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Polar regions, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY: Ancient / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, TRAVEL: Reference, TRAVEL: Special Interest / General, TRAVEL: Polar Regions, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs