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Summary: This is the most comprehensive Internet travel guide
Review: Durant Imboden, Internet Savant and host of the Writing Community for MSN, takes you everywhere you want to go. The only thing wrong with the book is there should be an accompanying, searchable CD-ROM so the hyper-text destinations would be instantly accessible with a web browser and a click. It would seem a publisher that would want to publish this book would understand how valuable the content would become in digital form. The negligble cost of a CD-ROM would not impact unfavorably on profits because this book is a bargain at its current price. This guide is essential information, obviously available to anyone on the web, at the expense of countless hours of research and editing. Imboden brings an editor's skilled eye to this book which contains a world of links and the Net insider's way to save money and travel to the most interesting travel destinations on the Web.
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Summary: TOO COOL - BETTER THAN ANY TRAVEL GUIDE
Review: If you like to vacation, or if you do a lot of business travel - and you have access to the Internet - then this book is a must. I have been purchasing my airline tickets on the Internet for quite a while, but this book just gave me clear access to a whole world of great travel sites and destination information. This book is a must have.
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Summary: Information contained in the book is pre-1999, very dated.
Review: The cover reads 'The Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'. Presumptuous, to say the least; especially in a world where websites appear and disappear weekly. Though the copyright is 1999 the information contained in the book is pre-1999, thus very dated. I used this book to plan a trip to Nova Scotia. More people, when shopping, use the Internet for travel than any other category and this would tell if the book was worth the purchase price. It is not. The listing under accommodations for both hotels and Bed & Breakfast were sparse. B&B had three listings and one page would not come up, another had been absorbed by another web site and the one that was still relevant was cumbersome to use. Hotel & Resorts had five listings four of which connected, one was co-oped. I linked my way to a site that I used to reserve accommodations. Save your money. You can find most of what you want using a good 'bot'. A bot is a software tool for digging through data. You give a bot directions and it bring back answers... Conditionally Recommended. 2 Stars
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Summary: Information contained in the book is pre-1999, very dated.
Review: The cover reads ???The Only Travel Guide You???ll Ever Need???. Presumptuous, to say the least; especially in a world where websites appear and disappear weekly. Though the copyright is 1999 the information contained in the book is pre-1999, thus very dated. I used this book to plan a trip to Nova Scotia. More people, when shopping, use the Internet for travel than any other category and this would tell if the book was worth the purchase price. It is not. The listing under accommodations for both hotels and Bed & Breakfast were sparse. B&B had three listings and one page would not come up, another had been absorbed by another web site and the one that was still relevant was cumbersome to use. Hotel & Resorts had five listings four of which connected, one was co-oped. I linked my way to a site that I used to reserve accommodations. Save your money. You can find most of what you want using a good ???bot???. A bot is a software tool for digging through data. You give a bot directions and it bring back answers... Conditionally Recommended. 2 Stars
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