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Summary: Tell your friends to get their own copy
Review: This book is full of great information. I was going to share with friends but we all decided to get our own copies. When you read through the book be sure to keep a marking pen handy to hilite information that is especially helpful to you.
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Summary: A must for travelers!
Review: I laughed when I read this book! Well-written and such valuable information included, that it would be unwise for any traveler not to have this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the tips and the stories - and learned a number of important tips to keep in mind next time I make a trip!Bravissmo, Mr. Greenberg!
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Summary: Essential Reading for Biz Travelers
Review: The Travel Detective is a non-fiction page turner full of useful suggestions and surprising revelations. I've written down some of the FAA regulations Greenberg mentions in my address book so that I'll be able to refer to them the next time I'm stuck at an airport
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Summary: good and bad
Review: This was good however a bit too simple. There really is nothing to new for most travlers.
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Summary: Tongue in Cheek
Review: This is a tongue-in-cheek book about travel, full of anecdotes, little useful information. Stories about Jay Leno and other travelers.
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Summary: Tips for novices
Review: If you are a frequent traveler you already know most of what is in this book.
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Summary: More Entertaining than Useful
Review: There is little information that's useful in this book for a traveller who wants to get the best service and the best deals. There are some VERY interesting anecdotes that give background about why different things happen, or how things came to be--For instance, until reading the book I had not understood the idea behind the airlines that remove seats from their aircraft (as American is now doing, and TWA did a few years ago). The few new ideas I saw weren't followed up on--For instace, "Use repositioning flights to travel long distances at cheap rates" but with no information on how to search out such flights from the wealth of flight information available on the internet. Unless you are a total novice at this stuff, I don't think you'll learn much that is useful in achieving the goals listed in the title. If you ARE a novice of that type, the book is okay.
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Summary: A guide for the "do-it-yourselfer"
Review: If you, like many of us, have developed the knack for making all your own travel arrangements in order to get exactly what you want, this guide is for you! Peter Greenberg, no dear friend to the travel industry (the airlines especially) fills you in on their tricks and offers great ideas on how to save money and get where you want to go when you want to be there. While it is certainly not all new information for those who have paid attention over the past few years, it is a useful tool and an easy, enjoyable read. I got online after reading it and checked out some ideas - and quickly found a way of saving $1600 on my family's next trip to Costa Rica. THAT made this book a pretty good investment!
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: This monumental tribute to the author's ego offers little more than pointless anecdotes. Much of the advice is, in my opinion, questionable. For example, on the surface it might seem like you are beating the system by exiting an airport via the arrival area, but the reality is that in many international airports this stunt will earn both you and the person picking you up a traffic ticket with a hefty fine. Try it if you don't believe me. Also, the ancecdotes tend to suggest that being confrontational with gate agents and airline stewards will somehow get you better service. My observation and experience is that this is the absolute best method of securing a bad time for all. Skip this book.
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Summary: Refreshingly helpful
Review: Greenberg's guide differs from many such efforts in that his tips, if heeded to the letter, can indeed help one overcome travel related impediments and deceptions-by-omission that have resulted from deregulation. That's not to say you won't have to muster a good deal of chutzpah when dealing with reservation clerks over the phone. It's a bit like knowing cold one or two phrases in a foreign language, but little more. Unless you're fully prepared to carry out the author's suggestions all the way to a successful conclusion, you may find the savvier agent calling your bluff. With that caveat in mind, buy this book and then forge ahead!
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