Travel With Others: Without Wishing They'd Stayed Home

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Summary: Our best trip yet!
Review: In an age wherein traveling has become more the norm rather than the exception, we have never really looked closely as a society upon the "etiquette" of traveling. Nadine makes good headway into this new study. This book and it's context is so valuable I would like to see it expanded upon. I could even see it as a newspaper weekly with readers writing in "Dear Nadine I will be traveling... what should I do? Nadine handles the subjects she deals with not only with respect but also with humor, making it for a very enjoyable and easy reading book. The book is also written so that it can be referred to as various traveling questions come up. I urge Nadine to write a sequel.

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Summary: Don't travel until you read this book!
Review: In an age wherein traveling has become more the norm rather than the exception, we have never really looked closely as a society upon the "etiquette" of traveling. Nadine makes good headway into this new study. This book and it's context is so valuable I would like to see it expanded upon. I could even see it as a newspaper weekly with readers writing in "Dear Nadine I will be traveling... what should I do? Nadine handles the subjects she deals with not only with respect but also with humor, making it for a very enjoyable and easy reading book. The book is also written so that it can be referred to as various traveling questions come up. I urge Nadine to write a sequel.

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Summary: Written on the level of a sixth grader.
Review: Ms. Davidson has collected travel horror stories from her years as a travel agent then lured us into reading (and buying) her book with a funny little title. With mostly high schoolish style we found the book itself did not live up to the cleverness of the title. Save your money and take your friends out for an ice cream cone on your next trip.

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Summary: A vacation should be fun, so ENJOY IT>
Review: NADINE, YOU HIT THIS SUBJECT LIKE A PRO. PLEASE WRITE AGAIN. YOUR A TALENTED YOUNG LADY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO PICK MY BRAIN ON YOUR BOOK, GIVE THEM MY ADDRESS. REMEMBER, KEEP ON WRITING.

Rating:
Summary: A vacation should be fun, so ENJOY IT>
Review: NADINE, YOU HIT THIS SUBJECT LIKE A PRO. PLEASE WRITE AGAIN. YOUR A TALENTED YOUNG LADY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO PICK MY BRAIN ON YOUR BOOK, GIVE THEM MY ADDRESS. REMEMBER, KEEP ON WRITING.

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Summary: Entertaining but a bit "cheezy" and basic
Review: Though the book has some chuckle-worthy chapters that cover topics such as traveling with a spouse, a lover, children, pets, co-workers, friends and in-laws, as well as some insightful texts on traveling alone or going on a honeymoon, overall the text was a bit sophomoric and didn't offer much information beyond the realm of common sense. I might recommend this book to someone who hasn't traveled too often, but for the seasoned traveler or backpacker, this book probably covers situations that you long ago learned to deal with on your own.

I picked up the book as I was preparing for two-couple trip to Eastern Europe, and I thought that there might be some conflicts of interest along the path (it turned out there were!). I thought this book might give me some creative ideas on how to deal with this conflict, but it really did not. If you are under 30, i can guarantee you will find the humor to be of the type reserved for the 50-and-over crowd. Like me, you will probably miss finding a more daring text that deals with more outrageous and modern situations. (So much of the advice is outdated in the book, as it refers to things that simply don't happen in the Internet era, like visiting your travel agent all the time).

I would love to see a similar book by someone with a much sharper tongue, some hard-core worldliness, less social nicety and much more extreme situations. With all the much less innocent 20-something travelers out there, someone should re-write this book but with chapters on "What to do if your travel mate is a lazy bum who doesn't do squat to help cook, clean, make purchases or ask for information", "What to do if your travel partner smells and has really nasty hygiene habits", "What to do if your travel buddy is a sponge", "What to do when you find out your fellow traveler's only interest is in drinking beer and going to clubs", "When your friend will only eat at McDonald's", "To buy a local cellphone or not to buy", "Networking with locals on the Internet before you go" or "What to do if your travel mate constantly abandons you to have flings and sex with people on the travel trail"... These are probably funnier and more up-to-date topics for the twenty-first century.