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Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective: Insider Tips on Getting the Best Value, Service, and Security in Accommodations from Bed-and-Breakfasts to Five-Star Resorts by: Peter Greenberg List Price: CDN$ 22.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 16.75 You Save: CDN$6.20 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 647.94 EAN: 9780375759727 ISBN: 0375759727 Label: Villard Manufacturer: Villard Number Of Pages: 304 Publisher: Villard Release Date: March 09, 2004 Studio: Villard Sales Rank: 208169 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Peter the GreatGreenberg's self promotion would have you think of him as the legendary "Peter the Great." Well that's not the case. This book is a bland and boring read that reuses his old and tried tips from past books. There's nothing new in this book accept for another chance for Greenberg to flex his ego. Rating: - Waste of my money!I have worked in the hotel industry for 17 years in the Front Office and Housekeeping. I cannot believe the crock of baloney that this man is dishing out. I have had to deal with "know-it-alls" in the travel industry before and that is why I had to read this book. He states to get the best rate is to call the Manager on Duty, Director of Sales or the General Manager. Good luck in finding them! The manager on duty is too busy dealing with all the people that booked cheap rooms but are demanding the Presidential Suite. If you don't pay for it you are not getting it! This man has only added gasoline to the fire. Save your money-Try being nice to the Front Desk person and they will go out of their way for you. Demand the world ... Read More: Rating:  - PETER GREENBERG IS A GREAT TRAVEL REPORTERPeter Greenberg is the only person regularly writing about travel who actually does research and investigative reporting. As he points out at the beginning of the book, he talks about travel as news on the NBC-TV "Today Show" and writes about travel as news in his books. There are lots of travel writers out there who give wonderful descriptions of ballooning through Burgundy or climbing the pyramids. But Peter writes about the nuts & bolts of travel. I make twenty-five or thirty trips each year to locations all over the world and I thought I knew a lot about dealing with airlines until I read his "Flight Crew Confidential." Now, I am experiencing the same sense of amazement as I read this new book about hotels. Suddenly, I am staying in better ... Read More: Rating: - Don't Leave Home Without ItOnce again, Peter Greenberg offers insider advice and tips and tricks you can't find anywhere else to get the best deals, stay safe and clean, and spend money wisely. His engaging and highly readable style and the book's excellent organization make it easy to find exactly what you're looking for. He's an essential travel companion whether for business or vacation...and I'm planning to give the book to every frequent traveler I know. Rating: - Give me a breakWhat a smug and obtrusive book. Clearly, the author has done a ton of traveling, but the real story would seem to be the road killed left behind. The book could have been written in one sentence; Take advantage of everyone and leave no prisoners!!! |
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