Product Description

Check out the finest accommodations in the Bahamas, the best beaches in Maui, or the hottest restaurants in Paris with a few clicks of your mouse. Whether you're going on a short business trip or planning your dream vacation, Travel Planning Online For Dummies leads you straight to the best online deals for any destination around the globe. With an Internet connection and Travel Planning Online For Dummies as your trusty guide, you'll be able to research your trips online without spending tons of money on expensive travel books. Land the cheapest airfares around, use the Web to check weather reports or travel conditions, and take a peek at online photos of hotels, inns, resorts, and other travel destinations before you book a room. Chat with other travelers, get the inside scoop on a particular city straight from the locals, and take advantage of special travel offers available only on the Web. Plus, the book's bonus CD-ROM contains more than 300 links to helpful travel sites, from personal itinerary planners to fast ways to find flight schedules online. Bon voyage!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2244301 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
Many sites are described in detail, including what you can expect from them and when to act cautiously. -- Paul Grimes, Syndicated Columnist & Condé Nast Traveler Editor

From the Publisher
With this book in hand, readers can use the Internet to plan business trips, family vacations, and dream getaways quickly and painlessly. Would-be travelers learn how to find travel information and schedules, make reservations, and find bargains that stretch their budgets further. The CD-ROM includes travel-related software, trip planning utilities, and more.

From the Back Cover
"A logical, step-by-step guide to organizing your trip. Especially useful." Fast Company

Personal Passport and Electronic Travel Desk tryouts plus more on CD-ROM

Includes a 30-page yellow pages directory of the best travel sites

Everyone knows that you can book a flight online. But did you also know that you could plan a romantic weekend getaway? Or locate a vegetarian restaurant in a foreign city? This newly updated guide shows you how to use the Web for all your travel needs — and get great advice, great service, great prices. all this on the bonus CD-ROM Evaluation version of Personal Passport to help you find special vacation deals Trial version of Electronic Travel Desk to help book flights and check schedules iPass Internet Roaming to connect frequent travelers to their home ISP without long distance charges PC running Windows 95 or later or a Mac running OS 7.55 or later; CD-ROM drive. See CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Customer Reviews

Couldn't Have made it without it!
This book was my bible when traveling around China. I was going to use Lonely Planet, but it wasn't much of a help in planning my trip. Travel for dummies wasn't just a book that I had to plop into the middle of Chgina with, rather I went into China knowing already where and how I was going to go across the country. Even with language difficulties I made it! Mr. Vadnai should be given a raise and asked to write some more!

A Useful Reference
Even though I spend a lot of time on the Net and I am very good at searching the Web, this book has proven useful whenever I want to find out something travel related. I use it mostly as a quick reference to keep track of URLs and sites. The directory section is my favorite part because I can flip through and find a bunch of sites that have the type of info I'm looking for. The author knows his stuff, but I do sometimes find the numbered lists a bit annoying, but those are in all For Dummies books, so I guess its not his fault.

Refreshingly usable even for the novice net user.
This book manages to unravel what would normally be a mind boggling endeavor. It manages to guide you through every conceivable travel need you might have in a very understandable and usable fashion. More than just being my own travel agent, I can now feel confident that I can use the net as a safety net for any circumstance that may arise whether it occurrs before or after I start my trip. I use this book to cover all the bases of travel (from my home base or from anywhere I have access to a computer). More vital to pack this than even your contraceptives.