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The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel (Travelers' Tales Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Joel L. Widzer
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
Category: Book
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 365748
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 242
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 1885211317
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.202
UPC: 636920211310
EAN: 9781885211316
ASIN: 1885211317
Publication Date: August 1999
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Who says loyalty isn't appreciated? Follow the advice laid out in The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel and you may find yourself wallowing in the pleasures of luxury without breaking the bank--especially if you travel often and stick like glue to one company. Grateful airlines and hotels often respond to such brand loyalty with free seat or room upgrades, the first steps towards living the life of Riley at the same cost as those Joes cramped behind in coach. Widzer--with a business degree from Pepperdine, a career in marketing, and a million-mile award from his chosen airline--knows all the ropes when it comes to the business side of traveling in comfort, and explains how to ask the appropriate questions to get the desired results. If you're paying full price because you booked last minute, for example, asking for perks often gets you luxury extras. Widzer shares strategies for saving money depending on if the dollar is strong or weak; regularly obtaining airline seat, hotel room, and car rental upgrades; effectively voicing (and being compensated for) complaints, as well as knowing whom to tip when. With an appendix of travel resources, this is the book for those willing to do their homework to win the prize. --Stephanie Gold
Book Description
World travel expert Joel L. Widzer shares his proven techniques on how to travel first class at a fraction of the usual cost. Discover, step by step, how to: fly first class on a regular basis, get a luxury car at subcompact prices, stay at the world's best hotels at a fraction of the cost, become a preferred customer, use off-seasons to your advantage, turn mishaps into opportunities, and be the customer luxury companies want back again and again.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 There are more practical ways January 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with most comments, it is disappointing and a let down from the expectations I had about this book. Particularly in this day and age of 5 star hotels costing $500 per night and upwards.
I found it takes more than being a loyal customer to get good rates at luxury resorts.
 If I could give it 0 stars I would February 20, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Save your time & money and stay away from this book. If you really want to know what is in it here goes
1. Be nice
2. Be loyal
3. Ask for upgrades (yeah right)
Gimme a break. This book is full of useless information that may be pertinent for the traveler in like the 1960's. Speaking of the 60's, this book was published in 1999, I had to consider that before buying, but even in 1999, a rate for Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons was more than $125 a night (as the author states). I believe that the positive reviews are friends of the author himself. He should be ashamed. What a waste of paper.
 What a concept! June 22, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a frequent flier junkie from way back, I find most of the tips to be good practical advice that doesn't make me cringe in embarrassment! What a concept!
The reader of 6-20 misses the point June 21, 2004
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
A reviewer on June 20th, points out that the writer switch hotels because he got a better rate and therefore was not loyal. What this reviewer failed to point out was that the author had loyalty with both hotel chains, and used another one of his technique-using the competitive nature of the marketplace to get the best deals.
Overall I thought the book was great and give it 5-stars.
Why are so many of the positive reviews from Brentwood, CA? June 21, 2004
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I thought this book was dreadful. First of all, most of the author's experience applies only to the top-elite travelers in airline & hotel loyalty clubs. He claims it applies to everyone - but if it applied to everyone, the different levels of elite status would be meaningless.Secondly, he contradicts his own advice. In one chapter, he drills home the important point that travelers should stick to one airline/hotel chain. Later, he tells an anecdote about how he ditched the lovely Starwood-branded Prince de Galles in Paris for another hotel because they matched the rate. So much for his loyalty to Starwood.
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