I run my own travel blog which I'm not going to mention not to make this review sound like a self promotion. Though I must say Arthur pleasantly surprised me with his clean, straight to the point and at times controversial writing style and enormous amount of useful tips on how to travel, where and most importantly at what price. The depth of his knowledge is indisputable and I was amazed on how many possible different ways he knows that can save you heaps of money on your cruise, car hire, hotel reservation and more...

What I like about it is that it's not your "main steam" type of read. His advise is always full of new ideas, factual research and it makes me wonder why haven't I thought of the things that he's talking about, and which would ultimately be lots of fun - Trains, Safaris, Camping you name it. He's actually travelled the entire world and so he presents an objective view of various destinations some of which are now on my travel list.

Now, since I have my own travel blog, I thought that I know of most websites that can save you money, but I was wrong! The internet is ever-changing and now there are new amazing websites that can save you hundreds of dollars and he reveals them all. So, if you thought that Expedia or [...] or TripAdvisor are the ones to visit you will be surprised!

Below I'll give you just a few examples that I hope Arthur won't mind me disclosing.

[...] - gives you a huge selection of resorts in the tropics and beyond for a third of their cost, and it's reinforced Search all major travel sites simultaneously and find lowest hotel prices instantly on single page. I was travelling to Europe few months ago and found this site to have much better rates than [...], and TripAdvisor doesn't even come close..

[...] - This site tells you exactly that, how to travel to turkey, where to stay, what to do etc.. I wish I would have knows about it before. It's certainty the best site for turkey travel info and I would have never known about it if I wouldn't read this book.

Anyway, I'm really happy with my purchase and I felt compelled to write this review as indeed I think it's the best travel book that I've read in a while!

Anyone who is considering buying this book should understand that it is basically a reformat of Arthur's blog, available at [...] The blog entries have been sorted into categories, lightly edited by his staff, formatted and printed. There is value to having them printed on paper and bound, but basically the same material has been available online. Arthur's blog is an exceptionally fine one, but because it is a blog, the material in it (and thus the book) is not comprehensive and can feel a bit disjointed. The book doesn't have the same clear sense of theme and purpose as Arthur's old book The New World of Travel. Also, the time window for some entries' relevance is limited, which becomes noticeable in a printed book with its longer shelf life. That said, there is much of value in this book and the writing is often excellent.

I am disappointed in some of the reviews on this page. It would be more honest if Mr. Cochran would mention that he works for Frommer and has written guidebooks under the Pauline Frommer line. Mr. Brosnahan could mention that he is the former author of Lonely Planet's Turkey guidebook. Mr. Kvidt is connected with Beat of Hawaii, a web site that Frommer has repeatedly plugged on his blog. There is nothing wrong with these people writing reviews, but notice that all of them have a promotional feel to them, like the back cover of a book, and don't really describe the book honestly. It is very ironic that both Beat of Hawaii and Frommer's blog have spoken out very strongly against insider reviews on Trip Advisor that don't disclose reviewers' actual interests, and that Mr. Kvidt has then gone ahead and posted just such a review on this site!

Actually, contrary to another review I have read on this site, this book is one of the most plain-talking, no-holds-barred travel books I've ever laid my hands on. This guy isn't afraid to say stuff that could get him in trouble with the rest of the travel industry. Like this, on page 410: TripAdvisor.com is "virtually useless" and its rankings "have no value at all." On page 76, he says modern cruise ships look like they were "gigantic, metallic, orgone boxes of the sort envisioned in the 1920s moving, with fact after fact coming right at you in between those opinions, and lots of websites worth bookmarking, so if you can't find something to use on one page, the next page is likely to help, and what's more, you get the feeling he really has tried all the things he's writing about. The book is chatty and dishy at times, and always opinionated, but no one can argue that this guy doesn't know his stuff. I don't know any other book that has all these details in one place. For example, Frommer's book mentions an airfare booking website called Yapta twice and it takes three pages to explain the ins and outs. I also have Peter Greenberg's recent book, and he gives Yapta just five lines. There's simply more meat here. There's also an index in this book, which makes finding what I need really easy.