Last-minute travel secrets : 121 ingenious tips to endure cramped planes, car trouble, awful hotels, and other trips from Hell / Joey Green.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]Description: xii, 228 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781613735046
- 1613735049
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 910 G796 | Available | 33111008406700 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gone are the days of complimentary in-flight champagne and cushy sleeping-car coaches on the Orient Express. Say hello to $50 "legroom upgrades" and bedbug-infested hotels. What's a weary, frustrated traveler to do? Hang tight--it's Joey Green to the rescue! Last-Minute Travel Secrets contains more than a hundred unique travel tips that may sound goofy but really do work. You will discover how to correct uncomfortable accommodations using everyday household products.
* Uncork a wine bottle with a sneaker
* Protect your car from bug splatters with cooking spray
* Find your car in a parking lot using a water bottle
* Use a motel bathtub as a washing machine
* Muffle the sound of crying babies using tampon earplugs
* Purify and desalinate ocean water with a T-shirt
* And much, much more!
The book also includes interesting and strange travel sidebars and fascinating trivia to keep you entertained until your lost luggage arrives--from Topeka.
Packing tricks -- Airplanes and airports -- Hotels and hovels -- Cruise ships and stranded cruise ships -- Trains and buses -- Cars -- Recreational vehicles and campers -- Camping.
"Gone are the days of complimentary in-flight champagne and cushy sleeping-car coaches on the Orient Express. Say hello to $50 "legroom upgrades" and bedbug-infested hotels. What's a weary, frustrated traveler to do? Hang tight--it's Joey Green to the rescue! Last-Minute Travel Secrets contains more than a hundred unique travel tips that may sound goofy but really do work. You will discover how to correct uncomfortable accommodations using everyday household products. Uncork a wine bottle with a sneaker Protect your car from bug splatters with cooking spray Find your car in a parking lot using a water bottle Use a motel bathtub as a washing machine Muffle the sound of crying babies using tampon earplugs Purify and desalinate ocean water with a T-shirt And much, much more! The book also includes interesting and strange travel sidebars and fascinating trivia to keep you entertained until your lost luggage arrives--from Topeka."-- Provided by publisher.
"This guide provides travelers with more than a hundred handy and unusual secrets to overcome obstacles and upgrade accommodations using common, easily found products. Learn how to use a bathtub as a washing machine, uncork a wine bottle with a sneaker, stash your valuables in a variety of clever locations, from neckties to potato chip bags, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.