The Toll-Free Traveler: The Complete (800) and (888) Directory for Pleasure and Business Travel in the U.S. and Canada

A handy, indispensable trip-planning directory for people on the move
-- Contains over 2,500 listings, including airlines, motels and hotels, adventure travel companies, state tourist boards, and foriegn tourist bureaus
-- Includes useful tips on planning trips at home and abroadSmall enough for purse or pocket, The Toll-Free Traveler holds huge amounts of useful information for business and vacation trip planning. In the first section, Travelers' Toll-Free Numbers, listings are organized so that travelers can easily find which airlines fly to their destination, which car rental agencies service the airport, and which hotels are the most convenient.The second section, Trip Planning Tips, offers advice on everything from packing a lightweight wardrobe to the latest requirements for passports and visas, and phone numbers of foreign consulates in the U.S. The authors outline the ten most common mistakes tourists make, single-suitcase travel, and planning for a foreign trip. Betty Martin draws on her background as a pharmacist in the section on health. Charming, old-fashioned sketches illustrate the text. It's one of the rarest of things: a how-to-do-it, where-to-find-it, what-you'll pay guidebook that's fun to read. -- Martin Litton, Sunset magazine