The Traveler's Web: An Extreme Searcher Guide to Travel Resources on the Internet Book

It is no secret that the travel business has been dramatically affected by the advent of online resources. Once reliant on travel agents for fact finding and itinerary planning, recent studies show that over 80 million American travelers now go to the internet to research, book or plan trips to their favorite destinations. That's the good news. The downside is there is so much information online that it's sometimes hard to know what you don't know!

Now, even that problem is solved with Ran Hock's new release, 'The Traveler's Web.' In it, Hock makes straight an often unwieldy array of travel information and options that can appear random and disparate. The book covers everything from transportation resources (plane, trains, automobiles, cruises, boats, barges, ferries, even canoes!), to hotels, guides, meals, resorts, parks, festivals, museums, attractions, exchange rates, insurance, maps, kids travel, senior travel, cybercafes and even a few websites dedicated to the subject of how to pack (have you ever heard of onebag.com?).

It's all intelligently organized and features a healthy array of screenshots to show just how functional the web can be in meeting even the smallest of a traveler's needs. As with many web books, circumstances are constantly changing, so Hock has developed a companion website that has links and updates to all the information in the book. www.extremesearcher.com If summer travel is on your list, grab a copy of this 400 page complete resource well before you take off.