After so long stuck at home, everyone is looking forward to getting back out there and traveling, and this is a perfect book to help plan a trip. There are so many tips, I'm sure everyone will find something personally useful. There are also many travel-related websites mentioned which will be good to check out. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A super quick read about travel tips to make the best of your next trip and a number of surprises like Bedbug Registry, space saving measures like packing wine inside shoes, to small toiletries & socks. Other tips (#187) are just outrageous like "throw your stinky shoes in the hotel freezer. It will kill bacteria. Eww .And #352 which tells you to pack a small roll of electrical tape and cover up those light on telephone, tv, and smoke detectors. (?)

For the unseasoned traveler this book will be quite handy. It tells how to pack, traveling with pets, flying with pets, touring Disneyland, and foreign countries. There is also Covid tips for those who've lived under a rock for the past years and a half.

Thanks NetGalley.

It’s been over a year now and I have to admit, even I (who does not like to fly and would rather stay inside with a book) am antsy for travel. I miss my family and I miss being able to go somewhere. Not just a drive but go somewhere far. I miss the opportunity and dreams that travel affords us.

Which is why I was happy to read Travel Hacks.

With 600 tips on traveling, I let myself be pulled back into a world where we could hop on a plane and travel wherever we want to. (Or, in my case, somewhere that is family friendly that also has a pool.)
A lot of the travel tips I wasn’t aware of (early Disney admissions anyone?) and some are plain helpful (air travel and kids). I think for a seasoned traveler, some of these might be common knowledge, but I like that it got me thinking about traveling again.
Told by numbered hacks, it’s easy to read and gives tips on travels with kids, car rides and international travel.
We haven’t traveled in a very very long time since before the pandemic. Travel Hacks got me back into the travel mind set as well as providing useful tools to make my first vacation painless.
It’s the perfect book for prepping that big trip that you’ve now been planning for over a year.

I have mixed opinions on this book.

I am an avid traveler (though less now that I have kids), and I learned some things by reading this book. Usually I feel like I should be the one writing the book, but in this case, there were items that I had not thought of.

However, maybe it was just the editing, but it felt out of order. Why bother grouping items if you add items that don't match?

Also, some of the lists should have been 1 number, not their own. That felt rushed.

This is not an exciting book, but it is an easy read. Like a bathroom book.

At first, I would like to thank Netgalley and Adams Media for allowing me to review this book. Keep in mind that my review, however, is my true opinion on this book.

“Travel Hacks” by Keith Bradford is a book of all the travel hacks you could ever think of and a bunch more you have never thought about. This is a book that will for sure help you when you travel.

If you feel stressed, when you have to travel, this is the perfect book for you. If you need some tips for traveling, this is a perfect book for you. If you love traveling, this is the perfect book. I will for sure come back to this book the next time I have to travel because this is the perfect book of tips.

Easy and important tips! This is a great book of travel hacks!

But when you read this book, you will want to travel right this second. So be aware of that!

I haven’t done much traveling as an adult, but hope to change that in the next couple years. So I was excited to get this book to see if I could learn some great tricks. The book has 651 hacks that cover things such as airplane travel, road trips, packing, etc., presented in short little one to three sentence bites. I would say that at least half of the tips are either pretty well known or just common sense. In addition, some of them I don’t think are accurate or good (the suggestion to travel to China to see their replica of the Eiffel tower as opposed to going to Paris to see the real one simply because it’s cheaper is absurd). However, I did pick up a few ideas that I wouldn’t have thought of on my own, such as taking a photo of yourself with your luggage before leaving so that if your luggage is lost you not only have a picture of what it looks like but also show that you own it.
Overall the book is a bit of a mixed bag, but for the novice traveler there are definitely some things to learn.

Thank you to NetGalley & Adams Media for this advanced reader copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Some of these hacks are things I do so I immediately trusted the rest.. Some good ideas and shortcuts to having a better vacation, packing etc.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. I enjoyed the many tips and suggestions that were mentioned in this book. This book is great for anyone planning their next vacation.

This book is super useful to travelers who are strating to planning on next trip. It's incredibly clear to understand and the tips are so much helpful. Thanks to the author for writing exactly what a person needs to keep in mind for a better experience of travelling. Easy 5 stars!

A great resource for all travelers. Their are tips and tricks on booking (best time to purchase for cheapest ticket - I've always wondered this. Will have to try it), how to pack (I always overpack, probably still will even after reading this) and keep your stuff smelling fresh, folding vs. rolling, how not to get the special pat down at security. So many things that I should have figured out by now as a seasoned traveler but never paid attention. I particularly like how it's all bullet points instead of paragraphs making it easier to find a point you might want to go back to. I will definitely change the way I do some things now.

What a book of ideas and hints.
Definitely recommend to those who have traveled a little and extensively. I found lots of great hints that I already do but there are some gems in there that I never knew before.
What a wonderful gift for those who are graduating or getting married or divorced.

If you like to travel then this is the book for you. I wish I had read it before my last trip. This book is full of all kinds of hints divided into easy to use sections for whatever kind of travel you might be doing. The authors share apps that are also helpful. I really wished I had had the bathroom app Flush on my last trip. The hints for purchasing plane tickets and reservations can help the traveler save money. If you travel a lot you will enjoy this book. I even took some screenshots of some hints so they would be easy to find later on. Grab this book before planning your next trip.

This is a short, yet packed, book full of travel hints that are for those who seldom travel to those that travel often. There is something for everyone in this book. I appreciated how the tips were organized and grouped along with the great index at the end. Both of these qualities would make this book a real reference tool that could be accessed easily to refresh memories or find specific information. I am a comfortable traveller that has done a great variety of different types of trips and I found myself writing notes on things I did not know.


Thank you to Simon & Schuster and Adams Media for allowing me to read an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Adams Media for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is a fun book, full of useful tips on ways to improve traveling. By air, car and sea. A lot of the information is fairly basic but still useful and good reminders. There is probably something new to learn for everyone. It discusses traveling with children and pets. 4 stars

"Travel Hacks" offers some interesting tips for making your travel experience run more smoothly, but many of the hacks are just common sense. There are also some repetitions and some of the advice just seems either stupid or rude.

Hi everyone!
This is a great book! I’m still planning for my summer vacation and this read was very helpful.
It’s full of hacks and ‘secrets’ like when you should buy a ticket, how to pack and how to stay safe.
The style is perfect for its purpose, in fact it’s a simple list without any unnecessary things.
I really recommend it to everyone who likes traveling :)

I received an advance copy of, Travel Hacks, by Keith Bradford. This book has the most amazing information on traveling, from when to book, to how much money to bring.

I'm not an inveterate traveller; while I've certainly seen more countries than I've had years on this earth, some of them are because I've glimpsed or flown over them, and you can take a few notches off for ones I passed through without spending the night (hello, Belarus and Luxembourg, two or three times). So I could write a few tips-cum-anecdotes, such as 'don't worry, you can tote a half-full bottle of water through Istanbul airport because they don't give a shit and you don't have to worry about the airside water-bottle dispenser that fleeces everyone else' and 'don't worry, you can tote nail scissors and anything you like on internal Jordan flights because they don't give a shit either', but I could not hope to emulate the contents of this book.

Not many people, in truth, could emulate the contents of this, because they are at times suitably bizarre. So brief are the suggestions, tips and demands, I have no idea why some are even here. Why can't you pack playing cards in your hand luggage in North America?! (Speaking of which, this book is definitely weighted towards the US, with their websites and apps, and their rules for taking alcohol on board planes that are most alien to us Brits.)

That said there is some sterling advice – the packing of extra stuff to beat luggage and weight requirements within the case of your travel pillow; the threading of chain necklaces through a drinking straw to stop them tangling; and so on. The entire gamut of how to travel well is suitably covered, so we've left home with a mug and a coin in our freezer and are expecting to let our footwear join them, and we now know how to be of interest to zoo animals. The book is designed to be a pleasant, light and easy read, so it's not hectoring, it's just two or three factoid-sized sentences per page (or a list that cheekily has every entry as one of the numbered tips herein) presented in a most readable large font, with a scarce illustration. At least it admits to the traveller's worst bugbear, the uncontrollable hotel thermostat, and it loses much kudos for being so scaremongering and OTT about Covid, but it works at what it wants to do. The very idea you should never carry your own backpack is a sterling suggestion, and I think this has enough to raise an eyebrow of both a true globetrotter and the passport-less Yank. I'm glad I got to read it.

I consider myself a frequent traveler and genuinely hoped to learn some new "hacks". This book is a compilation of things that could be found easily on travel websites. There are some good suggestions like taking photos of luggage, travel documents and even children before traveling. Some hacks are useful like packing tips or suggestions for websites for specific information. But other hacks seem silly like taking a photo of every window in my house so I know I closed them or using a happy voice to get my pet in a crate. And some hacks were wrong, saying exit number #75 means it is 75 miles from you. No it means it is 75 miles from the state border. Or saying most museums in NYC are free without giving a listing. I've been to NYC several times and none of the major museums are free although some have a free entry or pay what you want hours. Lastly a lot of the list is filler. Thirty hacks are saying hello in a different languages, 15 hacks list countries you don't tip and then in a repetition another hack was another four countries you don't tip etc. I really hate to be negative because there are some things that are useful but the more I read the more it seemed like a click-bait list. I really couldn't recommend this as something to purchase.

It's a list. This book is literally a list of 651 "hacks" you can find on any website for free. There are no pictures, or detailed information, just 1-2 sentence numbered "hacks." I use the word "hack" very lightly here because some of these things are so common sense that you'd have to be a complete moron to not know. Other "hacks' were things that I know are actually false (no your flight isn't going to go up in price if you don't use a private browser, and no the airport is not going to let you get in a cap at the passenger drop off). I read the whole book in one sitting so I can tell you that some of the "hacks" were repeated. There were also "hacks" that were clearly in the wrong section (why is there a cruise "hack" in the road trip section.) I actually said, "what the F---" out loud when one of their "hacks" was to visit the Eiffel Tower replica in Tianducheng, China rather than the real one in France, ON WHAT PLANET IS GO TO CHINA A "HACK" FOR VISITING FRANCE?!?!?!?!?! The only reason this book is not gettin one star is because some of the items were practical, like booking your next cruise during your current cruise, or taking extra passport photos with you on your travel. Overall, save yourself some money for your vacation and use google and your brain to find your vacation hacks.