Last-minute travel secrets : 121 ingenious tips to endure cramped planes, car trouble, awful hotels, and other trips from Hell / Joey Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Joey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel--Miscellanea.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: Packing Tricks; How to Store Valuables in a Shaving Cream Can; How to Organize Clothes with Ziplock Freezer Bags; How to Protect Jewelry with Buttons and a Pill Container; How to Vacuum Pack with a Vacuum Cleaner; How to Deodorize a Suitcase with Dryer Sheets; How to Fix a Broken Luggage Wheel with Duct Tape; How to Identify Luggage with Nail Polish; How to Prevent Toiletries from Exploding with Plastic Wrap; How to Lock a Suitcase with a Paper Clip; How to Hide Money in a Pair of Blue Jeans; How to Hide Money in a Necktie

How to Assemble an Emergency Kit in a Prescription Pill BottleHow to Prevent Necklaces from Tangling with a Drinking Straw; How to Protect a Wine Bottle with Sneakers; How to Make a Pair of Slippers from Maxi Pads; How to Waterproof a Map with Hairspray; How to Open a Locked Suitcase with a Ballpoint Pen; How to Live out of Grocery Tote Bags; 2: Airplanes and Airports; How to Sleep Comfortably in an Airport with a Newspaper; How to Incapacitate a Hijacker with a Pot of Coffee; How to Relieve an Air-Pressure Earache with a Drinking Cup; How to Make Noise-Canceling Headphones with a Tennis Ball

How to Fashion a Sleep Mask from Maxi PadsHow to Improvise Earplugs with Tampons; How to Sleep on a Plane with a Beach Ball; How to Deodorize Flatulence with Whiskey; How to Make a Diaper out of a Maxi Pad and a Hand Towel; How to Entertain Noisy Kids with an Airsick Bag; How to Give Yourself a Foot Massage with Golf Balls; 3: Hotels and Hovels; How to Seal the Curtains Shut with Clothes Hangers; How to Hide Money in a Toilet Paper Holder; How to Defog a Bathroom Mirror with Shaving Cream; How to Soundproof Your Hotel Room with a Bath Towel; How to Cook Hot Dogs in a Coffeemaker

How to Use a Bathtub as a Washing MachineHow to Silence a Dripping Sink with Dental Floss; How to Improvise a Bathtub Stopper with a Tennis Ball; How to Hide Valuables in a Comfy Chair; How to Cook a Grilled Cheese Sandwich with an Iron; How to Shine Your Shoes with Lip Balm and a Coffee Filter; How to Exfoliate Your Face and Legs with Sugar Packets; How to Dry Wet Shoes or Boots with Newspaper; How to Clean Sneakers with Toothpaste; How to Clean a Retainer in a Ziplock Freezer Bag; How to Make a Lint Brush from Packaging Tape; How to Electrocute an Intruder with a Table Lamp

4: Cruise Ships and Stranded Cruise ShipsHow to Sneak Liquor Aboard with Food Coloring; How to Hide Your Money in a Potato Chip Bag; How to Prevent Seasickness with Ginger; How to Keep Champagne Bubbly with Packaging Tape; How to Wash Your Clothes in the Swimming Pool; How to Deodorize a Nonworking Toilet with Coffee; How to Collect Rainwater with a Trash Can; How to Improvise a Tent from Bedsheets; How to Turn a Trash Can into a Toilet with a Pool Noodle; How to Make a Life Vest from Bleach Jugs; How to Desalinate and Purify Ocean Water with a T-Shirt; 5: Trains and Buses

How to Shower on a Train with a Water Bottle

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61373-505-7

OCLC:

936433495