The book should be called "The Essential Little Travel Book With Some Cruise Tips Included" Anybody who has done a minimum amount of traveling will allready know most of the tips in this book. Most of them are just common sense. It's obivious that the auther does not want to say any thing bad about the cruise companies, and at the end you find out why. In his bio. it says he owns a travel agency. If you go to "cruiseopinion.com" on the internet, you can read the unbiased opinions of the people that took the cruise. Such as don't book your excursions on the ship,but wait until you get on land where they are cheaper. Save your money and go to the web site.