Smile When You're Lying

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Smile When You're Lying
A book called - - - Smile When You're Lying- Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer. An email was not sent to me explaining this book title and author.

I think one of them public relations type people, no he has a title, ok the Marketing Coordinator sent me this ready to go written statement, I call these Public Relations Releases. I think it was a compliment and the book does sound interesting. I for sure do not like Travel Writers. Hmm, is this guy a travel writer?

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Manila, Philippines - Ermita Southeast Asia
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Submit Hotel URL
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Sending me good book information is funny, it is almost impossible for me to read a new book published, so... Maybe if I am nice, publish this, they will send me a paper copy by UPS or Fedex... I would love a PDF file.

The book is about something I say or allude to all the time, and one of the reason I consider when a person calls me a travel writer an insult.

Chuck Thompson, travel writer, editor, and photographer, has finally decided to come clean about the travel industry. After more than a decade in the industry he had enough of the half truths that were demanded by his editors and was especially annoyed that the best stories didn’t make it into the articles.

In Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer Thompson recounts his career as a travel writer and dishes the dirt on what really happened while he was abroad. From getting swindled in Thailand to running into trouble with customs inspectors in Belarus and media junkets in the Caribbean to experiencing the penis Olympics in Japan. Chuck’s work has appeared in Maxim, The Atlantic, Esquire, National Geographic Adventure, and Escape, among many others, but the stories you’ll read in this book never made it to the pages of those magazines.

While debunking the myths that the travel industry forces down our throats, Thompson also dispenses some brutally honest advice. His tips include how to get the best accommodations (you pay for it), how to get bulkhead seats (bribe the departure-gate agent with chocolate), why you must always hang up on morons (100 percent annual turnover at call centers means you most likely aren’t gonna get a dedicated helper), and that spicy is never as spicy as you expect (unless it’s in Thailand where “when they tell you it’s spicy, it’s going to taste like someone shoving a blowtorch down your throat for the next twenty-five minutes”).

Smile When You’re Lying is a laugh out loud behind the scenes look at the travel industry. If you would like a review copy of this book, please reply to this message with your preferred mailing address. Please visit
http://www.chuckthompsonbooks.com/
for more information.

STOP

Ok, that was nice, I am a traveler, I travel, a little difficult to say if this book is good or bad, or the truth is this, for a traveler it is almost impossible to buy these books. Then again I am a traveler... not a travel writer.

Thanks
Andy in Manila, Philippines

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Craig | travelvice.com said on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 09:46:00 AM

I got this exact e-mail the other day, gave it a puzzled look as to why it didn't go in the SPAM folder, and deleted it.- craig, travelvice.com

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 10:24:00 PM

Funny Craig,Hard to say if real, unreal, however the basic opinion, format and all the layout is normal for a PR release.I agree with the premise of the book, so seems like a worth going further.I think most travel writers should at least smile before they lie to me.I usually say, Please kiss me before you F##k me.I think clicking on a delete button was a bad decision making process on your side. Contempt before consideration.You had your first letter written to you by maybe a publisher and you deleted it.. FunnyI still have the name of the company, the person and the email address etc..Hard to fake a book to make money, just not the normal way, unless I read wrong and this is PDF book.Thanks

Jason said on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 08:58:00 AM

Hey Andy,That was me that sent the email around. I thought that you'd be interested in this as a traveler and how the travel industry has not been honest with you (and hear some great travel stories). The offer still stands though, I'd be happy to UPS or FedEx a copy, but unfortunately cannot send it as a pdf.Best,Jason

steve jameson said on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 02:23:00 PM

I heard that there is a book by a lonely planet writer coming out about writing for lonely planet. is that the book? seems to me like the name was different though.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Thursday December 6th, 2007 05:58:00 AM

Hello Jason, Thank You for the comment. I will write an email and figure out where I live...Etc.Great, Thanks

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Thursday December 20th, 2007 06:54:00 AM

Jason sent the book, I read it and will be writing a review soon. Thanks Jason