The Traveling Senior Guide — Flight & Cruise Editions for Travelers Over 60

01 · THE BOOKS

One for the sky. One for the sea.

Each book stands on its own, and each is written the same way: short entries you can open anywhere, what it typically saves up front, the exact words to use, and Julie’s rule at the bottom of every one.

THE TRAVELING SENIOR GUIDE

Flight Edition

450 PAGES · 12 PARTS · 109 ENTRIES

The fare game, seat fees and the bag math
The airport, gently — security, assistance, your rights
On board, delays, lost bags and getting your money back

$19.99Get the Flight Edition

THE TRAVELING SENIOR GUIDE

Cruise Edition

350 PAGES · 12 PARTS · 91 ENTRIES

The line atlas and the cabin files — where to sleep well
The booking playbook and the money math
Embarkation, life onboard, ashore, and when things go wrong

$19.99Get the Cruise Edition

BEST VALUE

THE COMPLETE GUIDE

Both books + the free Letter Collection

800 pages, 200 entries, 28 ready-to-send letters. Every trip covered, in the air and at sea — for ten dollars more than one book.

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02 · FREE WITH EVERY ORDER

The letters are already written.

When an airline or cruise line owes you, a polite, specific letter works better than an hour on hold. The Ready-to-Send Letter Collection gives you 28 of them — fill in the blanks, sign, send.

Cash refund for a cancelled flight

Refund for a cancelled cruise

Denied-boarding compensation

Missed-port credit request

Lost, delayed or damaged bags

Onboard billing dispute

Wheelchair assistance failure

Excursion refund

Turning a voucher into cash

Credit-card dispute backstop

Included free with the Flight Edition, the Cruise Edition, and the bundle.

03 · THE MATH

One trip, as usually booked.

This is what a couple over 60 quietly hands over on one flight-and-cruise trip — not the fares, just the padding around them.

The green ink is the same trip, booked and defended the way the books teach.

$29.99. Once. The savings travel with you every trip after.

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typical couple, one flight + one cruise · fees vary by carrier, line and route

ONE TRIP FOR TWO

— AS USUALLY BOOKED —

Seat selection, four legs$128→$0

Checked-bag fees$140→$70

"Flexible ticket" upsell$96→$0

Drink package, unexamined$278→$0

Excursions booked onboard$260→$130

Delay compensation never claimed$0→+$200

HANDED OVER, ONE TRIP$902→$200

≈ $700 kept — and a $200 claim in the mail

04 · EARLY READERS

The first people through it.

★★★★★

We used the booking chapter for our anniversary trip and paid less than our kids did for the same route. My husband has been telling everyone.

PLACEHOLDER · EARLY READER

★★★★★

The cabin pages alone saved our cruise. We’d have been right under the nightclub. Now we sleep midship, low, and we sleep.

PLACEHOLDER · EARLY READER

★★★★★

A letter from the collection got us $400 back for a delay we’d already given up on. Typed it, signed it, sent it. Two weeks later — a check.

PLACEHOLDER · EARLY READER

05 · ORDER THE GUIDE

Both books. One refused fee pays for them.

The Traveling Senior Guide: Flight Edition — 450 pages, 109 entries
The Traveling Senior Guide: Cruise Edition — 350 pages, 91 entries
FREE: The Ready-to-Send Letter Collection — 28 letters, air & sea
Instant PDF — phone, tablet, computer, or printed at home

$39.98$29.99

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Only need one? Each book is $19.99 on its own — the free letters come with it too.

Flight Edition — $19.99 Cruise Edition — $19.99

06 · TRY IT FREE

Three things to check before your next trip

Straight out of the books. They cost nothing to try.

FLIGHT EDITIONThe 24-hour do-over

Booked a flight and found a better fare the next morning? For most bookings made at least a week before departure, U.S. rules let you cancel within 24 hours of booking for a full refund — no fee, no battle. Book, keep looking one more day, and rebook if the fare drops.

CRUISE EDITIONPrice the excursion twice

Before you book any shore excursion on the ship, search the same tour from the same operator online, or ask at the pier. The identical catamaran, bus and guide can cost far less booked directly. Just leave yourself a generous margin before all-aboard time.

FLIGHT EDITIONNever accept the voucher first

When an airline cancels and you choose not to travel, the first offer is usually a voucher — because vouchers expire. Under current U.S. rules you can generally ask for your money back instead. The word to use is "refund," politely, as many times as it takes.

If those were news to you, there are 197 more where they came from — and the letters are already written.

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07 · WHO WROTE THIS

Fifteen years in the aisle. The years since, at sea.

Julie G. spent fifteen years as cabin crew, then took her uniform to the guest-services desk of a cruise ship — the two counters where polite travelers quietly overpay the most.

These books are everything both counters taught her, written down plainly: what the fees are really for, which rules are on your side, and the exact words that get a straight answer — at the gate or on deck five. No jargon, no apps required, nothing that needs more than a printed page and a pen.

08 · ANSWERED PLAINLY

Good questions

Which book should I get?

If you only fly, the Flight Edition. If you’re planning a cruise, the Cruise Edition. But most cruises start with a flight to the port — which is why the bundle is only ten dollars more than one book, and why most readers take both.

Is the free letter collection included if I buy just one book?

Yes. The Ready-to-Send Letter Collection comes free with the Flight Edition, the Cruise Edition, and the bundle.

Is this a printed book or a digital one?

Digital — PDFs sent to your email the minute you order. Read them on any phone, tablet or computer, or print them at home. Many readers print the letters and keep them in their travel folder.

I’m not very good with computers. Will I manage?

If you can open an email, you can use this. One click downloads each book; printing takes one more. Nothing inside requires an app or an account — just a phone call, a printed letter, or a word at the desk.

Do the tips work with every airline and cruise line?

The habits and scripts work everywhere. Specific rules differ by country, carrier and cruise line, so the books mark which rules are U.S.-wide, which are company policies, and how to check your own carrier’s version in two minutes.

We travel as a couple. Do we need two copies?

One copy covers the household. Print two of any letter if you’re both claiming.

Travel like someone who knows the rules.

Two books, 800 pages, and 28 letters that are already written. $29.99, once.

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$39.98 reader price · instant PDF · yours forever

The airline and the cruise line are counting on you closing this tab.

Both books plus the free letter collection — $29.99 once. One refused fee pays for all of it.

Get Both Books — $29.99 No thanks — I’ll pay the seat fee