Joel Widzer

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Joel Widzer

Born	1961
Occupation	Travel Strategist
Nationality	American
Genres	Travel Advice, Consumer Advocacy
Notable work(s)	The Penny Pincher’s Passport to Luxury Travel

Official website http://www.jetready.com/

Joel Widzer, PsyD, is an author and travel consultant. He wrote The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel, now in its third edition. He is an expert on frequent flier programs.^[1] In his lifetime he has amassed nearly three million flight miles while visiting 103 countries.^[2] Widzer has been interviewed by USA Today, Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Washington Post, and Money Magazine. ^[3] He has also appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Fox News, Fine Living, and Inside Edition.^[4] He has regularly written for MSNBC and Forbes.^[5]

1 Publications
- 1.1 Book contributions
- 1.2 Books Quoting Joel Widzer
2 Television Work
3 Radio
4 Expert Advice
5 Business and Professional Presentations and Publications
6 Education
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Publications

The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel: The Art of Cultivating Preferred Customer Status. Travelers’ Tales, 1999, 2004, 2008 (3rd ed.).

[edit] Book contributions

The Business Person's Book of Lists (Adams Media, 2006): Contributor

Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune (Travelers' Tales, 2006): Chapter sidebar

[edit] Books Quoting Joel Widzer

Scam-Proof Your Life: 377 Smart Ways to Protect You & Your Family from Ripoffs, Bogus Deals & Other Consumer Headaches, by Sid Kirchheimer, AARP (Sterling Publishing, 2006): Quoted on pp. 152, 154, 165, 167, 169, 171.

Worry-Free Family Finances: Three Steps to Building and Maintaining Your Family's Financial Well-Being, by Bill Staton and Mary Staton (McGraw-Hill, 2003): Quoted on p. 67.

Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00 or More Writing Niche Books & How You Can Too!, by Marc McCutcheon (Quill Driver Books, 2001, 2006): Quoted on p. 52.

[edit] Television Work

Appearances on Television CNN TV MSNBC TV ABC TV (national and affiliates) CBS TV (national and affiliates) The Fine Living Channel The Travel Channel Fox News Network NBC TV (national and affiliates) National Satellite Media Tours Fox News 11, Los Angeles

“Road Warrior Travel Tips” Satellite media tour, October 2007; “Sumer Travel” Satellite media tour, June 2007; “JetReady™ Labor Day Travel” Satellite media tour, September 1, 2006; “Last-Minute Summer Deals” Satellite media tour, June 22, 2005;

[edit] Radio

More than 350 national and international appearances

[edit] Expert Advice

Widzer lends his advice to many websites and blogs including: BOOMj.com A E-commerce site serving more than 78 million Baby Boomers ^[6] and Video Jug Life explained on film ^[7]

[edit] Business and Professional Presentations and Publications

Airline Payment Summit 2008, Toronto Canada April 2008; Texas Business Travel Conference , Austin Texas April 2007; Customer Loyalty Seminar for Airline Executives, Nice, France, October 2006; Bain & Company, Panel Expert, Airline Loyalty Research, 2006; San Francisco Business Coalition Round Table, San Francisco, 2005; Los Angeles Travel Show, 1999–2001; “Theoretical Perspective on Travel Fatigue,” Academy of International Business, Northeast, September 2002; “Executive Travel: Utilizing Corporate Jets to Reduce Travel Fatigue,” Global Business Jet, October, 2002; “Customer Retention of Business Travelers in the Airline Industry,” United States International University, 2001;