In Development
Cruise Technology Made Easy
In development, and not yet available.
The next title in the series will cover practical technology for cruise travelers, before and during a cruise.
Made Easy Series
Travel Technology Made Easy
The Non-Tech Traveler's Guide to Smartphones, Wi-Fi, Apps, eSIMs, Streaming, AI & Staying Safe Online
A practical guide for travelers who use smartphones and everyday technology without wanting to become experts in it.
It covers what is worth setting up before you go, how to stay connected once you are away, and how to avoid the problems that are easiest to prevent. The instructions come in the order you need them, in plain language.
Available as a Kindle ebook and a paperback.
What This Book Helps You Do
Practical outcomes rather than a list of chapters.
- Get a smartphone ready before you leave home
- Understand mobile data, roaming, SIMs and eSIMs
- Use public, hotel, airport and travel Wi-Fi more safely
- Choose travel apps that are worth the space
- Protect your accounts and personal information while away
- Know what to do if a phone is lost or stolen
- Keep streaming and staying connected working on the move
- Use AI tools for practical travel tasks
Who This Book Is For
Written for capable people who simply have other things to think about.
- You use a smartphone every day without thinking of yourself as especially technical.
- You want to know what to prepare before a trip rather than work it out at the airport.
- Terms like roaming, eSIM, VPN and cloud backup tend to blur together.
- You would rather have the steps in order than an explanation of how it all works.
- You want fewer technology surprises while you are away.
What You'll Find Inside
The book is organized around the parts of a trip where technology tends to get in the way.
Before You Leave
Phone preparation, backups, account access and the settings worth checking, so the preventable problems are dealt with while you are still at home.
Staying Connected
Mobile data, roaming, SIM and eSIM choices, and Wi-Fi: understanding how your phone actually gets online away from home, and what each option costs you in practice.
Apps and Everyday Travel Tasks
Maps, communication, the travel apps worth having, offline preparation, and using a phone comfortably on the road.
Staying Safer
Public Wi-Fi, account security, common scams, and preparing for a lost or stolen phone before it happens rather than after.
Entertainment and Streaming
Connectivity decisions, and realistic expectations for what streaming will and will not do while you are traveling.
Practical AI for Travel
Ways AI tools can help with ordinary travel tasks, along with a clear sense of where they are unreliable.
Practical, Not Technical
Every topic starts with a situation rather than a technology. You are standing at a hotel front desk, or your phone has just connected to something it should not have, or you are deciding what to do about data before a flight.
From there the steps come in the order you would actually need them, with the decision points called out where they matter.
There is enough explanation to make a good choice and no more. You are never expected to want to understand the technology underneath, only to use it without trouble.
The measure of success is confidence rather than expertise: knowing what to do next, and knowing when something is not worth worrying about.
The Book Doesn't Have to Stand Still
A printed book describes technology as it was on the day it went to press. Apps get redesigned, settings are renamed, and services change how they work.
Companion material for the topics in this book will be collected in Reader Resources, including links to official Apple, Android, carrier and service documentation where those explain something best.
Corrections, and the changes that affect instructions printed in the book, will be posted in Updates.
Both areas are being built alongside the books and do not hold material yet.
Choose a Format
Both editions open on Amazon.