“Move over Emily, Abby, and Miss Manners. Kathy Bertone’s "The Art of the Visit" has it all! A terrific guide for hosts and guests of every age." 

-Karna Small Bodman
Bestselling Author of the international thriller, Castle Bravo.

"There's no social occasion that presents the equal potential for pleasure and peril as hosting or being a house guest does. Luckily, with a copy of “The Art of the Visit” in hand, there’s no longer reason to worry." 

- Donna Pilato, About.com

Get the Visit Wizard's Guide for the Absent Host to ensure all goes smoothly while you are away. 

​From hosting family for a week during the holidays, to being a guest at a friend’s vacation home for a weekend, this practical book offers smart strategies, and thought-provoking insight for making those times together run more smoothly and be more satisfying for everyone.

It is chock full of practical ideas delivered in an amusing and forthright fashion. "Visit Wizard" tips throughout the book give readers, young and old, the tools and tricks they need for making the times spent with family and friends the best they can possibly be.

When dropping your guests off at the airport or watching their car pull out of your driveway, do you wish they could have stayed longer, or are you secretly applauding their departure? 

When you are at someone’s home visiting for the weekend, are you comfortable and relaxed, or counting the hours or days until you are finally free? 

Few of us have nannies and cooks to whom we can turn when a bedroom needs to be prepared or a meal cooked. The purpose of this book is to make entertaining in our homes during the extended visit the best and most enjoyable it can be - for both guest and host. 

Hurt feelings, feeling taken advantage of, or just the uncertainty that leads to stress, need not be how we communicate with each other in what is the most important times of our lives: those limited times we have with each other.

"Featuring an attractive embossed cover, an ornate font and deckle-edge pages that resemble old-fashioned writing paper, the book has the feel of an invitation that beckons you inside. Author Bertone writes in a warm, friendly manner while all the while efficiently imparting advice, checklists and great anecdotes of her own hosting experiences. In fact, the style of the book—polite, gracious and efficient—parallels what it takes to be a good host or hostess." - Top story, Your Decorating Resource

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