What's your favorite Travel Guides?

Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?


In my opinion, Lonely Planet, hands down. But, I think it depends on what
kind of travelling you like to do. If you like to avoid chain hotels and
restaurants, and, instead, prefer to enjoy locally owned places, LP is the
best guide book. LP tends to target those who want to venture off the
beaten path a bit.

If, on the other hand, you prefer larger chain hotels and the like, Frommers
or Fodors might be better.

I first travelled with the Mexico and Central America Handbook when there
wasn't anything else out there. I still use it but I also give very high
marks to Lonely Planet and Rough Guide. Of those three, I believe your
choice depends on what you are as a traveller. As far as I am concerned, all
the others are great if you have an Amex card and like needlessly paying
high prices.



"King" wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

If you intend to travel to an spoilt and Lonely Planetized (his credits)
place just buy the book and follow the sheeps, anybody posting in ng, who
needsa book nowdays?????

"news.verizon.net" escribió en el mensaje
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I first travelled with the Mexico and Central America Handbook when there
wasn't anything else out there. I still use it but I also give very high
marks to Lonely Planet and Rough Guide. Of those three, I believe your
choice depends on what you are as a traveller. As far as I am concerned,
all
the others are great if you have an Amex card and like needlessly paying
high prices.



"King" wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

my favorite is Footprints
cheers, philip

"King" wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

King wrote:
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's
Frommers
Rough Guide
Lonley Planet

Really each book (Lonely Planet India, Frommers Singapore, etc.) needs to be
evaluated on its own sinec they are written and researched by different
people.

But mostly I think that over-reliance on a guidebook is not a great idea.
Rather than worrying about the books, worry about whre you want to go and
what you want to do.

miguel
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Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation.

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writes
Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?



For South America, the South America Handbook - now published by
Footprints and split into individual country books is as complete as you
get. Lonely Planet - well, it is too opinionated for my liking, though a
better read. I liked it better in the olden days when it had one-liners
like 'Brasilia is a vast architectural wank' - expunged from later
editions.

--
JohnM
Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul
http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm

Honduras: Honduras handbook + Elmer travel guides (definitely in dutch,
dunno about english versions)
Ecuador/peru: le routier (french, LP)
Kenia: Rough guide
New Zealand: friends & LP "tramping in NZ"
India: my wife;-), the LP, Rough Guide & Footprint (LP is organized better,
better maps but generally they're all lacking)
Canada: friends & LP

Basically, i only use the books for the maps and to find out what places NOT
to go to. I'm always amused by those silly warnings about dangers &
annoyances but if you're completely unprepared it's better to have that than
nothing.. However, don't put your common sense in second place to what's
written in those books.. observe the people and talk to them to find out
things (esp. in south america). Speaking the language (however little it may
be) is probably the biggest step to get there.

HTH,

Ben (belgium)

"King" wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

I don't suppose many here have the time or resources or committment, but
here's what I do:
I read a general history of the place to which I am heading. I then look in
the back at bibliography and see if there are any travelogues in reprint
from long ago. Then I read them. That gives me a description of historical
and religious sights to see. THEN I hit LP or Footprints to see what the
scene is there today..
Examples: Travels in the Mogul Empire- Francois Bernier's marvelous
description of North India from the 1600's.
Ibn Battuta (don't have a copy of him here, so I can't cite the name of his
book) The guy was EVERYWHERE a thousand years ago- India, China, and pts in
between.

If you just want beaches and whores, I guess this method soesn't help, but
if you want to find GREAT places to visit, without another westerner for
miles. . . well, it's worked for me for many trips.

Enjoy

BiJ


"Ben" wrote in message
...
Honduras: Honduras handbook + Elmer travel guides (definitely in dutch,
dunno about english versions)
Ecuador/peru: le routier (french, LP)
Kenia: Rough guide
New Zealand: friends & LP "tramping in NZ"
India: my wife;-), the LP, Rough Guide & Footprint (LP is organized
better,
better maps but generally they're all lacking)
Canada: friends & LP

Basically, i only use the books for the maps and to find out what places
NOT
to go to. I'm always amused by those silly warnings about dangers &
annoyances but if you're completely unprepared it's better to have that
than
nothing.. However, don't put your common sense in second place to what's
written in those books.. observe the people and talk to them to find out
things (esp. in south america). Speaking the language (however little it
may
be) is probably the biggest step to get there.

HTH,

Ben (belgium)

"King" wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Frommers

Rough Guide

Lonley Planet

other?

On 09/26/2003 11:45 PM King while directing tourists to the Zazu Pits,
was inclined to say:

Hi,
Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite
guides. They're probably all good in their own way.
How would you rate,

Fodor's

Most usefull for large cities.


Frommers


Great for folks who don't want to spend the family estate for a vacation
trip.


Rough Guide

No exposure.


Lonley Planet

I like the online site.


other?


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guide. They cover just about everything from lodging, air, cruises,
car rental to points of interest for GLBT folk. However in some
markets, they tend to focus on the expensive places to stay and eat.
With a little investigation of the destination the intreped GLBT
traveler can find places that are just as good for less money.







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