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Old March 2nd, 2004, 02:23 AM
Hallvard Tangeraas
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Default "Lonely Planet" or "Let's go" best for NZ?

I'll be needing a guidebook of some sort when travelling around here
in New Zealand, but which one?

Everybody else has Lonely planet, and in Australia I bought "Let's go
Australia" to have something different.

Which one is best?

I plan to travel around in the less touristy way if it doesn't prove
to be too hard. I'm not really a person who joins organized tours and
the like, and would need a book that gives more "local" information if
possible (i.e. local buses as opposed to guided tourist buses to get
to places).


Hallvard
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Old March 2nd, 2004, 02:52 AM
A Mate
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Default "Lonely Planet" or "Let's go" best for NZ?

Personally I prefer Lonely Planet. Sure everyone has one - but it caters to
a wide range of interests; well researched and revised regularly . It is
usually very accurate as to 'how to' and 'when to', tho' prices can be out
of date!

You can buy a Vodafone NZ sim for $25; with $15 credit as I remember (fill
in a questionaire - post it in get $10 extra credit - total $25 credit).


"Hallvard Tangeraas" wrote in message
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I'll be needing a guidebook of some sort when travelling around here
in New Zealand, but which one?

Everybody else has Lonely planet, and in Australia I bought "Let's go
Australia" to have something different.

Which one is best?

I plan to travel around in the less touristy way if it doesn't prove
to be too hard. I'm not really a person who joins organized tours and
the like, and would need a book that gives more "local" information if
possible (i.e. local buses as opposed to guided tourist buses to get
to places).


Hallvard



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Old March 2nd, 2004, 11:59 AM
S&A Freeston
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Default "Lonely Planet" or "Let's go" best for NZ?


" This is true of Australia and NZ (LP is based in Melbourne); less so for
other regions (much of Africa is notoriously out of date). Let's Go has
some more upscale options than LP - more breadth, less depth than LP.

Hi, I found the Rough Guides overall the best. LP is often very outdated (we
were in India in November and the infos in the LP were just transferred from
year to year, some 'attractions' didn't exist anymore, one museum in Mumbai
had been closed about 1/2 year before the edition came out, prices were also
incorrect) and as I heard the NZ LP has also not been 'overhauled' in many
parts.
I actually find the best information available is on location in the various
information offices. The AA guidebooks (free) for bigger regions are
particularly good (i got mine at the airport), but as you probably want to
plan ahead, perhaps you could buy a used copy of either of the major guide
books, to save yourself from annoyance of having paid too much for possible
outdated information.
Kind regards
Stefanie


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Old March 4th, 2004, 04:38 AM
Amanda Klein
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Default "Lonely Planet" or "Let's go" best for NZ?

"S&A Freeston" wrote in message ...
" This is true of Australia and NZ (LP is based in Melbourne); less so for
other regions (much of Africa is notoriously out of date). Let's Go has
some more upscale options than LP - more breadth, less depth than LP.

Hi, I found the Rough Guides overall the best. LP is often very outdated (we
were in India in November and the infos in the LP were just transferred from
year to year, some 'attractions' didn't exist anymore, one museum in Mumbai
had been closed about 1/2 year before the edition came out, prices were also
incorrect) and as I heard the NZ LP has also not been 'overhauled' in many
parts.
I actually find the best information available is on location in the various
information offices. The AA guidebooks (free) for bigger regions are
particularly good (i got mine at the airport), but as you probably want to
plan ahead, perhaps you could buy a used copy of either of the major guide
books, to save yourself from annoyance of having paid too much for possible
outdated information.
Kind regards
Stefanie



I like LP
 




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