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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? |
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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? 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. |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
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 ink.net... 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? |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
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 ... 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 ink.net... 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? |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
my favorite is Footprints
cheers, philip "King" wrote in message ink.net... 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? |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
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 -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation. |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
In article . net, King
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 |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
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 ink.net... 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? |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
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? O&A Out and About is a good Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Transgendered travel 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. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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What's your favorite Travel Guides?
"Brian K" wrote in message
nk.net... O&A Out and About is a good Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Transgendered travel 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. Okay, this may be OT, it may even start a flame war, and if it does, I apologise in advance but I'm curious. I can see how places of interest, especially in the realm of night life, could be different between the GLBT folk and those who aren't in that category. Even lodging, at times. But how does advice on air travel or car rental change based on the sexual tendacies of the person asking for the advice? Richard |
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