Frommers, Fodor's, Lonely Planet. Do you use them?
I like Time Out for cities.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 13, 2018 5:52 PM |
DK Eyewitness books are good. I usually get a map,too and have read a lot on the Internet and other books - history, novels etc.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 13, 2018 5:57 PM |
Baedeker
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 13, 2018 5:57 PM |
Another vote for Time Out
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 13, 2018 5:59 PM |
Sure, but now you can get everything online, so less need for actual books.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 13, 2018 6:01 PM |
Frommers and Fodor's are for well behaved straight white people who fear anything off the beaten path.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 13, 2018 6:03 PM |
Lonely Planet is good if you're a college kid/backpacker/hippie on a shoestring. I used it a lot in my 20s. I revisited one a few years back and realized that I had aged out of most of their recommendations.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 13, 2018 6:04 PM |
Rough Guides
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 13, 2018 6:08 PM |
Spartacus
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 13, 2018 6:11 PM |
Trip Advisor has taken their place for me.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 13, 2018 6:14 PM |
[qoute] Spartacus
No I use Spartacus!
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 13, 2018 6:16 PM |
[quote] Spartacus
No I use Spartacus!
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 13, 2018 6:17 PM |
As a passionate traveler, I've found Lonely Planet pretty good for "exotic"-type destinations, but for "civilized" destinations I like the Rough Guides better (are they still called "Real Guides" in the US?).
For hip cities I love the Time Out guidebooks, but haven't they discontinued those?
(I also use guidebooks in other languages if I can read them -- sometimes e.g. German or French guidebooks are better for certain destinations.)
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 13, 2018 6:20 PM |
LonelyPlanet also is very formulaic after awhile, leading me often to wonder if the author had actually visited a certain town. All over Latin America, they annoyingly plug 3 or 4 different churches and cathedrals and the main plaza as "Sights to see." I wonder if the owners are religious?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 13, 2018 6:24 PM |
[quote] I like the Rough Guides better (are they still called "Real Guides" in the US?).
No. They’re called Rough Guides here too.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 13, 2018 6:26 PM |
Yes, back in the day...my first one was Europe on $10.00 a Day.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 13, 2018 6:28 PM |
R13 - I used to like the French guidebook series Routard.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 13, 2018 6:32 PM |
Moon is also very hippie-ish.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 13, 2018 6:34 PM |
Sadly, obsolete.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 14, 2018 12:37 AM |
DK Eyewitness. They have walking maps (with all the important places) of little towns and areas of cities. Very useful when doing day trips outside a major city. Would rip out that section and just carry those pages for the day. Some had maps of the interiors of some museums and castles- was very useful when some palace wanted to charge for the map-I just used the one from the book.
It’s also fun to count all the DK books you see each day-we used to compete to see who saw the most (and the most different languages).
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 14, 2018 2:13 AM |