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Travel guide books

Frommers, Fodor's, Lonely Planet. Do you use them?

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by Anonymousreply 20December 14, 2018 2:13 AM

I like Time Out for cities.

by Anonymousreply 1December 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 Anonymousreply 2December 13, 2018 5:57 PM

Baedeker

by Anonymousreply 3December 13, 2018 5:57 PM

Another vote for Time Out

by Anonymousreply 4December 13, 2018 5:59 PM

Sure, but now you can get everything online, so less need for actual books.

by Anonymousreply 5December 13, 2018 6:01 PM

Frommers and Fodor's are for well behaved straight white people who fear anything off the beaten path.

by Anonymousreply 6December 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 Anonymousreply 7December 13, 2018 6:04 PM

Rough Guides

by Anonymousreply 8December 13, 2018 6:08 PM

Spartacus

by Anonymousreply 9December 13, 2018 6:11 PM

Trip Advisor has taken their place for me.

by Anonymousreply 10December 13, 2018 6:14 PM

[qoute] Spartacus

No I use Spartacus!

by Anonymousreply 11December 13, 2018 6:16 PM

[quote] Spartacus

No I use Spartacus!

by Anonymousreply 12December 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 Anonymousreply 13December 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 Anonymousreply 14December 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 Anonymousreply 15December 13, 2018 6:26 PM

Yes, back in the day...my first one was Europe on $10.00 a Day.

by Anonymousreply 16December 13, 2018 6:28 PM

R13 - I used to like the French guidebook series Routard.

by Anonymousreply 17December 13, 2018 6:32 PM

Moon is also very hippie-ish.

by Anonymousreply 18December 13, 2018 6:34 PM

Sadly, obsolete.

by Anonymousreply 19December 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 Anonymousreply 20December 14, 2018 2:13 AM
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