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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 does depend on what kind of travel you like to do. Lonely Planet is
my favorite, for traveling in the middle of the cost spectrum. My thoughts on Mexico guidebooks are below. MEXICO GUIDEBOOKS You will find that everyone has their own favorite Mexico guidebooks. I will give you my view, based on 15 years of travel and tourism in Mexico, including more than 20 of the 31 Mexican states. General Mexico Guidebooks 1. Frommers Mexico on $35/day. It's best feature is that it lists several hotels, restaurants, and museums, and then puts a star next to their favorites. 700 pages, $17 US. This is the one I use the most. One of the reasons that I like it is because my travel style and budget are similar to that of the author. Unfortunately, this guidebook has not been updated as often as it should be. 2. Lonely Planet travel survival kit for Mexico. Covers some areas in much more detail than Frommers. Can be out of date, especially prices. 900 pages, $20 US. The above guidebooks are very practical guides, not armchair reading, and I would be comfortable traveling in Mexico with either of them. On some trips I take two, though the weight does add up. Note that neither is really a student guide, although all three will list hotels down to $15-20/night or so. Some people swear by student guides such as Let's go Mexico, or the Berkley guide. I confess that we normally stay in three star or four-star hotels, with a goal of traveling comfortably, but not extravagantly. You should pick a guidebook that matches your style and budget. The only guide book I have found on the web is the Rough Guide, http://www.hotwired.com/rough/Mexico/index.html There is some information on the lonely planet web site, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/cam/Mexico.htm A good bookstore will have 20 or more different Mexico travel books. It is easier to find travel information about Mexico in the US than in Mexico, in most cases. However, while in Mexico, be on the lookout for inexpensive pamphlets that give detailed information about particular local sites. Mexico is a very large and varied country, so the general guidebooks listed above are large, but cannot a cover everything. There are specialty guides that cover limited areas or specific types of places. Some of my favorites are the Richard Perry series on mission churches, Joyce Kelly's Archeological guide to the Yucatan, and M. John Fayhee's Mexico Copper Canyon Country (hiking and backpacking). Mike Nelson has written a series of books with mile-by-mile road logs for those driving from the US or elsewhere. (I have no personal experience with these books, but they are reported to be useful for those traveling by car). The best map of Mexico that I have seen is a road atlas, similar to the US Rand McNally atlas, the "Guia Roji por las carreteras Mexico." The Pemex road atlas is not as good, although it has some information in English. The AAA map of Mexico gives you the big picture, but it is not as detailed as a road atlas. For those planning to live in Mexico, one of the best sources for information, especially on the cost of living, is the AIM (Adventures in Mexico) newsletter. It has a practical focus, with each issue covering a different town or area. $19 per year, Apartado Postal 31-70, Guadalajara, Jalisco, 45050, Mexico. (My 2002 renewal included an envelope addressed to 1761 Hotel Circle S, Suite 100, San Diego, CA, 92108, USA). Ask for the back issue list. The forums on www.mexconnected.com are also a very good practical resource on living in Mexico, and worth the money for anyone serious about Mexico, especially for answers to your questions. For the real devotee of Mexico who reads Spanish, I suggest a subscription to Mexico Desconocido magazine, to learn about more obscure parks and places. $55 per year in the USA, PO Box 371656, San Diego CA 92137. Have fun, and enjoy Mexico! Richard Ferguson May 11, 2003 King wrote: 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?
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?
Ive been to Asia Africa Europe and am now in South America (all budget
style) and have used many different guide books and must say I have taken quite a liking to Lets Go, my ald favorite and still great would be Lonely Planet. |
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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?
Miguel:
Surely you travel with a guidebook. I agree that one needs a plan and some priorities, and then be willing to adjust the plan if problems arise or if an opportunity develops, so perhaps the plan is more important than the guidebook. But how do you develop a plan without a reading a guidebook or other reference material. I see guidebooks as an essential tool for a traveler, I never travel without one, sometimes two, so I am puzzled to see you talk about over-reliance on guidebooks. Maybe you could provide some examples of what you mean. Richard Miguel Cruz wrote: snip 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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