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If you had to decide on one series, what would it be?

Question:
What's your favorite guidebook series?

Choices:
Lonely Planet
Let's Go
Fodor's
Frommer's
Rough Guides
Moon
Avant Guide
Rick Steves
DK
I don't like guidebooks
Undecided

 

Jacob- this thread may offer some insight:
http://boards.bootsnall.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/179090755/m/49900529316

Thanks, though I already saw that thread. As a hardcore armchair traveller, I thought it would be interesting to do a poll about this.

I voted, but it depends a lot on where I am going. For the most part it is lonely planent, though when we traveled South America, I liked footprint the best. Then we tried rough guide on a recent trip to Vienna (pre- Christmas super sale) and actually thought that they were really good.

anyway...

What about Cadogan Guides?

Actually, I think that this is an interesting question. Three of the travel guide series that I prefer are not on the ballot.

Brandt guides - not well organized but at least they provide decent info on out of the way places that most other guide books don't visit.

Time Out - not just a magazine - this guide book series is always on the top of my list for a new destination - however they are limited in the range of places that they cover. But if they cover a place it is covered well.

Berkely Guides - no longer exist, but were the best guides I've ever used.

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Another one not on the list is V!VA Travel Guides, which are a new kind of guidebook created by the website´s community of writers, photographers and travelers from around the world. They have a very comprehensive guidebook on Ecuador, and also have an interesting arm-chair travel book called V!VA List Latin America: 333 Places and Experiences that People Love, also created by the website´s community. Check them out at www.vivatravelguides.com

I started out getting LP. Then tried RG. For Europe they seem much the same. However I think LP layout is easier to use.

For central america I looked at LP, RG and Footprint. I did not like the Footprint layout at all, the worst thing was the poor quality of the maps. I really like using the maps in LP or RG to plan my route.

anyone have suggestions for going to India as to what guide book to get...I have looked through a lot of them, but don't really know which one to pull the trigger on? Rough guide has the most updated one (2007), while the most updated LP is 2005...

Also suggestions for Nepal, Bangladesh are appreciated.

Insight Guides are nice to look at before you go--the pretty pictures!

Undecided yet, it all depends on.

For country guides I tend to use LP, for city guides I like Frommers for their museum/cultural take on the city stuff.

(Eppyboy, LP has a Sept 07 India guide.)