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Posted on: Sun, 29/10/2006 - 11:16

I am planning a trip to europe next summer and i am looking for a good guide book to help me plan out my vacation. any reconmendations would be helpful.


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Posted on: Sun, 29/10/2006 - 12:03 #1

Rick Steves, Lonely Planet, Frommers, Fodors, Let’s Go are probably the best-known. Each cater to a slightly different crowd; all have websites (just add .com to each), and most of them probably available at your nearest public library — if you want to browse before buying.


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Posted on: Mon, 30/10/2006 - 10:01 #2

thanks for the info.


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Posted on: Sat, 25/11/2006 - 13:17 #3

Forget Rick Steves and add Rough Guides.


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Posted on: Tue, 28/11/2006 - 16:48 #4

Don’t forget Rick Steves. It really depends on where you are going and whether you have been to Europe before. While his books are rather limited in locations and options, he presents a valid option for travel, especially for beginners and those with a slightly less adventurous spirit.


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Posted on: Sat, 02/12/2006 - 11:01 #5

I did pick up rick steve’s europe throu the back door 2007. It answered alot of questions I had, but didn’t have alot of detail about the countries I was looking to visit. I am deciding between lonely planet’s europe on a shoestring or rough rough guide. Is one more accurte then the other or are they both about the same?


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Posted on: Sat, 02/12/2006 - 21:34 #6

I think Lonely Planet and Rough Guides are about the same for accuracy. Frankly, no book is totally accurate cuz things like admission fees and open hour change fairly often. On the flip side, the Eiffel tower isn’t going to move to a different metro stop so most of the basic information remains fairly accurate forever.

Let’s Go seems a little more up to date to me — at least my 2003 Let’s Go for Eastern Europe proved to be more up to date than my 2004 Lonely Planet.


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Posted on: Mon, 04/12/2006 - 06:38 #7

I’ve had more inaccuracies with Lonely Planet and Rick Steves than any other guidebooks. I’m not crazy about Rick Steves; I was given the last RS guidebook I used (did not buy it!).
I do like Rough Guide a lot, but it’s wordiness and layout can be tedious for some people.
I love Let’s Go’s layout and I have never had any inaccuracies with them.
Basically I take info from a lot of different sources, and hope for the best.


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Posted on: Tue, 05/12/2006 - 09:19 #8

I ended up getting the 2007 let’s go western europe. so far I like it and it’s really helping me with my planning. thanks for all the good advice.