Lonely Planet in general

Lonely Planet in general: The travellers bible (175 words)
by alphason - written on 16.06.08 (Useful, 29 readings)
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I own about 10 different Lonely Planet travel guides, some I have used for travel some I have not. In my opinion this series of books is still the number 1 independent travellers bible. Within backpacking circles I often hear people speaking badly of the LP, but whenever I have been travelling I would say that 80% of people are either carrying it with them or have consulted it before leaving. One critisism I hear is in regard to the accommodation recommendation - yes its true that many of the place listed in the book start to increase prices and lower quality as popularily goes up. The book is a GUIDE not a step by step instructon manual, use it to ...

DIY Travelling (929 words)
by freediveheaven - written on 03.01.05 (Very useful, 69 readings)
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Increasingly these days people are choosing to travel independently and avoid the cattle herd mentality of the package tour. Numerous factors have influenced this change in consumer taste such as the plethora of travel programmes and cable channels, the availability of specialist sites on the Internet and not least cheap flights provided by budget airlines. I have always tended to avoid the package deals in favour of arranging my own trip, in my student days it was because of the freedom it provides and nowadays it is a financial decision, as being a single parent with two children I refuse to pay the supplements that most travel companies apply to the cost of ...

Lonely Planet in general: Is it really that lonely....? (1486 words)
by Fishbulb - written on 07.09.04 (Very useful, 287 readings)
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After a particularly dull, family-filled Christmas we decided that it was about time we had a Christmas to remember (and finally a honeymoon too). To kill to turkeys with one stone we booked ourselves a fabulous, all-singing, all-dancing, bells and whistles holiday after some careful research and advice from fellow travellers we settled on our destination. It had to be somewhere hot, beautiful, quiet and above all else, expensive. You can't afford these things when you've got kids and as this is our honeymoon I'm guessing once this is off the preverbial list then a family is next! Well, armed with a huge bill for a ...