Lonely Planet in general Reviews

It is a lot of fun to travel independantly in my opinion, I dislike those herd mentality tour operators who expect everyone to want to do the same thing and so I like to make my own travel arrangements and always avoid package tours, to help with the planning a good set of guide boos is really important and I find that the Lonely Planet books are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have used to always use the Rough Guide Series and it was only by chance that I ended up with a Lonely Planet Guide. I'm off to Kenya soon and tried to get the Rough guide, but that wasn't available yet, so Lonely Planet it was. I was pleasantly surprised! Having heard terrible things about the lay-out and journalism in this ...

I feel it only right to express in no uncertain terms my complete awe and respect for the Lonley Planet guides. Having travelled through contries such as China, Thailand, South Africa, Namibia, Central America etc I have never failed to tkae with me the Bible of travelling, and further more never failed to be let down by these guys. ...

Sorry to go against everyone else who thinks lonely planet guides are the best thing since sliced bread, but I am not a happy man. I bought the lonely planet guide to Belgium which was a new lonely planet guide book supposedly written in 2000. I fail to see how this can be true. Fair enough, it may have been put together in year 2000 but ...

I have used Lonely Planet guides on a number of occasions in Europe before. Last summer, while travelling in SE Asia, i found this guide absolutely invaluable. We used it to arrange EVERYTHING about the trip...where we were going to visit, how to get there, where to stay, where to have food, even where to go for a drink! I can honestly say that we ...

Lonely Planets guide to China was really briilaint and I doubt that I caould have as much out of my trip there without it - well certainly not at the budget that I was travelling on. I got to see really amazing places in the cheapest way. I could not have imagined travelling in China without it. My friends and I refered to it as "the ...

These books were the heaviest items in our backpacks but we would not travel to any country without them as they were our lifesavers. They are brilliantly written by travellers who have visited and stayed in the places that they describe. The books are also frequently updated so prices and hotels are usually as described in the books. ...

After purchasing lonely planet Greece I was very impressed by the content.Anyone who is thinking of island hopping should most definetely buy it. It starts by giving you some history and facts of Greece right through all the different country occupations and wars.A little about Greek Mythology. Environmental hazards are always a good thing to ...

Having used the Lonely Planet guidebooks on various trips and treks, I would consider that they are definitely of variable quality. The books I've used have, generally, been very useful, particularly the now very well-thumbed guide to Italy, which many times provided me with the names of cheap places to stay. I use the books mostly ...

After ten years of selling long haul airline tickets, I have acquired a shelf full of Lonely Planet guide books. It never failed to amaze me how many people would spend £400 on a ticket to, say, Thailand; take £400 in spending money; then were too mean to spend £10 on a good guide book. I took the LP guide to the ...

I spent 7 months in Canada after I finished school before I went to uni. My bible for my whole trip was my Loney Planet book. It is packed with useful information. They have excellent background sections and very thorough information about all the places you could possibly go to. Theres loads of info on getting to detinations, about ...

I wonder why the name LONELY PLANET? Whatever it is, i rate it as the most useful travel guides book. I talk based on my experience when i toured most of the Western European countries. With a Lonely Planet Western Europe guide book in my hand, I have little problems in looking for cheap and affordable accommodation. IT also highlighted ...