Comments on: Are Guidebooks Worth It? http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/ Nomadic Matt's Travel Site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Aswathyhttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/#comment-5293 Aswathy Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:43:59 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/archives/99#comment-5293 Travel blogs and other travel related websites that are being updated on a day to day basis are the best guides. But having a guidebook can give you a general idea of the place to be visited for sure. Travel blogs and other travel related websites that are being updated on a day to day basis are the best guides. But having a guidebook can give you a general idea of the place to be visited for sure.

]]> By: Dr Bosquehttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/#comment-977 Dr Bosque Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:31:52 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/archives/99#comment-977 Yikes, I didn't read that very carefully - meant to say that a certain number are required to be CHANGED with each edition. Yikes, I didn’t read that very carefully – meant to say that a certain number are required to be CHANGED with each edition.

]]> By: Dr Bosquehttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/#comment-976 Dr Bosque Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:29:57 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/archives/99#comment-976 Since living in a scenic part of Mexico, I've heard that Lonely Planet requires that a certain percentage of recommendations be made with each new edition - regardless of how goo the ones being removed are. Since living in a scenic part of Mexico, I’ve heard that Lonely Planet requires that a certain percentage of recommendations be made with each new edition – regardless of how goo the ones being removed are.

]]> By: Govinda Alehttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/#comment-806 Govinda Ale Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:20:27 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/archives/99#comment-806 Guidebooks make trekkers blind!Only dull folks use guidebooks and miss out what's happening around them. Guidebooks are full of errors. Things are changing faster everywhere than guidebooks are printed or updated. Certainly this is a living fact in remoter areas like trekking paths in the Himalayas. Guidebooks make trekkers blind!

Only dull folks use guidebooks and miss out what’s happening around them. Guidebooks are full of errors. Things are changing faster everywhere than guidebooks are printed or updated. Certainly this is a living fact in remoter areas like trekking paths in the Himalayas.

]]> By: Quickroutehttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/are-guidebooks-worth-it/#comment-483 Quickroute Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/archives/99#comment-483 Agred - A website or printouts from a pc will never be a substitute for a book on the road Agred – A website or printouts from a pc will never be a substitute for a book on the road

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