I’ve mentioned in the past that Lonely Planet is my preferred and favorite choice when choosing a guidebook. (Yes I still buy/ read them for most trips.)
Back in November 2015 I wrote about a new product that I was excited to take a look at. Lonely Planet Magazine hit the newsstands in the US as a quarterly offering for the first time.
Now the second issue has arrived. Let’s take a look at what we can expect to find inside. Continue reading 2nd Issue of Lonely Planet Magazine Arrives!
Lonely Planet is known for its guidebooks and you’re bound to see travelers everywhere you go with a copy.
While guidebooks might be LP’s bread and butter, they also publish a wide variety of other books. There’s a collection of kids books and titles like Ultimate Travel and the annual Best in Travel among many others.
Now another form of Lonely Planet is available in the U.S. Continue reading Lonely Planet Magazine Launches in US
When I purchase a travel guidebook, the overwhelming majority of the time, we go with Lonely Planet.
While no guidebook is perfect, Kim and I find Lonely Planet to put out the best guides for our travels. We like getting a bit of history about the country, learning about the sites (obviously) and skimming over the dining suggestions.
Besides guidebooks, Lonely Planet also publishes a variety of other travel-related books. I recently wrote about their just released Best in Travel 2016 book. They also picked the Top Sites in the World in the book Ultimate Travel. Continue reading Hot Deal: Any Lonely Planet eBook, $8.99 for Limited Time
Lonely Planet, one of my go to sources for travel destination guides, also puts out a variety of more general pictorial guides. These make great coffee table books and gifts.
Over the summer I wrote about a Lonely Plant book (which came out October 6) which picks the top sites in the world. In Ultimate Travel, LP picked and ranked the top 500 sites.
I just received an e-mail that Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2016 has just been released!
Do you still bring guidebooks on trips with you?
For just about all of our international trips, Kim and I find a guidebook to be a necessary travel item.
Here is how I see it. Trips are an investment, whether it be paid for with our hard-earned money or miles & points. Being (somewhat) prepared and having ideas of what you’d like to see and do makes a lot of sense, especially if you’re away for a limited amount of time. You are paying all this money and or miles & points, why wouldn’t you spend an additional $20 or so to maximize what you see, do and eat… Continue reading Travel Guidebooks- Useful or Useless?
In January 2014, Kim, Lucas and I visited Oslo, Norway and the city impressed us much more than expected.
Considering it was quite cold out, we spent a lot of our time checking out some of the city’s excellent museums. The Bygdoy area is a peninsula featuring 5 museums, 4 of which we visited.
I’d even consider one of them to be one of my favorite museums in the world! Continue reading Competition to Design Viking Museum in Oslo
Lonely Planet took a look into figuring out what the best sites in the world are. To do so, LP experts voted and made some tough decisions which they have included in their new book.
In Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist book (Ultimate Travel in U.S.), coming out October 6, they’ve selected the top 500 sites in the world and “ranked them in order of their brilliance“. Continue reading Lonely Planet Picks Top Sites in the World
Over the past week a grizzly that killed a hiker in Yellowstone has gotten a lot of press.
I had an interesting question about bear attacks in the wild. Then I wrote about the Yellowstone grizzly that killed a hiker being put down.
I’m still debating if it was fair for a bear living in the wild to have to be put down due to coming into contact with a person. It really is a tough call and I could see both sides to the argument.
Well here is a new story about man interacting with wild bears. If it ended badly for this guy, I’d sure hope the bears wouldn’t have to lose their lives…. Continue reading Stupid News: Man Dressed As Bear Harasses 3 Feeding Bears
With the wealth of information that can be found on the internet and through social media these days do we even need guidebooks anymore when visiting a new destination?
I for one still like to pick up a book about where I’ll be visiting to prepare for just about all of my trips. I find this a great way to find out what the country has to offer and I also like to learn a little about the country’s history, population, traditions, food and other interesting details provided in guidebooks. Continue reading 30% Off Lonely Planet Guides
A couple of years back I wrote about a collection of Lonely Planet books which were made for kids called Not For Parents.
With Lucas now being three years old, I think it’s almost time for me to look into this collection again and see if some of these books might be suitable for him. However, I think I still have some time since the books are geared more towards kids 8+. Continue reading Did You Know About Lonely Planet Kids Books
