Comments on: Why (Most) Travel Guide Books Lost Their Edge.

By: Nisa

Nisa — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:59:07 +0000

Hi Anuradha Rao!
Thanks for your great comment. The last sentence really made me smile :)
Take care!
Best, Nisa

By: Anuradha Rao

Anuradha Rao — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:11:34 +0000

I am quite convinced that ‘travel guide books’ should be renamed as ‘tourism guide books’ Anyone who likes to travel in the true sense of the term will go with his / her gut and instinct. The travel is the flow with the road, the instinct, the adventure. Following a guide book is like learning to operate a washing machine… the wash gets lost in the lather….

By: Nisa

Nisa — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:30:05 +0000

Hi Alex!
I think the most important thing is to just go with the flow a little bit. I mean, sure, one wants to see as much as possible when travelling but we just need to face the fact, that the world is too big for us anyway. I feel like guide books sometimes forget that and just want to fill the pages…
Take care! Nisa

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:05:05 +0000

I always take everything in guide books with a pinch of salt – after some of the things I’ve read about my native England and the rest of the UK in guidebooks I can’t do anything else. And afterall, the Cambridge Dictionary definition of “guide” is “a person or thing that influences what you do or think”, but you’re right – even though they shouldn’t be intended to be gospel some more accurate information on occasions wouldn’t go amiss.

Maps are always useful, but sometimes I’m not sure whether or not to use a guidebook or even research a place. When I haven’t researched a place beforehand I’ve been amazed by some of the things I didn’t know about, but other times I’ve missed out on amazing things I would have known about if I’d done some research!