Guidebooks?

[sara8]

I was just wondering what general Europe guidebooks were prefered. I have the Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring, but I have the edition from 2 years ago. Am I better to have something more recent?

I was also wondering about people's thoughts on the Let's Go guidebooks. If you could give me some feedback, it would be greatly appreciated!

[Eagle]

sara8, have a look at the post covering Guidebooks in the "Pre Travel Planning" section. That might answer your questions? If not, post another note.

Cheers!!!

[patrickt]

Sara... what's up??

Make sure whichever guide book you get is tailored to your style of travel... a lot of books I flipped through were targeting family travel... or travel with little concern of budget...

I finally found a few backpacking books with great info.. make sure the one you pick is the most recent edition, as prices, schedules etc change...

Personally, I got the "Let's Go: Western Europe" book... some people frown on this, cause a LOT of backpackers use this book... thusly, each place listed\reccomended in the book will be either totally booked, or very busy... for me, I'm using that to my advantage, as I'm going (for the most part) in off-season..

I also got the "Rough Guide: 1st Time to Europe"... it's got great info.. (most of which can be found on this site as well)... but it's also rather humorous, and fun to read...

Best of luck, and happy travels!!!!!

[sara8]

Thanks Patrick!

I also read the Rough Guide: First Time to Europe...it was pretty helpful and I've just ordered the Let's Go Europe Guidebook. I also just bought Rick Steve's Back Doors, which I've found to be pretty helpful so far. I'm just already finding myself getting somewhat overwhelmed with all this info!