Travel Guides

Travel Guidebooks are one of the best travel values you can find. For a few dollars you can benefit from a wealth of professional traveler's knowledge and experience in an area. Having several guides to consult rounds out the information.

• Lonely Planet Guidebooks are the fundamental travel guide. We start with this resource when we are going to a new area. They tend to be lighter and easier to carry around. Spend US$40 at the Lonely Planet Shop and receive free delivery and a free gift.

• Rough Guides tends to pack in more background information about an area and is a good "pre-travel" read. They also cover more destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe and also have guidebooks to address specialty situations such as traveling with children or disabilities.

• Moon Travel Guides have exploded on the travel guidebook scene. They concentrate on areas of the Americas. They offer travel ideas for a range of travel budgets.