The past and future of the Lonely Planet founders

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11-06-2007 @ 1:57PM

Chris said...

The thing that's funny (funny strange not funny ha ha) about the Wheelers is that they seem to have a peculiar resentment of having created such a huge company. They've done a lot of interviews where they bemoan the fact LP is now full of Mercedes driving lawyers and people whose names they don't even know. I imagine semi-retiring has been a huge relief and lets them get back to doing what they really enjoy.

I wrote an in-depth review of The Lonely Planet Story, the Wheelers' autobiography-cum-business biography here:
http://travelhappy.info/travel-books/the-lonely-planet-story-tony-and-maureen-wheeler-book-review/

It's pretty dry but it's fascinating none the less. Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands (which I also reviewed) is more of a real travel book - The LP Story reads like an itinerary rather than a biography at some points.
http://travelhappy.info/travel-books/book-review-tony-wheelers-bad-lands-a-tourist-on-the-axis-of-evil/

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