The Problem With Guidebooks, Or How I Came to Hate Lonely Planet On A Sunday in Crete

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6-25-2012 @ 2:34PM

Heidi said...

I think Lonely Planet in particular is guilty of this annoying sin. I think they are trying to recreate their sort of "trendy" label that got lost in the shuffle as they migrated from small, backpacker guidebook company to a huge conglomerate. And don't get me wrong, I use them, but I think they are trying to prove that they are edgy enough to have discovered places that no one else has. The trouble is, often, that there is a reason that no one else has bothered to discover these places!

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