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

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We had such experiences with guidebooks, not only Lonely Planet, on many occasions. Now we use them mostly for hotel reference and points of interest. Besides what you mentioned, I would add that the indicated pricing (like hotels and restaurants) is always way off what you will actually pay, even if you have the brand new edition of the book.
It must be very difficult to write a perfect guide book, especially when hotel and restaurant owners change their fees and quality the moment their business is mentioned in a book.
It's annoying at first but when you get used to it, you can get good information from the guide books.

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