Mistakes in Lonely Planet Travel Guides

Have you ever used the Lonely Planet travel guides?

Have you ever found a mistake in them (I mean a glaring one, not that something costs more than they said it would)?

What was the worst mistake you ever found in a travel guide? 


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To be honest, I think they're ok travel guide for a certain type. They're pretty limited in the history aspect, and usually only give the most obvious and cliche information about any site or monument.

They're ok as far as eating and sleeping is concerned, and their maps are terrible. 

Posted 2008-04-14T16:33:32Z
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Yes

The Bahai Gardens in Haifa require a reservation months ahead. LP forgot to mention this important detail. For someone coming to Haifa expressly for this, this might be a big disappointment.

Posted 2008-06-09T13:31:32Z
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They are fine for a general traveller. But we cant expect the costs and expenses as exactly as mentioned in the guide.

Posted 2009-07-02T15:07:26Z
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I use them and haven't found any problems.

Posted 2009-08-21T02:20:50Z
 

I always use tripcart and it is really good.Recently I traveled 

Lynchburg Tennessee and they provided very good info.

 

Posted 2009-11-30T11:46:14Z
 

In my opinion, they are quite good but not perfect!

The information on the guide books is useful but not enough and their updates are a bit late! They should update once per year!

Posted 2009-12-20T15:11:21Z
 

Well i dont think its perfect but it is good.

Posted 2009-12-22T18:58:59Z
 

Its not necessary that if you had any problem with the perticular firm,other would also suffer the same thing.For more help use this Usa tours .

Thanks

Posted 2009-12-23T08:28:31Z

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