Washington Discovery Guide: A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers Review

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Washington Discovery Guide: A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers Review
Although we found several typo-s within the text, the Washington Discovery Guide was proven useful for our vacation. It covered most major and small towns, but certainly not all. The details provided were unique and unlike most guidebooks. It read easily and featured additional information, such as population numbers, elevation, and many other tips for the road.Washington Discovery Guide: A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers Overview

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Montreal & Quebec City For Dummies Review

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Montreal & Quebec City For Dummies ReviewWe've used Montreal and Quebec City (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guides) very successfully in Montreal, which is a much larger city than Quebec City and where the photographs and maps are very handy indeed. We read through the sections of the Dummies for Montreal and consider it a useful and interesting, but not an essential, guide for a visit there.
However, Dummies really shone during a recent trip to Quebec City. Our concierge at the Hilton praised the book, and it was a great ice breaker meeting folks in shops, museums and restaurants. The lack of maps and photographs are not a serious problem given the concentrated nature of the city, and the excellent maps, which are available free everywhere. The text and especially the top ten lists of sights and activities were really excellent.
Whatever guide book you use, we suggest you start out at the visitor's center near Château Frontenac, a wonderful Victorian pile in the heart of the city. [Meals or just drinks are very reasonable there, and the views of the river are extraordinary.] The visitor's center has tons of literature, including great maps, tour information, and over 500 brochures on attractions.
Next door lies the essential Musee du Fort. This is a homemade diorama that allows you to see the geography of Quebec City. The diorama is well done, albeit cryptic on some details, but with six major attacks covered in a half hour allowances must be made. It concentrates on the six military campaigns against the city (Wolff and Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham was the fourth, and the attack during the American Revolution was the sixth). Nonetheless, even people with little interest in warfare will learn a great deal about the city and how to get around.
There was an early blizzard when we visited and I spent a day reading some very interesting books obtained at the Musee du Fort, including a very nice inexpensive picture book (the ones on offer at the museums are cheaper and better than those on offer at news stands and book stores):
Canada Traveller's History by by Robert Bothwell.
A Short History of Quebec by John Alexander Dickinson.
The French in North America 1500-1783 W.J. Eccles.
The Illustrated History of Canada by Craig Brown.
La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada--A Cultural History by Peter N. Moog.
And for another rainy/snowy day, the massive Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer.
(I had packed Why I Hate Canadians by Will Ferguson, a tongue in check "attack" especially on the culture shock of Americans dealing with French Canadians.)
In the event, we had a day and a half of reading and two and a half days of touring this endlessly fascinating city. Dummies added a real depth of richness to the visit.
Robert C. Ross 2008Montreal & Quebec City For Dummies OverviewExplore Montreal and Quebec City the fun and easy way?
Montreal and Quebec City have a flair and sophistication unlike anywhere else in North America. With this friendly guide, you'll discover where to find the best romantic restaurants, beautiful attractions, and French joie de vivre!
Discover:
Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn't miss -- and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Lots of detailed maps

Travel smart at www.dummies.com

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Top 10 Toronto (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Review

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Top 10 Toronto (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) ReviewOver the years, I have been very pleased with travel guides by DK Publishing, but this one was a big let down. We tried several of the recommended restaurants, and they were absolute disappointments. Whoever recommended these restaurants could not have actually tried them, as they consistently reflected poor quality food, service, and hygiene. Unfortunately, the most recent edition of this guidebook available in 2008 was published in 2005, so it was outdated. Several of the recommended restaurants are now closed. This confirms that they were probably not good restaurants in the first place. I wonder if the publisher is paid to put certain restaurants on the list? If I were to compile a list of the "Top Ten" restaurants in my home town, I feel quite certain that they would still be open in three years.
As for other area attractions, the descriptions offer no real insight as to their real desirability or how long you might plan to spend at each location. There was no information on pricing for most attractions. Consequently, the book was useless in budgeting both time and money.
Overall, this was a very disappointing guidebook.Top 10 Toronto (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Overview

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Looking Through The Mist Review

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Looking Through The Mist ReviewJust what I wanted from a paranormal romance with psychic as center of attention. It kept me wanting more and will read any of Rebecca J. Vickery's books. It keeps you on edge of your seat with constant happening about lost children and will she find them on time with a twist at the end.Looking Through The Mist OverviewRomantic mystery with a twist... Psychic Jessica Wilder was a consultant for the FBI until she sufferedburnout. The visions leave her alone for several months and she begins a peaceful new life for herself. Suddenly, the visions are back with a vengeance--of children being kidnapped. How can she not try to save them?Detective Jonathan Lansing doesn't believe in psychics, but the young woman in front of him is very convincing. Can she help him track down a kidnapper? Or is she involved in the crime? Another child is taken from under their noses. As they follow her turbulent visions through several states and into Canada, Jessie and Johnny discover they want more than a working relationship. Will their desires distract them from finding the children in time?

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Lonely Planet Canada (Country Travel Guide) Review

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Lonely Planet Canada (Country Travel Guide) ReviewThe new edition of this book fails to deliver in every aspect. I've used Lonely Planet books in the past, and they've proved to be reliable and useful, but not this one. I live in Banff, and so the observations are from this region.
Firstly, the "new" edition is terribly out of date. I purchased it after seeing the publication date was October 2002. It's accepted and understandable that things change, but there is information that was wrong well over a year before the publication date. A hostel that burnt down in 2000 (Hilda Creek, page 701), and reference to Banff and Jasper as "townsites" (Banff was incorporated in 1991, Jasper in 2001) are examples.
The description of Banff is laughable. There is no possible way anyone could describe the town as a "small, alpine-style village that consists of essentially one main street" (page 686), as this book does. The following history section doesn't get better: "The Bow River forms a class-distinctive boundary that is still evident today." In the first instance, the side of the river that LP tells us "caters to the wealthy crowd" comprises mainly of subsidized housing. And "Many people complain that the townsite is too crowded and argue that more hotels and streets should be built." Aside from the fact a 12 year old could have written the sentence, it's just simply not correct. In an effort to include an environmental slant, the authors have touched on current issues. Readers are informed that a convention center at Lake Louise is controversial because it's "in grizzly bear habitat-good goin' guys" (page 696). Bad goin' I say-it's controversial due to water issues, not bears.
The book is riddled with inaccuacies. Not information that is out of date, but straightforward mistakes. Page 688 talks of canoe rentals at Banff's Central Park. There has never been a canoe rental place here. How could a trained writer even imagine there was? Golden is "just outside the park" (page 692) No, it's over an hour's drive away along a treacherous road. There are literally dozens of similar mistakes in just the few pages on Banff. This is also reflected in the maps: Banff has no "Mamoth St." (page 687). As all Banff streets are named for animals, I guess they meant "mammoth" street, but there is no street of this name either. The mapmakers can't even correctly spell an incorrect name, or something along those lines anyway.
Most surprising for me, the good, solid travel information these books were once renowned for has been replaced by useless, fluffy text that serves no purpose at all. For example, the restaurants listed are not recommendations as such, but simply listings. And where there is a description it does little to inform. Four lines are used to explain the source of the name of an Irish pub (page 694) that has absolutely no relevance to Banff or the mountains, including that the original Guinness Brewery is still open and that it was "founded by 34 year old Arthur Guinness in 1759." The next listing is for Bruno's, named for one of Banff's most famous and respected mountain men. This name isn't explained, just that the restaurant has a "wide-ranging menu." There is an excellent reason why renting a vehicle in Banff, as opposed to Calgary or Canmore, is a bad choice (no unlimited mileage is offered, even by the majors), yet, this important and useful information isn't included (page 696).
My original purpose of buying this book was for travel around my own country, not so much to rely on every word in print but to get a feeling as how Canada is portrayed by these books. The litany of inaccuracies and uselessness seems to continue beyond the Rockies section. On page 34 readers are told brown bears are "actually a black bear but brown in color." I just wish I could ask the author how he came up with this unique theory.
I imagine picking a Lonely Planet book as the guide of choice is habit more than anything for many travelers. It's reflected in the attitude of those I meet on the road and the reviews I see here at Amazon. It seems somehow ironic that Lonely Planet has evolved from the likes of an Africa book I relied on for every word in the 80s, written by a guy whose biography had him living in a hut brewing mango wine somewhere I can't recall, to this worthless tome that relies on name rather than content to generate sales.Lonely Planet Canada (Country Travel Guide) Overview

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Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (Regional Travel Guide) Review

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Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (Regional Travel Guide) ReviewThis thing saved my butt last year.
I took a trip to Boston, and drove from Boston to Inverness, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island.
I went the scenic route, cutting through Maine to Calais / St Stephen, where I crossed the border into New Brunswick.
I had an atlas, I had maps, I had been studying maps of the entire Eastern seaboard for months and months. This was a solo journey so I wanted to be prepared. I decided to get the Lonely Planet guide on a whim. I figured I couldn't have too much information!
The thing about the Maritime Provinces that outsiders don't know, is that it's nearly impossible to get any good information on them from the conventional sources (internet, etc). Enter Lonely Planet guides.
The biggest way this book helped me was when I was in Saint John, NB which is where I stayed overnight between Boston and Cape Breton.
First of all, Saint John was surprisingly cute. I wish I would have had more time there. Secondly and more importantly, on the way through to CB, I stayed at a slightly crappy motel just outside of town which while not terrible, was not fantastic and I didn't feel entirely safe (just paranoia I think, but still...) That motel was NOT listed in the book, FYI. So on the way back, I decided to look elsewhere - in my book! Lo and behold, I find in the book the contact info for the summer dorm rental program at the University. Why yes, I'll gladly shell out $20 for a safe, clean room! I just needed a place to sleep after all, and it was perfect.
The book also gave me some great info on tiny little St Stephen, where I had a few minutes to stop before crossing the border, and I hit a chocolate shop recommended in the book. Divine. Wouldn't have had a clue without my guide book.
I'm quite sure my journey would have been entirely different, and less enjoyable without this thing.
Lonely Planet books are priceless. Get one.Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island (Regional Travel Guide) Overview'Fashioned by the mighty Atlantic, these down-home Canadian provinces call you ‘Deary,' offer you hot seafood chowder then ask you to dance, as whales breach in the distance." - Celeste Brash, Lonely Planet WriterOur PromiseYou can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage, and you can rely on us to tell it like we see it.Inside This Book'3 authors8830 km of sea-swept roads31 maps14 lobster suppersInspirational photosClear, easy-to-use mapsAt-a-glance practical infoIn-depth backgroundComprehensive planning toolsNewfoundland & Labrador chapter

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