Planning a holiday - guidebooks

Guidebooks have always been a good place to start when planning a holiday. The Lonely Planet Guidebooks are one of the first places that people go to find out information about travelling in countries throughout the world. Other useful series are Fodor's Travel Guides  and DK Eyewitness Travel Guides.

Many of the Lonely Planet Guidebooks are now available as ebooks and can be purchased online and downloaded onto your electronic device. Some Lonely Planet titles may be available to borrow as ebooks from the library. Lonely Planet also produce Travel Apps for Apple devices.  DK Eyewitness Travel Guides also publish some of their guides as ebooks and have produced Travel Apps which can be used to provide information when visiting a selection of cities.

Both Lonely Planet and Fodor's Travel provide online information which may be useful when planning a holiday.

You can explore the different sections as shown on the home page of the website or use the search box at the top of the screen to search for a country or city.

Highlights, Places, Things To Do, Hotels, Need to Know, Tips and Articles and Image Gallery are the main sections that can be investigated for the selected location.

The Need to Know section includes information about Health & Safety, Money & Costs, Visas, Getting Around, Getting There & Away, When To Go & Weather,  Work and History.

If using Fodor's Travel website make a selection from the Destinations menu or use the search box at the top of the screen to search for a country or city.