10 things that annoy us about hotels #9 Switches, buttons, knobs and other anomalies

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Lately we’ve been checking into some gorgeous grand old piles – with varying states of upkeep. While we love those old radios that they sometimes have above the headboard, the other anonymous switches that old hotels have drive us crazy. If these butler buttons haven’t worked since 1965, it might be time to rip them … Read more about 10 things that annoy us about hotels #9 Switches, buttons, knobs and other anomalies

I’ve Travelled. Now What?

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I’m not a fan of Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree community, but I’ll tell you why another day. Today, I stumbled across the LP website and noticed something that I simply wanted to share with you, the Lonely Planet Community ‘Thread of the Day’. Posted by ‘geekgal’, which makes me wonder if it isn’t link bait … Read more about I’ve Travelled. Now What?

Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author, or, How to choose a guidebook

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Last week we wrote the posts Brilliant minds think alike, or, Why so many guidebooks share the same listings: part 1 and part 2, in which Terence and I tried to explain why guidebook reviews don’t always resemble the places they’re written about, and why reviews of a certain place across a number of books … Read more about Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: judge it by its author, or, How to choose a guidebook