Footprint Archives — Lara Dunston

Please don’t tell me this is the future of guidebooks, or, Offbeat Guides part 3: a depressing postcript

Does the world really need travel guides compiled for us from Wikipedia and/or any other online sources for that matter? Following on from my posts on Offbeat Guides part 1: my findings & part 2: my conclusion, I’ve been thinking about the future of travel guides…but first, the postscript: after posting part 2, I returned … Read more about Please don’t tell me this is the future of guidebooks, or, Offbeat Guides part 3: a depressing postcript

Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: but should you judge it by its brand?

by Lara Dunston

Yesterday I provided some tips on how to choose a guidebook, my advice being don’t judge a guidebook by its cover, judge it by its author, just as you would any other book. The way I see it, if you’re buying a novel (compelling story aside) you’re buying the book based on the author’s talent, … Read more about Don’t judge a guidebook by its cover: but should you judge it by its brand?