Travel Research

Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook: the challenges of guidebook research and other considerations

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Our research last year for the Syria chapter of our recently released Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook required that we visit everything already in the book, along with many more sights that weren’t in the guide. And while we loved visiting all of those “out of the way castles and ruins”, when making decisions … Read more about Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook: the challenges of guidebook research and other considerations

Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer’s plans come together…

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The weather is still perfect in Milan – it’s another balmy summer’s evening. Terence is out shooting, and I’m still holed up in the apartment writing (and, um… blogging in my coffee break). Something the Renegade Writer thinks would be impossible for her to do – she said my post about the nightmare my dream … Read more about Life of a Travel Writer: when the travel writer’s plans come together…

At home in Milano: remembering the importance of having a room with view

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While some writing and photography commissions keep us on the road for a while crisscrossing regions and countries, as we’ve just done researching the Calabria guidebook, others, such as city guides, require us to settle down in one place for a while to do research. Usually we rent an apartment and create the ‘home’ we … Read more about At home in Milano: remembering the importance of having a room with view