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(20 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Guidebooks on ereaders are not convenient,
February 12, 2011 Cynthia M. Reves - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & The Yucatan (Country Guide) (Regional Travel Guide) (Kindle Edition)
I always travel with a Lonely Planet guidebook. This past trip to the Yucatan we used a combination of Lonely Planet and Frommers and got along fine. I will say, however, that getting the guidebook on the kindle was a mistake. The maps were too hard to see. Also, unlike when I read a novel, when I use a guidebook I flip around constantly. That is not easy to do on an ereader. I recommend Lonely Planet if you are going to the Yucatan, but not the kindle version.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Falls a bit short,
March 30, 2009 Charles E. Stevens - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan (Regional Guide) (Paperback)
While there is nothing specifically "wrong" with it per se, the Lonely Planet Yucatan guide falls a bit short. The details are a bit sparse and the book is aimed a little more toward the backpacker crowd than I was looking for. Mexico is inexpensive enough (outside of the resort areas, that is) that one can "splurge" a bit on food and lodging while still paying budget prices, by U.S. standards ... so the bare-bones focus of Lonely Planet was not quite what I was looking for.
Again, while not the worst guide on the Yucatan, there are better out there. My favorite was the Moon guide, with the Rough Guide falling a close second. Those books have more detail, have livelier writing, and better recommendations. The Lonely Planet books have been a great resource on many of my travels, but in this case, it fell a bit short.
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Needs to be updated!,
April 21, 2009 Rossan Chen "rosiemedstudent" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan (Regional Guide) (Paperback)
I felt like the guide could have had more detail in terms of budget hotels or hostels. I ended up staying in places I found on hostelworld.com that weren't even listed in the Lonely Planet guide. In terms of scuba diving in Cozumel, the book listed only two recommendations, including the random name of a person the writer had met back in 2006 when he was doing his research. Turns out there are over one hundred dive shops in Cozumel that offer to take people out on trips of varying lengths.
The food suggestions in the guidebook were good. The maps of the cities were helpful as were the transportation information tables. The descriptions of the ruins weren't enough to go by without hiring a guide. Still, it was better than the Frommer's guidebook that my sister brought with her.
