Dummies Travel Guides

Dummies Travel Guides

The Dummies travel guides offer down-to-earth trip-planning advice. You'll learn what you should definitely see and what you can skip. There are Dummies books for trips to huge areas like Europe, for individual countries, and for major world cities. There are also specialized guidebooks about Mexican resorts, destination wedding travel, and how to take the best cruise vacation.

These guides will help you plan your time, whether you have a few short days, or you can devote more time to exploring your destination. The Dummies guides have notes on the best beaches, activities and attractions, restaurants, and accommodations. The books discuss how to avoid crowds, manage your money, and how to make family travel fun.

Dummies guidebooks list hotels and restaurants for different budgets. You'll also find suggestions for guided tours, shopping, and nightlife.

These travel guides clearly indicate which attractions are kid-friendly. You'll also find fun things to do for various ages and abilities.

The Dummies guidebooks have detailed black-and-white maps and lots of transportation tips. Each book also includes post-it flags so you can easily mark your favorite pages.

Some like the humor and easy-to-understand information in the Dummies travel guides, saying they are helpful and fun for novices and experienced travelers alike. Others say the guidebooks lack depth, are poorly organized, and are incomplete when covering large regions.

We agree these guidebooks are not exhaustively detailed, but they offer a good, fun place to start planning family travel. We especially like the easy-to-spot notes about which places are kid friendly.

The black-and-white maps are not detailed, but they do give a general idea about locations. See our map section for ideas about more detailed maps you can carry with you.

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