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Fodor's Travel Guides

General Comments
Fodor's has been called the king of the guidebooks. These travel guides cover huge geographic areas like Europe and South America. You can also buy books on individual countries and major cities around the world. Many of these books are hundreds of pages in length.

Fodor's offers travel guides for specialty travel for those interested in cruises and for those who want trips centered around golf, wine, nature, safaris, health, and weddings.

Fodor's offers many different guidebooks aimed at travelers who want itineraries planned for them and for those who like independent travel. We've listed the major series below. We've looked and reviewed them all.

There are guidebooks for travelers wanting to plan long trips to a country or region and there are guides for those looking to get the most out of a business trip or quick getaway vacation. And, of course, there are books for those planning family travel.

Fodor's books are comprehensive and updated yearly. Even so, things do change, and you may sometimes find inaccuracies in information about hotels, restaurants and sightseeing attractions.

These travel guides don't just throw a lot of information at you. They help you prioritize your time by listing "must-see" sights and presenting various itineraries for trips of different lengths.

Fodor's guidebooks are packed with hotel and restaurant information for various budgets, although some feel Fodor's, like Frommer's, caters more to the traveler with money than to the budget traveler.

Fodor's travel guides include the following series of books:

Guidebook Series

  • Around the City With Kids
  • Exploring Guides
  • Flashmaps
  • Gay Travel Guides
  • Gold Guides
  • Pocket Guides
  • See It Guides
  • Up Close Guides

  • Type

    Family travel guide
    Supplemental guide
    Themed maps
    Gay travel
    Main planning guide
    Compact guide
    Descriptive color souvenir guide
    Affordable independent travel

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