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Good job in investigating the 1,000 places. I wish the print was bigger.Very comprehensive.
The book was great and it was full of some sites. I read future reviews about it and they all said that it had to many hotels. This book is a little bit of good and a little bit bad. At least one half of the places it mentioned were about hotels. I thought maybe they were exaggerating so I got it. After reading the first couple of pages you knew they were telling the truth. And seeing as I want to see sites and not hotels I was a little pissed off. It was set up really good though.
Great book if you're interested in travel/landmarks or want to plan an international vacation and not sure where you want to go. The book has a lot of information about unique places all over the world, but I wouldn't recommend this for someone who is looking for details such as hotels, restaurants, etc. for a trip that he/she has already planned. If you do a lot of international travel, it might be fun to use this book as a personal adventure checklist.
Patricia Schultz is certainly well traveled.If you want to discuss further, the Travel Book Club in Grand Rapids, MI at Barnes & Noble will be discussing this book on Tuesday, 2/24/09 from 6-7 pm. As an adventure/outdoor person, I would have liked to see more destinations with active outlets.Overall, I would recommend this book.
First, 1000 things to do/see is a lot, however, when talking about the global travel picture, how can you narrow things down to 1000. This was a very difficult undertaking.
I was looking forward to reading this book because 1)I love travel, 2)it's been on every top 10 travel book list for a couple years now, and 3)I own a travel agency and thought I might get some new, creative ideas for my clients that want to go/do something out of the box. The book is heavy on hotels - I'm not sure why.
Although I don't agree with many of the author's inclusions in the book, I like the format, the layout, and I feel the information included on each location is sufficient to determine if I should research further as a destination I would like to visit. I think the way she tackled large cities is excellent.
Perhaps not for reading cover to cover, but for getting ideas, conducting research, and another interesting travel perspective. Jodie -- Cruise Holidays of Grand Rapids, www.cruiseholidays.com/sail , jodie@cruiseholidays.com
On the bright side, it's put some locations on my itinerary that otherwise would have been left off -- for that, I thank the author. While it shouldn't be used as the ultimate resource for any adventure, it still offers some great suggestions and tips. All in all, a pretty fun, useful book. Each site's cost estimates and best time of the year are great helps, too. In checking out some places I've lived around the world, I was mildly surprised both at the author listing places I wouldn't suggest, and omitting sites I'd rate as don't-miss. but any travel guide would have such shortcomings -- especially one with as broad a subject as the entire world. And finally, a friend that has lived all over the world with the State Department was given this book as a Christmas gift, along with a rubber stamp to mark the pages with "Been there. Done that." I thought that was brilliant.
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