Do you personally still use guidebooks, or do you prefer relying entirely on digital sources?
For me, in 2025, when I travel I don’t need physical travel guidebooks anymore. All the information I need is on the internet (wikipeida, google, google map, google review) I can watch videos of the places I want to visit on YT and I can ask chatbot to plan my trip for me. However, I still enjoy reading travel guidebooks.
My top favorite series are
1 Insight Guides
2 Lonely Planet
3 DK Eyewitness Travel
4 Rough Guides.
I love looking at the pictures in these books and reading them on weekends while relaxing on my sofa. But for real traveling in 2025, the internet is good enough for me. Still, there’s something nostalgic and special about flipping through a beautifully designed travel guide.
by Delicious_Maize9656
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Honestly, I have always just went somewhere with minimal research, with out a phone; and felt it made having to figure things out more engaging; that said all my big trips were like 7-14 years ago.
But that is increasingly a thing of the past; I really do feel it fostered more engagement though!