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The Rough Guide to the USA (Rough Guide Travel Guides) |
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Published: 2004-05-31 |
List price: $26.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Great book to cover the country's highlights
My wife and I have covered most of the US using this book. We've found it very helpful in helping us utilize the time we had. I was pleasantly surprised by the level of detail that was there for a single book covering this immense country. Most recommended restaurant and sight information is still very relevant three years on. That being said, I cannot speak to the transportation or lodging information, since we didn't need or use it. Some unneeded political commentary, but I see that in most guidebooks, really.
 Buy another guidebook instead!
I've been using different Lonely Planet guidebooks and I wanted to try another guidebook, so I bought The rough guide to the USA, but I'm very disappointed over The rough guide to the USA.
Compared to Lonely Planet The rough guide is:
-less informative
-not so funny to read
-of poorer quality (the back went broken in a week)
And worse: The maps are really bad, if they exist at all. And they do not point out sights, hotels, restaurants etc with numbers like they do in Lonely Planet guidebooks. Also it lacks on historical background which is very annoying for a person who have never been to the states. The section on dangers and annoyances is far from comprehensive. Distances are in miles...
I can continue with more annoyances but I think you'll get the point.
The only positive I can say about The rough guide to the USA is the price, it's cheap!
 Excellent road trip bible, served this traveller well
The Rough Guide series has proven to be the best choice when traveling; this edition is no different. I recently completed a six week auto journey of the Western US--from South Dakota through California and finally back to my home in North Carolina. I couldn't have had a better guide to point me along on the journey. The information is honest and the attitude contemporary. The book covers the US national parks at the same level of detail and high energy as the country's grandest cities. I have--and will be--consistenly be traveling with the highest caliber guidebook on the planet. Very nice work and my congratulations to the Rough Guide authors & staff.
 Mediocre at Best
This guide does not include half the details I was looking for. It lacks on historical background, demographics, maps, neighborhood information and totally leaves out several cities. It lacks major cities in the details that it does cover. I had high expectations, and was left very dissapointed. I felt this guide was mediocre at best.
A Great Guide Book marred by political idealogy
I like this book, as I find it an interesting prospective of looking at the USA as a place to travel from the outside view of Britons. They cover all the states, and do a good job of all the highlights.My main problem is that the author does not hide his political idealogies. A travel book that calls Rush Limbaugh a "blow-hard"? Various cutting remarks on Confederate die-hards? I found that disconcerting.
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