[kiwi_razz]

As is "South India".

http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/product...oductID=2 791

I emailed LP a while back and asked about "North India ". They replied something about the title being discontinued, which is a shame imo.

[camelgirl]

We used Footprint guide to India on our last trip to the South and liked it alot. Previously had used LP.

http://www.footprintbooks.com/SECTIO...?productID=259

[haritha]

Yes they have a south india one --- no change in the content with india guide .

[kiwi_razz]

well, I went out and bought the LP South India.

Its a shame when you find errors in it already.

I realise that they cannot be up-to-the-minute all the time (ie Badami transport info is incorrect, ie Which trainto Badami? ) but surely a bit of proofreadin is done.

The maps have obviously just been cut'n'pasted from the 'India' guide and hence all the inset maps have 'India' page numbers on instead of 'South India', eg MG road Bangalore map is supposedly p808, when its actually on p210.

[redleader]

Apparently Lonely Planet has become a bible of sorts among many travelers. However, its also gotten its fair share of bashing on this site. I haven't heard a lot about the Let's Go book. How does that compare to Lonely Planet?

[edwardseco]

Footprints, LP and Rough Guide are the majors. I know I just came back from Harvard and I am supposed to go back there in the dead of winter (Yuch) but I can't stand that preppy publication. DK has a great publication (weighs a ton). LP bashing is just pc gobar. However, too many use it like a bible and so many use it it becomes a crowd issue. Check out the heavy lifters for pictures, Insight and National Geographic..

[lotus blossom]

when i read the title of this thread i thought it meant 'take the lonely planet or let's just go, and wing it', which is what i've always done. somehow i like the mystery of it all?

[seventies'hippy]

Check a few things out here and then just go,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Sunray]

If you want the best Guide book to India, I still think that the Footprint guide is the best by a margin. My reason is here

The giant guide book thread

[Jorge Reverter]

I completely agree with Seventies Hippy to check few things out here is more than enough. I'm sure you can get most accuratte information here in IM than in the guides and is absolutely free of charge and feel happy to give this information.

Before traveling to an unknown country I get the information here and there in internet and time to time I go to a library to have a look in the guides or to take some addresses.

[PeakXV]

On a wing and a prayer & screw the expense!

[davyd]

Hi to all
I 'm travelling now all over India with 3 guidebooks to compare: Footprints, Rough Guide and newest Lonely Planet and have to say that newest Lonely Planet wins in practical matters hands down. If you really need a practical advice on travel - buy Lonely Planet. Congratulations, LP team, you really travelled a lot this time, so some mistakes, like orchid gardens around Namgyal institute in Gangtok Sikkim still exist on your pages (they were removed many years ago) but overall it was very good job, like mentioning new restaurants like Foods Plaza in Gorakhpur and KK Munch in Kargil. Thank you. However in Leh the swankiest restaurant is Peace (opened a year ago and probably could not sneak into your pages) and please do not advertise Changspa anymore - more cheaper and better to stay somewhere along Fort Rd - and Changspa is so small and lies in 5 minutes (not 30 minutes) walk to the west of city not north. Everything except Omasila closes down in september. And in Agra from miserable Idgah bus station only battered buses go to Delhi, the rest moved to new bus station in Transport Nagar. I think in Lonely Planet guys have to work on the scale and details of maps - Bodhgaya map is completely wrong, Patna map is so small leaving everything behind.

Footprints seem to have more detalised listing so I do not agree with some sections and Jammu - completely wrong map and information.

The Rough Guide is my favourite but in practical matters is outdated - more than 2 and a half years gone.

[Jeroen]

There's a new RG India just out too... see www.roughguides.com.

[torryquine]

Originally Posted by guerik

The new LP India's officially out- has anyone picked it up?

I'm imagining it's much the same as the old one, except with updated rates and hotel listings etc, but if there are any major differences let us know

I haven't seen it but I believe it will have more content on Assam and the other North East states. When we were in Dibrugarh early this year, our hosts told us a representative from the LP was due to visit. Until now their coverage of this area was limited to say the least.

[mav_e_rick]

for an indian perspective one could try http://outlooktraveller.com/ not an exhaustive guide,more of a travel magazine, though they do some interesting guides on goa,himalayas, 100 weekend breaks from delhi etc