[HoboKelly2007]

Does anyone know which is the best guidebook to buy for India? It will be my first time there and I am an inexperienced traveller, so I will be needing a book providing good basic general advice
if anyone can send me info at [e-mail deleted on grounds of privacy; please send a PM instead] I'd really appreciate.

[Somerset]

I like Lonely Planet guide to India, although the prices they quote are sometimes a bit low.

[cyberhippie]

I've used all three of the major guides to India I still prefer the format of The Lonely Planet guide book. Like every guide book it isn't always 100% accurate something to bear in mind!

[WonderWomanUSA]

Like Somerset and Cyberhippie, I also prefer Lonely Planet.

It's well-arranged, the basic history of each area (and of some of the sites you'll see) is there, and the first 150-200 pages contain almost all the basic info about India that you'll ever need -- medical stuff, clothing, women traveler info, shopping, food, etc. About the only thing they've left out is how to clean your butt in a squat toilet...and there are other places to learn that trick!

The prices for food and lodging in any guidebook will not be the current prices, because it takes about a year to get the book from the travelers' review to the printing press and into the bookstores. You should always keep that in mind when planning your trip and thinking of how much money you will need.

If you have specific questions, be sure to ask!

Oh, and please do not ask us to e-mail answers to you; this is a public forum and can operate best if people discuss these things in the group, as we will all have different areas of expertise and you'll get much more complete answers. I think you can make some setting in your profile information to get a message when there are replies to this thread.

Edited by WonderWomanUSA, 07 September 2007 - 10:31 PM.

[iwanttogoback]

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Oh, and please do not ask us to e-mail answers to you; this is a public forum and can operate best if people discuss these things in the group, as we will all have different areas of expertise and you'll get much more complete answers. I think you can make some setting in your profile information to get a message when there are replies to this thread.

hi hobo

unfortunately what you will most likely get from posting your email address on an open forum is spam!

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and, mostly for the reasons WWUSA outlined, i prefer the lonely planet, although it does sometimes seem to dwell on the negative aspects of travel in india.

[jyotirmoy]

So lonely planet wins but the tree shines !!!!!

[Anna Ruth]

Eyewitness Travel Guides is the best book to guide in India. You can gain  a lot of information about Indian places and heritages.