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Top 10 guidebooks
1. Time Out
The must-have city guide - irreverent, entertaining and written by locals.
2. Bradt
Go to the places other guidebooks don't visit, eg. Kosovo, Congo.
3. Lonely Planet
(Creative entries aside), concise, entertaining and easy to use.
4. Rough Guides
The backpacker's choice. A broad range of budget-focused information.
5. LUXE City Guides
Sex and the City in a handbook. A mini marvel that fits in your handbag.
6. Footprint
Forget the glossy photos, sober yet jam-packed with details - especially good on South America.
7. Dorling Kindersley
Ones to keep and collect. King of the 3D map - an aesthetic rather than practical pleasure.
8. Good Hotel Guide
Independent reviews - guided by readers' tips. Include discount vouchers.
9. Inyourpocket.com
Death of the guidebook? Pah! They're just diversifying. Print off your own PDFs...
10. (Second-hand) Baedeker
But why go mainstream? For an old-school delight, travel like a Victorian with one of the first guide books.
KATHLEEN WYATT, Times Travel Editor
Top ten websites
The oldest and most illustrious of the travel networking sites.
See a city through the eyes of a local and get a free bed for the night.
3. Timeout.com
Not so much networking, more excellent, contemporary information.
Written by experts with a pedigree, from the Travel Intelligence crew.
Simple, clean, efficient site to post your travel tips.
6. Wayn.com
Biggest networking site still has the verve.
A site that learns your tastes and recommends hotels and restaurants.
8. Gowander.com
A new networking site from Wanderlust, the best independent travel magazine in the UK.
Has its knockers but nothing touches this site for breadth of hotel reviews.
Print your own guide from wiki's 30 destination guides.
STEVE KEENAN, Travel Online Editor
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