What is your favourite brand of travel books? Why?

Mine is Lonely Planet too! It's got great up to date information, and lots of details, e.g. phone numbers of hotels and restaurants and a rough idea of how much it'd cost. That's always really helpful. the rough language guide in some guidebooks are useful too, as with the weather and currency and things to look out for information. I like the humour that is within those guides, and you can almost imagine a fellow-traveller relating this stuff. it's honest and not overly advertorial. some guide books just sound too stuffy and you're not sure whether you can trust them when they say certain things are must-see. with LP, at least they tell you when certain things are worth a miss!

i dont know anything about travel books, but i love reading books nonetheless. i love reading novels, love and mysteries and suspense are among those i enjoy. i read sydney sheldon's, dan brown's, paulo coelho's, dean koontz and a lot more. but i love harry potter the most. i just dont know, it's magical world and how everything is described is just superb. whenever i start reading a harry potter book, which ever book it is and wherever i am.. i really cannot put the book down. sometimes i sleep at 4 am, sometime in the morning because i cannot stop reading until i get tired.hehehe well, there are a lot of wonderful books around. we need to read them first so that we will know of it's content.:)

The only ones I have any experience with are the free ones AAA gives out when you plan a trip with them. They're alright I guess, but mostly pretty generic info. Maybe I should try Lonely Planet before our next trip.

Lonely planet is my favourite too, because of its comprehensive nature. Now a days internet also gives you all kinds of information. You can get opinion of people by searching in blogs also.