Holiday guide book for England

[Jim Hawkins]

Can anyone recommend a comprehensive and up-to-date holiday guide book to England ?

Jim Hawkins

[Tim Watts]

On Sunday 19 January 2014 11:41 Jim Hawkins wrote in uk.d-i-y:

unless you are looking specifically for either a dead-tree version or an overview like "best things to do in the Lake District"?

[Jim Hawkins]

I thought that was what I asked for

[tim......]

Personally I don't see how trip advisor works even if he isn't

It might be wrt which hotels to stay in, or even which restaurants to eat in, but IME it's pretty bloody useless for "which places should I visit if I haven't decided already"

tim

[tim......]

just go and borrow a few from the local library.

why do you need "up to date"? Has the UK built any new Roman ruins or Victorian palaces recently?

tim

[Tim Watts]

On Sunday 19 January 2014 12:20 tim...... wrote in uk.d-i-y:

No - I disagree. If you know what areas you are going, you can browse the higher rated attractions. I plan trips like that a lot.

[Bill Wright]

What's all this 'dead tree' bollocks? If you have some sort of agenda here please keep it to yourself and don't bore the rest of us with it. It's the same as these pillocks that write 'Sky' with a dollar sign. I don't give a shit about their opinions of the Sky empire when we're discussing satellite dishes.

Bill

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[John Williamson]

"Dead Tree" edition has been common usage as long as I've been using computers. It originally applied to printing out office documents, as against viewing them on terminals.

In the same way, early terminals were referred to a glass teletypes.

[Tim Watts]

On Sunday 19 January 2014 15:16 Bill Wright wrote in uk.d-i-y:

There's a lot of people taking umbrage over things today. Everyone have PMT or something?

Bill - if that's really you and not a troll, your slate isn't exactly clean when it comes to agendas and being outspoken - and BTW it's a joke term, that's all. No agenda.

[ARW]

IMAX.

[Huge]

Thought you were off Usenet, working?

[Jon Connell]

I always go for Lonely Planet guides, so I have a shelf full of 'em. I've stopped using them for restaurant/hotel recommendations though and use TripAdvisor instead when we're out and about. I've been to way too many of what my wife and I call "Lonely Planet specials" to trust them on this anymore. Probably because the guides are pitched at backscratchers.

Jon

[Jon Connell]

People review destinations and attractions too. It works pretty much the same as hotels and restaurants, so the usual pinch of salt applies.

[Tim Watts]

On Monday 20 January 2014 08:32 Jon Connell wrote in uk.d-i-y:

I didn't realise people though TripAdvisor was "accomodation only"...

I've been using it for attractions for ages. What TA is good at is catching the attraction that used to be good and has now just gone for a sack of s**te (usually related to a change of owner/management).

It catches stuff going the other way too - like the cafe in Battle that used to carry (under its previous name) appalling reviews suggesting the owners were utterly inept.

We happened to catch one review that was suddenly positive (cafe this time). So went in an it has now become our regular drop in for lunch on Sundays. Turned out we'd just caught it on a change of ownership (for the better). Wisely the new owners changed the name of the place fairly quickly and actively watch TA. They also do a nice line of "allergy" foodstuffs like gluten free and dairy free which is a rare consideration.

[Tim Watts]

On Monday 20 January 2014 09:44 Tim Watts wrote in uk.d-i-y:

See ^^ I don't *always* moan. I'm equally entuastic about things that are done/run well.