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sun starved Gayle · December 12, 2006, 01:21 AM

Going to New York in April, want to buy my husband a good a good travel/guide book for Christmas to read before we go. Suggestions?

TIA,
Gayle

wackymother · December 12, 2006, 10:24 AM

The DK Travel Guides are good. Lots of pictures, helpful info. Good luck!

Avery · December 12, 2006, 10:39 AM

If you are foodies, pick up a Zagat Restaurant Guide.

MULTIZ321 · December 12, 2006, 03:40 PM

Gayle,

When you open the Tug Eastern-US forum - at the top of the list is a Sticky
titled "Eastern BBS City & Area Travel Website" - open that hyperlink
and scroll down to the link for Frommer's Snap Guide to NYC (it's in a snipurl.com format) - open that hyperlink for links to other Frommer's Snap Guides to different neighborhoods in NYC.

If you haven't already looked at it, the Sticky is a great resource to other NYC websites too.

Richard

Luanne · December 12, 2006, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avery

If you are foodies, pick up a Zagat Restaurant Guide.

Yep, that's the one I'd recommend.

debraxh · December 12, 2006, 06:51 PM

I like the DK guide too, and the maps are really good. It's great for reading before the trip, and for planning while at the hotel, but I didn't like carrying it around all of the time because it's heavy (good quality paper, I assume). If I go back I would get the "Not for Tourist Guide" as well, since it's small and easier to carry around (but not many nice pics either).

Jestjoan · December 12, 2006, 07:10 PM

It's not a book but what about the live NYC hosts/guides?

Avery · December 12, 2006, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jestjoan

It's not a book but what about the live NYC hosts/guides?

You mean the Big Apple Greeters; they are supposed to be great, get in line early.

Jestjoan · December 12, 2006, 08:33 PM

YES, exactly. http://www.bigapplegreeter.org/

I was searching guides/hosts and then the word greeter finally came to me. Avery would have saved me a lot of time!

If you do a TUG search you'll find the original thread.

December 12, 2006, 01:21 AM	#1
sun starved Gayle TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: Washington State Posts: 300	NYC guide book recommendations? Going to New York in April, want to buy my husband a good a good travel/guide book for Christmas to read before we go. Suggestions? TIA, Gayle

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Jestjoan TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Posts: 2,103	YES, exactly. http://www.bigapplegreeter.org/ I was searching guides/hosts and then the word greeter finally came to me. Avery would have saved me a lot of time! If you do a TUG search you'll find the original thread. Last edited by Jestjoan : December 12, 2006 at 08:46 PM.

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December 12, 2006, 10:24 AM	#2
wackymother TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Aug 1, 05 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605	The DK Travel Guides are good. Lots of pictures, helpful info. Good luck!

December 12, 2006, 10:39 AM	#3
Avery TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 16, 05 Location: New York Posts: 1,182	If you are foodies, pick up a Zagat Restaurant Guide.

December 12, 2006, 03:40 PM	#4
MULTIZ321 TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: FT. LAUDERDALE, FL Posts: 3,595 Resorts: CELEBRITY RESORTS PALM COAST; CELEBRATION, ORLANDO; SEAWATCH AT ISLAND CLUB, HHI; RHC (POINTS)	Gayle, When you open the Tug Eastern-US forum - at the top of the list is a Sticky titled "Eastern BBS City & Area Travel Website" - open that hyperlink and scroll down to the link for Frommer's Snap Guide to NYC (it's in a snipurl.com format) - open that hyperlink for links to other Frommer's Snap Guides to different neighborhoods in NYC. If you haven't already looked at it, the Sticky is a great resource to other NYC websites too. Richard

December 12, 2006, 06:51 PM	#6
debraxh TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: California Posts: 1,317 Resorts: Kona Coast Resort, Mountain Retreat, Paradise Village	I like the DK guide too, and the maps are really good. It's great for reading before the trip, and for planning while at the hotel, but I didn't like carrying it around all of the time because it's heavy (good quality paper, I assume). If I go back I would get the "Not for Tourist Guide" as well, since it's small and easier to carry around (but not many nice pics either).

December 12, 2006, 07:10 PM	#7
Jestjoan TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Posts: 2,103	It's not a book but what about the live NYC hosts/guides?