Comments on: Mexico

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:13:11 +0000

Hi my name is Jason: your book was great.But as I was visiting in Acapulco during the Easter weekened many people like myself were in trouble trying to find a place. I was and three other people were saved by this wonderful canadian women who runs something like a bed and breakfast in Acapulco. She only charged us 80pesos’s per nite and had everything we needed to be comfortable..kitchen facilities, beautiful scenery of the ocean and the Acapulco bay..I would say she has a beautiful manson on the hill..just above the famous cliff divers. Her name is Heather and she can be reached in canada 1-450-297-1256 for reservations in advance and herself she will be arriving back in Mexico in November sometime.Her phone number there is 82-33-22..She is a very kind and generous person.Please add her to the Lonely Planet..Her address is 24 la mira by the famous Quebrada..Thank you very much Jason Please if there is anyone else that stayed at her house help her out..If you are planning a trip please keep her mind. Just a reminder her home is your home. Home away from home..
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Eric W. Vogt, Ph.D., Author of The Spanish Subjunctive Up Close, Spanish Pronouns Up Close and Spanish Past Tenses Up Close

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:50:25 +0000

The Lonely Planet books are famous -- and rightly so. This book has great maps and a lot of useful information. It also has some information about transporation schedules -- something that's often hard to pin down even when you're fluent in Spanish, as I am. The cultural information it contains is great and I enjoyed reading it.

Really serious explorers however, can never go wrong with Carl Franz's book: The People's Guide to Mexico (Peoples Guide to Mexico)

If you are a more conventional tourist, one who seeks a few of the comforts of home, you'll want a phrasebook that is not designed for the backpacking crowd. You might want a phrasebook with a more intuitive pronunciation guide, something you can read as though it were meant to be read in English, yet comes and is understood by Spanish speakers!

Sincerely,

Eric W. Vogt, Ph.D. Rating: 3 / 5

By: Cathy Harper

Cathy Harper — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:20:25 +0000

I’ve just returned from a two-month trip with this Lonely Planet guide and also the Mexico Handbook by Avalon Travel Publishing. I have to agree with other readers that the LP guide is inferior and horribly out of date. Reading through the other reviews I find it amusing that the people that like this book start their entry by saying “they had the Lonely Planet book as always” or that they owned a business in Mexico (I bet it was listed!).

Lonely Planet doesn’t even need to spend money marketing these books anymore, it’s all done by naive travelers who ironically call themselves “independent.”

I talked to many young travelers in Mexico who were clutching the LP Mexico book to their side, swearing by every word, and dismissing the Moon guide out of hand, mostly for its unfamilarity I guess. What they probably don’t realize is that the Moon Mexico book is written by one of LPs most experienced and respected authors. Maybe they think he all of a sudden can’t write, or maybe in their haste to hit the road they follow like thousands of “sheep” before them, to grab the LP book, then post a review here how they would never use anything else.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:56:34 +0000

With each edition of Lonely Planet Mexico, we find that the city maps are getting more difficult to read. Print is tinier and what used to be clearly printed black roads are pale lines. It’s true that the majority of world travelers are people over 50 – but I would think that even younger travelers would appreciate easy-to-read maps.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Claudio T. Fuentes

Claudio T. Fuentes — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:04:53 +0000

Good service, right on time.

I appreciate you bussines.

Thank you
Rating: 5 / 5