Editor’s note: The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US travel editor for Lonely Planet. This will be my final blog post for you all! And this is your last chance to download any of our 15 free mini-guides off our website so go now and collect them all before they go away on September 5th. Since this weekend is Labor Day, I’m sure many of you already have your travel Read more

Editor’s note: Summer travel is heating up! The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US travel editor for Lonely Planet. He will be guest blogging on Savvy for the Summer, helping you find some great ideas of how to get your vacation on this travel season. Some cities in the US will always be prime-time tourist attractions. The New Yorks, the LAs, the Vegases, the San Read more

Editor’s note: Summer travel season has officially begun! The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US travel editor for Lonely Planet. He will be guest blogging on Savvy for the next two months, helping you find some great ideas of how to get your vacation on this Summer. It’s July and it’s hot. Anyone up for some beer? American microbreweries – so termed after an English Read more

Editor’s note: Summer travel season has officially begun! The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US travel editor for Lonely Planet. He will be guest blogging on Savvy for the next two months, helping you find some great ideas of how to get your vacation on this Summer. Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July weekend! That means summer travel season is stepping up a notch. Read more

Editor’s note: Summer travel season has officially begun! The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US travel editor for Lonely Planet. He will be guest blogging on Savvy for the next two months, helping you find some great ideas of how to get your vacation on this Summer. For most of us, July 4 — unlike family-oriented holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving — is a true Read more

Editor’s note: Summer travel season has officially begun! The following guest post was written by Robert Reid, the US Travel Editor for Lonely Planet. He will be guest blogging on Savvy for the next two months, helping you find some great ideas of how to get your vacation on this Summer. There are so many places in the US to spend a long weekend, or even a week or two, that it can become Read more

Braving the South by Southwest crowds this year? Then you'll be happy to know that Lonely Planet's full iPhone app guide to the festival's host city, Austin, is free until March 15.The Austin app, which usually runs $6, is chock-full of information about the cosmopolitan city. If you have time after running around the festival, check out the Things to Do section, which offers anything from Read more

When planning a trip, I both consult travel books and do a ton of web research first. However, even the best-laid plans . . . get waylaid on vacation! Whether it's finding yourself starved with no clue where food is, or getting lost in a land where you don't speak the language, I can definitely recall times when I've (figuratively) smacked myself in the head for not remembering to check Read more

Forget toting around those chunky $30 guidebooks the next time you step off the plane. Download a Lonely Planet City Guide on your iPhone instead, and not only save some money, but save some space while you're at it. Sure $15 is at the top end of what I normally spend for an app, but with all the info you get packed into such a small space (and inside something you're probably already taking with Read more