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Guide Books For A Perfect Honeymoon
By Chris Morton
You've decided where to go on your honeymoon, but which hotel to choose? What to do when you get there? Where to eat? A good guidebook can assist you with all of those questions. But, how do you pick the book that best suits your needs? Travel books can be expensive, so it's important to choose wisely.

Types of Guidebooks
Travel books come in all shapes, sizes, and with emphasis on at least a dozen topics. There are books for adventure travelers, such as the Lonely Planet guides; books for restaurant fans, such as the Michelin red books; books for sightseers, such as the Baedeker series; and books for generalists, such as the Frommer's and Fodor's books.

How to Choose a Good Guidebook
There are so many choices of guide books. Consider the following when picking a guide book:

• The Scope – Does the book try to cover an entire country in 300 pages? In such a book, individual cities can't get a lot of attention. Consider, instead a book devoted completely to your destination.

• The Author – Does the author's bio read like a high school year book entry – or does it indicate a deep knowledge and experience with the region about which he or she is writing? Likewise, the absence of an author bio is not a good sign.

• The Brand – Just like automobiles, some guide books are best suited to certain tastes. For instance, the "Let's Go" series is targeted to student travelers and "Rough Guides" are designed for adventure travelers. Budget Travel magazine advises that if you aren't sure of a guide book's emphasis to look up your hometown in one of their guides to see what they cover.

• The Edition – The edition indicates the number of times a guide has been updated. It's usually found on the copyright page, inside the front cover. The more times a guide has been updated the better, because

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