1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List | Patricia Schultz

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	1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List Patricia Schultz Workman Publishing Company, 2003 - 972 pages average customer review:based on 308 reviews view larger image
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Amazing!

For someone that loves to travel and aspires to see all 7 continents, like me, this is the perfect book. It doesn't give you a list of 1000 cities; it's a specific 1000+ things to do.

For example: I took a trip for work recently to San Diego and the book told me I had to visit the Hotel del Coronado. Yes, the book mentions several hotels, but if you read the whole page, you see it also discusses the great southern California beaches and the San Diego Zoo, which almost anyone who travels there already knows about!

I had never heard of the hotel and thought, "How can a hotel be so special?", but I went to see it and it really was beautiful and rich with history. I would have never seen it if it weren't for this book. The trick is to see the hotel and walk around, not overpay to spend a night in each one she mentions. I spent my half-day in San Diego walking around the hotel, then walking along the Coronado beach, watching navy jets land, and walking around all the shops and cafes on Coronado Island. It was great!

This is a book that takes you on a journey to multiple sites for each place it mentions due to the illustrative writing, as well as provides you with addresses, phone numbers, websites, and advice such as the best time to visit, or a great restaurant to eat at while you are in the area. If you combine this book with your own desire to explore, you should easily have the ability to plan half-day, day, or multi-day trips in almost any city.

I don't want my travel guide to be a grocery list of cities with no information, but I also don't want it telling me step-by-step what to. I also don't want it telling me what when I go to Washington DC, I need to see the Capitol, or if I go to Paris, the Eifel Tour is a must. These are things I already know! This book is the perfect happy middle, and I just love it!!!!!

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I hope to go to some of the places in the book. I have been to some of them and the book gives accurate details. I also liked the information about local assistance with addresses and email addresses if available, that was provided. Many are very expensive trips.

This is the Bible?

Before buying this book I had been told that it was the ultimate traveler's bible. As a traveling college student, I was excited at the thought of having an outline of possibilities, but found that almost the entire book was out of my price range. It was interesting to see the suggestions, and it was somewhat useful as a platform to jump from, but I could find better information on Lonely Planet or the like.
If you are looking for budget travel, this is not the book for you. However, if you are lucky enough to afford the nicest accommodations in each town along your travels, it's a definite buy. As for me, I prefer for my hotel to not be the best thing I saw while abroad - I'll stick to the $5 hostels that make me want to get out into town.

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Cute little gift book, nothing special

Nice to give as a gift for someone you can't otherwise figure out what to get, but honestly, found it quite boring overall and not particularly original. Stuck it on a shelf somewhere where it will now stay until and unless I can't come up with a vacation spot I want to go to without it..... right... that's going to happen.

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