Fodor's In Focus Barbados & St. Lucia, 1st Edition (Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Fodor's (Author)

Book Description

Series: Travel Guide | Publication Date: June 17, 2008

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having friends in Barbados and St. Lucia!

•Fodor’s In Focus Barbados & St. Lucia features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Barbados and St. Lucia.

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Editorial Reviews

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"In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's super-informative guidebooks are known for accuracy and attention to detail…" –The Sacramento Bee
 
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"The great detail, infectious spirit, and attractive format are distinguishing traits of these guides, which are entries in one of the top series in the business." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's can help you plan the perfect adventure" –The Arizona Republic
 
"Always thoughtfully written and easily readable, Fodor's travel guides have become a must-have when traveling to unfamiliar destinations" –Mid South Magazine
 
"Widely recognized as the gold standard of mainstream travel" –Honolulu Advertiser

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 1 edition (June 17, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400007453
• ISBN-13: 978-1400007455
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.4 x 7.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,153,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Saint Lucia
  • #28 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Barbados & Trinidad and Tobago

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good enough for basics of Barbados as a traveler's starter guide, November 30, 2008

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This review is from: Fodor's In Focus Barbados & St. Lucia, 1st Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I got this right before I went to Barbados in late September. The book seemed to be fairly up to date. The book was small and compact, convenient for traveling, and easy to read. One negative is the lack of photos and visual aids in the book. There are a lot of more helpful and colorful pamphlets and brochures for free once you arrive at Barbados airport. We ended up using the travel office at our resort hotel to get more information and purchase tickets for excursions. I do want to pass along these free pamphlets and brochures to the professional travel guide companies though!

Free internet sites with travelers' opinions are more informative for getting more up-to-date frank feedback, especially for rare destinations, such as Barbados. Of course, the points of views may be swayed and tend to be a place for people to vent about bad experiences. This book is not too pricey, so I did not expect too much. Unlike Planet Lonely and other competitors, I believe that Fodor's intention for the "In Focus" series to be "starter" travel guides to help beginners learn a few basic things about the destination. Let me put it this way, it's better than nothing if you are a planner with spontaneity not being your strong suit. Have fun!

PS By the way, I did my first all-inclusive vacation at Barbados, which reduced the stress about having to find a place to eat and things to do every day. Of course, we wanted to get away from the resort hotel sometimes, so the book was one way to spark our interest to get more information on particular excursions.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Limited use as a travel guide, August 4, 2008

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W. Garrett Hughes "Garrett" (Elverson, Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's In Focus Barbados & St. Lucia, 1st Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

This book as very little in depth information though it does cover a broad range of topics. I'll be looking for a better guide.