Customer Reviews

Frommer's Newfoundland & Labrador (Frommer's)

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A combination of this book and the stuff I received directly from Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism helped me to plan our trip for this coming summer down to the minute (literally.) I found hotels, b&b's, ferries, historic spots, even restaurants, all with remarks that let me know things like how much time to schedule to tour somewhere to which room to ask for at a B&B.

NL is not an easy place to plan to visit - it takes a lot to get there (whether driving or flying) and there aren't many resources available to research well ahead of time. Online isn't too bad - but because most of what you find is run by the business/location itself, there are only going to be positive reviews; and many places don't list their prices on their websites.

Frommer's are always reliable; this one specifically was a real help.

I also recommend reading some other books about Newfoundland before going - the usual "The Shipping News" and "Theater of Fish."

The 2nd edition proved very useful for my last Newfoundland trip, so I bought the just-published 3rd edition for my next trip. But when I opened the book I discovered a major publishing error: the two-page map of Gros Morne National Park, one of Newfoundland's most important destinations, is missing. A map of a different park appears in its place. A few weeks after I informed Frommer's, they sent me a PDF version of the missing map. They also said they'd post it to the "updates" section of their web site, but as of June 2008 it still isn't there.

So, one star to Frommer's for their error and their failure to correct it months after learning of it. But five stars to Andrew Hempstead for the rest of the content, which is at least as good as that in the 2nd edition. Too bad he was let down by his publisher. If you're the kind of person who doesn't mind a Maine guidebook missing a map of Acadia National Park or an Arizona guidebook missing a map of the Grand Canyon area, feel free to purchase this.

I just purchased a copy of the Frommer's Newfoundland and Labrador guide book. Frommer's still hasn't fixed the map error on page 178-179. It still shows a map of Terra Nova National Park instead of Gros Morne National Park. And Frommer's still hasn't posted a corrected map in the updates section of their website. I was going to request a corrected copy via their website, but they wanted too much personal information to submit a request. I didn't want to be spammed with junk email and snail mail. I give Frommer's a big fat F in customer service.

Wow, can't believe I never reviewed this book before -- it's terrific in giving you an overview for Newfoundland. I did find that because the tourism and travel industry is updating so fast you need to supplement it with some online research. But overall it's a good guide to discovering the hidden treasures on the Rock. Newfoundland residents know how to not only be greateful but may be the rolemodels for sharing -- it was a fabulous Trip in 2006.

I have purchased Frommers Books in the past and this one is exceptional. My husband and I are planning a motorcycle trip there in July and this will be very helpful.