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Los Angeles: Everywhere All At Once (Great City Guides Travel Series)

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I ordered this video and two other travel guides to help plan my seven day trip to LA. The video is interesting to watch but it focuses too much on the commercial attractions and much less on the many cultural attractions of this great city. If you need info on Universal Studios, Knott's Berry Farm, the Queen Mary and trendy shopping areas then this video may be for you. If you want to learn about the Getty Museum, LA Museum of Contempory Art and the great architectural masterpieces in LA then purchase "Top Ten Los Angeles". It includes so much more than this video.

Visitors from Pennsylvania were planning to visit me in LA for the first time. When I asked what they wanted to do, they didn't have any idea, since they hadn't been here previously. I sent them a copy of this DVD and all the work was done for me. Their whole family viewed it together (two parents, a six-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy) and they came to a consensus about what would appeal to all four. They felt less blind and anxious going into this trip, and all the attractions they chose pleased everyone (no hit-and-miss!). "Los Angeles: Everywhere All At Once" is a boon for out-of-town guests and it relieves the host of a lot of decision-making. This DVD would be an ideal first stop in planning a vacation in LA, even more so if you don't know anyone in the City of Angels. Great product and entertaining narration -- even I learned a few things about the city where I've spent the past 20 years!

Before I took my trip to Tinsletown, I had no ideas about what to do outside of Disneyland and Hollywood. Insight did a fine job of showing the lay of the land in a logical and easy to understand fashion. Fodor's and Small Planet could learn a thing or two from watching LA the Insight way.