Customer Reviews

Road Trip USA Pacific Coast Highway

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This book does not include everything that you need to know about the PCH, but makes a pretty good attempt. It's the most up to date book on places to stay, eat, and attractions to visit along the highway including necessary phone numbers and websites. (very handy!) It has pictures of the major attractions, small but effective maps in each of the major cities and in each state, and local event information for certain towns and cities. The author also tells when the best times to visit for things such as:whale watching in Oregon or Monarch butterfly gatherings in California. Another nice feature is that it tells the reader of local legends, past-times, festivals, and customs that shows what makes each little (and big) town distinctive from one another. What's more is that it is just small enough to fit inside a purse or back pocket for when you are ready to make that awesome roadtrip. The only thing I can really say that is disappointing about it, is that it just doesn't seem long enough. I wish he would've added another 50-100 pages of stories and attractions. Do not use this book as your only reference.

This book was very helpful for me. I read about several little local places that I had never heard of in all of my internet searches of the area. It's not the only travel book I will be purchasing but definetely a great addition!

We had two guides for our vacation trip from Washington to San Francisco. This book was a great help and after a while our main source of information. With a GPS and internet information, this guide was just the right extra "kick" we needed to make it easy. Compact and only the info we were looking for. Thank you Jamie Jensen.
The trip on 101 was about the most interesting vacation my wife and I had.

The information in the book was very helpful, but information presented could be improved by noting mile markers so that it would be easier to find attractions.

This is a great guide for a trip up or down the coast. There was just enough information, not too much to find accommodations, eateries and destinations. We visited the Central Coast and this book made our trip easier and better. Now with the Internet and smart phones, you need just enough to launch your search. We also found a great off the beaten path restaurant and a beautiful inn, the Seven Gables Inn in Pacific Grove. Perfect!

We used this book to travel from San Diego to Bandon, Oregon. It was absolutely invaluable. We had a wonderful family vacation. All of the recommended restaurants were good. You have to keep in mind that in some remote areas, "good" is relative, but that is true of every travel guide! We were very happy with every recommendation in the book that we took. I highly recommend this book for anyone planning a road trip on any portion of the PCH!

Planning to make the whole trip this spring this little book has plenty of stops you might miss otherwise and way more than I'm sure we'll be able to catch in in just 2 weeks. But we're inspired to try.

This was a really informative book. It gave lots of places to visit as well as places not to far off of PCH for side trips.

and very imformative. Just the right amount of info to decide if its worth a further look or not. You can always argue for more, but I think it hits a decent sweet spot. Only complaint was that the small maps could have been a little better and easier to locate. I found myself fubbling trying to relocate the last map to see where I was reading about. but I'm being a little picky. A book marker could have solved this problem quickly and easily.