Advantages: Lots of ideas for all places and budgets Disadvantages: Only the briefest of introductions - you'll have to do more research elsewhere.
Keep it Clean
Clean Breaks by Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith is a guide to 500 things you could do around the world without a high environmental impact. The green aspirations of the book make it pretty clear that it's not going to be the Richard Ha ...
Advantages: Some amazingly different places to stay Disadvantages: Some you would have to pay me to stay in!
Bed in a Tree by Bettina Kowalewski ISBN 978-1-4053-3497-6 I bought this unusual book through a charity auction on another website. I have had a couple of other books along these lines and enjoyed planning a stay somewhere different and so I thought this ...
Advantages: Something to appeal to everyone at all price points Disadvantages: I'll need to write a lot of reviews to pay for some of these
What Comes First, the Destination or the Accommodation? When planning a holiday or a short break most people choose a destination, book the flights or train tickets and then go looking for accommodation that fits in with their plans. In Bettina Kowale ...
Advantages: Lovely illustrations; unusual ideas; range of prices Disadvantages: Some are pretty far flung so not useful to all travellers
Bettina Kowalewski’s “Bed in a Tree: and other amazing hotels around the world” is a beautifully illustrated and inspiring travel book with a difference. Most of us, when we plan a vacation, choose the destination first then think about the accommodation ...
Advantages: A visual feast Disadvantages: Arm breakingly heavy
I'm not really a fan of picture books Since I learned to read many years ago I've been of the opinion that 'books are for reading stuff' rather than 'books are for pictures'. Generally I avoid what are often referred to as ‘Coffee Table Books’ – thos ...
