The most complete guide out there. Right on the money with every review. They pull no punches when it comes to telling you the good and bad of the city that never sleeps. A must for anyone visiting Las Vegas.

The author of this book is Bill Goodwin, not George McDonald. There have been many changes in the islands since 1991-92, so your best bet is to buy a copy of Frommer's South Pacific, 8th edition.

Given the fact that I was a kaamaaina (local of the Hawaiian islands) for a few years, I thought I'd never use a travel guide for Hawaii. When we were planning for our anniverary trip to Hawaii this fall, we decided to look into a few guide books so we can use it to suppliment our knowledge of the islands. This book is so well-organized by categories, we ended up using its maps and recommendations for eateries and restaurants daily. On top of that, we saved so much money on food and we also got to eat at all the places the locals eat! Having the book made our trip worry-free! We definitely recommend this book for all those who plan to visit the Hawaiian islands!

We have just returned to the mainland from our first ever trip to Hawaii. We stayed at a wonderful B & B on Oahu, where we found the Frommer's guide to Honolulu, Waikiki and Oahu along with many other guide books, but we found it to be the best. This book was a fabulous guide, with all the maps and notes of places to go and things to see. We used it like a bible. It helped to make our trip very memorable.

This compact travel guide is packed to the gills with excellent information for the novis or perennial pilgrim to Las Vegas. It contains loads of new information for those who own other editions as recent as the 1999 version. Herczog's comments are informative and reliable--you can tell if you'll want to go to a particular restaurant or casino from her descriptions. This guide is indispensable to me (since I always run out of time to see all I want to see in Las Vegas). It's a great complement to Saehler's UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS. Also this year, see an excellent chapter of webs sites at the end of the book. (I believe your photo shows the 1999 edition, however.)

There's a lot of detail packed into this small guide. I liked the winery reviews because they outline what kind of experience each winery offers along with the basics about their history and wines. And restaurant reviews were frank and on the money.

Frommer's has always created great guidebooks. The San Diego 2000 guide is no exception. First, you open it to find 16 pages of colored photographs of San Diego--this alone wants your vacation time to come sooner! Something that Frommer does that almost none of the other guides do is to give you actual prices rather than "1, 2, 3, or 4 $ to indicate price and then you have to refer to a chart to get the PRICE RANGE." This feature is worth it's price alone! They also supply you with a pull out map--like you can get at a gas station or AAA. It also gives you the entire phone # and not zip code is XXX for all areas. This can be frustrating. Also, it groups food by category. AND gives you websites for more information. A truly EXCELLENT guide!

Seattle is like Portlands bigger little brother. it is a younger city but it grew larger quicker than Portland. It has the space needle and some really nice landmarks. Portland in contrast is a bit smaller and has no nationally reconized landmarks.

I have spent a great deal of time in both cities and I find that Portland is my favorite. Hence I there. This guide will take you to most the best places in both cities, but if I where you I would also get a guide dedicated to each city individually. Oh, and take it from someone who knows. Do not try to drive in rushhour in Seattle, infact dont drive at all in Seattle, stay across the straight and take te fairy over.

In Portland just take Trimet. Do not get on C-tran it will take you to Vancouver WA which is boring and out of the way.

Overall good book

Yosemite is one of my favorite places. I fall in love with this majestic park on my first trip there, and try to spend at least several days every year hiking Yosemite trails. I also like Sequoia and Kings Canyon, which are great parks for hikers and backpackers. Since I am not new to these parks, I was curious how the judgement and advice of this book would agree with my own impressions. I was pleasantly surprised. In this book, Frommer's made an outstanding example of how good a pocket-size guide can be. It has only 170 pages on three parks, and yet all essentials are covered - how to get there, what to see, where to stay, it has maps of the parks and of the hiking trails, it has lists of the best views accessible from the road and ratings of hikes, it has information for backpackers (based on the personal experience of the author). In my opinion and experience, the ratings of trails are very accurate, and descriptions of hotels and restaurants are unusually unbiased. In fact, I could not find a single one which I would not agree with. All ratings/descriptions maintain positive attitude, but it is very easy to read between the lines, e.g., if the book says that a certain restaurants has "a simple but adequate menu" and does not give it a single star, it means that it is a crappy and overpriced snack bar, but it will help you to survive until you get to a better place; when it says that the place is excellent and gives it three stars, then it is really good. One can surely find more detailed books on day hikes or backpacking in Yosemite. However, no other travel guide gives so much practical information and good advice in a condensed form. If you are planning to visit Yosemite for a day or two and do not know where to start, I cannot think about a better book to recommend.

Rhoda Blumberg brings in the many aspects, peoples, andcultures involved in building the transcontinental railroad, andconsiders it from many view points. A wonderful way to learn about this important part of American history.