Vacation in Mexico

The People's Guide to Mexico still offers the ideal combination of basic travel vacation information, entertaining stories, and friendly guidance about everything from driving in Mexico City to hanging a hammock to bartering at the local mercado.

Features include:
- Advice on planning your vacation trip, where to go, and how to get around once you're there.
- Practical tips to help you stay healthy and safe, deal with red tape, change money, send email, letters and packages, use the telephone, do laundry, order food, speak like a local, and more.
- Well-informed insight into Mexican culture, and hints for enjoying traditional fiestas and celebrations.
- The most complete information available on Mexican Internet resources, book and map reviews, and other info sources for vacation travelers.

The Rough Guide to Mexico is the most comprehensive guide you'll find. From the pre-Hispanic Pyramid sight of Tula to the breath-taking train-ride across Copper Canyon, the full-colour section introduces all of the country. This revised 7th edition includes hundreds of incisive accounts of the sights, providing fresh takes on lesser known gems as well as the well-established attractions including the Mayan ruins in Chiapas and the Yucatan to mariachi in Mexico City. Use the clearest maps available to investigate every corner of this vibrant nation from the beaches to the bustling cities and ancient Mayan temples. There are complete listings of all the best places to stay and eat to suit every budget and significant historical information to give you a well-rounded understanding of Mexico's feast of architecture and rich cultural heritage.

Lonely Planet has done a superb job of capturing Mexico's diverse offerings in one totable book. Whether you're headed for Baja or Chiapas, this is an essential reference with excellent coverage of Mexico City, regional arts and crafts (including how to buy handicrafts), helpful Web sites, and a useful traveler's Spanish language section.

Fodor's Mexico 2008 remains the best resource for organizing your travel vacation south of the border. Our 2008 edition also flaunts exclusive, new features including indispensable, customized tools for planning your travel vacation, in addition to rich photography that illustrates the distinctive culture of the country. Plus, not only will you read the expert advice of our professional travel writers, but you'll also review recommendations from everyday travelers like yourself, in our new "Word of Mouth" features throughout the book. Fodor's Mexico 2008 is designed so that you spend less time researching and more time relishing what lies ahead on your dream vacation.

Pack your bags and prepare to bask in the glow of vibrant Mexico! Equipped with this bestselling, opinion-packed guide, you'll follow in the footsteps of our Mexico experts through colorful Mexico City markets, across deserted Baja beaches, over Aztec and Mayan pyramids and into the soul of Mexico.
Lonely Planet has done a superb job of capturing Mexico's diverse offerings in one totable book. Whether you're headed for Baja or Chiapas, this is an essential reference with excellent coverage of Mexico City, regional arts and crafts (including how to buy handicrafts), helpful Web sites, and a useful traveler's Spanish language section.

Mexico is a heady sort of place; it inundates you with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations. A dry text, no matter how informative, just doesn't do justice to Mexico's allure. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide series, on the other hand, does. The "Travelers' Needs" section contains 168 recommended hotel options and another 168 restaurants--as well as a beautifully illustrated guide to the foods of Mexico. And there are pages of practical information on visas, health precautions, time zones, electricity, taxis, security, banking, communications, and the like.

The two-page glossy color map of Mexico is not just clear and easy to understand, it's beautiful. The hundreds of color photographs throughout the book are exquisite, depicting the sere hilltop archeological site of Monte Alban, fishermen preparing nets on a Yucatan beach, the vibrancy of a fruit market in San Cristobal de las Casas, the green lushness of the wetlands, the scrub of the Sonora desert, and the intense vegetation of the Tehuantepec rainforests. There are 3-D aerial-view layouts of towns and ancient sites, cutaways and floor plans for churches and pyramids, as well as wonderful explanatory texts for each region, delving into history, traditions, sights, fiestas, foods, music, and activities. DK's is a travel guide book that is actually a pleasure to use--one that adds excitement to the necessary task of planning your vacation.

An essential guide for today's traveler: timesaving tips to navigate, book, and troubleshoot your travel vacation planning, on and off the Web.

If you've ever tried to find a sale fare you saw advertised for a vacation or flight, only to turn up much higher prices, or discovered that the hotel you booked wasn't exactly "steps away from the ocean," you know that the do-it-yourself era of travel can mean something else entirely: you're on your own.

Now Susan Stellin, a regular contributor to the New York Times, offers the ultimate guide to the sometimes overwhelming logistics of travel, from researching travel plans to avoiding pitfalls on the road. This comprehensive guidebook presents practical advice on the most useful Web sites, strategies for finding the best vacation deals, and resources to help you decide where and when to go. It also provides crucial tips to ensure your vacation trip doesn't disappoint, including

- what you should research before you book your hotel
- how to avoid hidden fees and expensive change penalties
- what your credit card covers when you rent a car
- whom to call if you need a doctor on vacaton far from home

No matter what type of trip you're planning -- business or pleasure, domestic or international, budget or splurge, exotic getaway vacation or family visit -- How to Travel Practically Anywhere will be an indispensable resource.