Online travel guides have been around for over a decade now. But it took a global recession for them to become popular with the average tourist. This is especially true in Europe where travel guides and review sites are all the rage.
The primary selling point of a travel guide is that it allows all sorts of people to see all kinds of places for all kinds of budgets. They are the closest thing to a one-stop travel solution that you can find. Best of all they are absolutely free.
What do they offer? An online travel guide can be used to plan a trip from start to finish. From hotels to restaurants to shopping and activities, a good travel site can help tourists save money as they plan. In fact, the cost savings that travel guides promise are the main reason for their present popularity and appeal.
How do guides save you money? Most reputable sites offer consumers current price comparisons on hotel and airfares in thousands of cities around the world. Using a guide, a tourist can locate the best rates on essential services and save himself hundreds, even thousands of pounds before he even packs a bag.
Most guides also include links to reputable currency exchange brokers. Because the pound is doing well against the Euro of late, it is important to exchange your money before you leave for the airport. Rates in the UK are typically more attractive than those you will find in foreign countries that use the Euro.