Going to a foreign place for the first time is now easy thanks to travel guides. With a travel guide, you get to learn where to sleep, where to eat, which Mediterranean beaches to visit and where to go in a place you have never visited before. It saves you from getting confused with directions and from getting lost in a foreign land.
 
In this article, we will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of a travel guide. Let’s go with the advantages first. Travel guide is very handy. By handy, it means that they can fit anywhere your bag. There are travel guides now in eBooks and in small paper books. So you don’t really have to worry on lugging a large and heavy book when you go travel. You can easily get the information that you need effortlessly. Another benefit to having a travel guide is the information that you can get from it. If you are going to a new region, a travel guide can help you with your basic needs by giving you advices on a place to spend your days, restaurants where you can eat, and sightseeing places that you must visit. Moreover, there are also some travel guides nowadays that also has the language of the country you are going to. So you will know some of the simple phrases or words to use like “Hello” or “My Name Is.” Travel guides also have maps so you don’t get lost in some jungle in a foreign country.
 
On the other hand, there are also disadvantages to buying a travel guide. First of all, travel guides can be expensive in comparison to travel websites where you can also learn about a country or a region. And although there are eBook versions of travel guides nowadays, you would still need to pay for one because eBooks are not for free. Another disadvantage of travel guides these days is the photos of the places. Although there are newer versions of travel guides, most of them are still in black and white. Thus, you should be careful when buying a travel guide. You should do some research first to end up with a good copy of a travel guide. Lastly, when you have a travel guide, your trip becomes less spontaneous. When you are travelling to a new place, it is important to know basic information but if you follow a travel guide, you don’t get to experience much.