About Lonely Planet

About lonelyplanet.com

Are you adrift in a sea of travel information? Lonelyplanet.com can steer you straight to independent travel advice, a global community of travellers, and everything you need to make your trip happen, from guidebooks to flights and author-reviewed accommodation.

Millions of travellers come to lonelyplanet.com every month to dream, plan and book their next adventures, and connect with like-minded people. So where would you like to travel today?

Our Destinations pages. If you have a specific destination in your sights, we have more than 8000 Destinations pages covering cities and countries, and 200,000 top attractions and author reviews to help you plan your trip. Everything you need to decide and go is right here.

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Our Themes pages. Maybe you don’t have a specific destination in mind, but are picturing yourself on a hammock or scaling a snow-capped peak. If your imagination is racing with travel ideas but you haven’t nailed down where to go, be inspired by our new Theme pages. These bring together our best content on adventure travel, world food, value travel, honeymoons, photography, big trips and more.

Our homepage. Want to be up to speed on the freshest travel advice and inspiration, as well as find out the latest from Lonely Planet? We feature the very best on the Lonely Planet homepage.

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Our online shop. Need a Lonely Planet guide for your next trip? You can find it without lifting a finger by ordering one of 500 guides from our online shop. We also have digital versions of our books available as individual chapters or in full, and a selection of glossy travel reference books just begging to be browsed. Too much choice? Find out which guide book is right for you here.

Hotels and hostels. Our innovative online accommodation booking system has a great array of author-reviewed hotels and hostels. From cheap and cheerful backpacker haunts to high-end honeymoon retreats, you can sleep soundly, whatever your style.

Travel services. So you’ve got somewhere to rest your head. Now it’s time to lock down some flights and travel insurance. You can also book tours and activities for your trip, hire a car and pick up some shiny new travel gear.

Thorn Tree. Itching to get a travel question answered, hunting for a travel buddy or hoping to test drive your itinerary on some seasoned backpackers? Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forum is a hive of activity, with 100,000 new posts each month. Our globe-trotting community is discussing everything from Full Moon party survival tips to solo travel in Kazakhstan – why not join the conversation?

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