Hi all
I have the old LP Cuba, the one before the USD was scrapped. I now realise how out of date this book is and realise I need a new guidebook before I leave on Sunday.
Do I just go for the Moon guide (never brought one of these before but has good reviews) or buy the new LP edition who now has a different author? I'm worried that it will not be different enough to the one I have already?
Does anyone have any experience of either?
Thanks in advance
Sonia
sonnibabes
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siemprepatty
Get the new (2006) Moon Handbook if you want a new guidebook. Overall better coverage and more information. The best LP handbook was the 2000 ed which is very badly out of date re:casas and restaurants.
HOWEVER, you can probably manage with what you have given that the information on what-to-see, cities, etc. basically hasn't changed, just accepting that all the prices will be higher. Hotels haven't changed that much, up-to-date information on casas can be found at CubaJunky and casaparticular.info and once you have one casa they will also book ahead for you.
The main problem with any Cuba guidebook is that by the time it is published, the "new" information is already almost a year old and may or may not still be accurate.
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lesliepear
I have the Moon guidebook and like it very much. There's also a section where the author has some routes sketched out according to a person's different interest. It gives you good ideas instead of just listing hotels and restaurants like LP does.
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poshmcdoo
I have the older LP and the latest from last year. Can't comment on the Moon version but have heard its good....twice the size....don't know the price or if weight is an issue but probably both are good.
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johnabbotsford
A very large proportion of the new LP is simply a reprint of the previous one. Having at least one does complement any other book you might use. Having said that I find LP essier to navigate than Moon but this could just be because I am so used to using them all around the world for so many years.
Cheers
john
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davfitz
One month ago I would have enthusiastically recommended Moon over Lonely Planet. Not so today. I used the current Moon guide to plan a trip to Trinidad earlier this month and the result was a disaster. Had it not been for a fortuitous, last minute exchange and cross-reference of guide information from the current LP guide with a fellow traveller during the bus trip (not the pinko kind of course) my stay could well have been sunk.
It helps to have and use two reference books.
Pro tip
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