Travel to Virgin Islands

Frommer's Virgin Islands (Frommer's Complete)

Format: Paperback
Author: Darwin Porter
ReleaseDate: 02 September, 2005
Publisher: Frommers
Rating:

Good reference book.
Neither are perfect but together they make up for each others weakness. I alway buy both Frommers and Fodors books when I go shoot a new DVD in this case, "The Best Virgin Island Beaches" here on Amazon. I like Frommers a little better because it has a good section on beaches and descriptions. Also, their maps tend to be a little more detailed. Neither though has many pictures, so if you want to see and hear what these places really feel like, check out our DVDs after you read these books.

Very disappointing...
It's hard to tell when you've never been to the location before but after a week on St. I thought I was pretty good at picking them but man, was I off this time. Thomas and St. John, I wish I would've read all these others reviews before I bought this book. I was very disappointed. There were SO MANY unacceptable errors in this book. Maps were wrong. . . there's an error on the St. John map that shows a road when actually it's only a walking trail. There were typos that got us lost in the city. The reviews weren't accurate at all. Places where it read "live carribean music nightly" were false. The restaurants never had a live band!
Please consider purchasing another publication unless you don't mind wasting your money.

uncommonly poor for Frommers

Most of the reviewers highlight problems in the sections on the USVI, but the sections on the BVI are worse. I bought this book for a recent trip to the British Virgin Islands, having used Frommer's guides on several vacations in the past. For example, there are none of the useful maps showing where hotels and restaurants are on the island, which makes planning day trips or dinner trips difficult. Also, it gives no hint that cabs are really the only way around, extremely expensive and highly unreliable.
I think for my next trip to the Caribbean, I will just rely on their overall Carribean book (I've used the US and Europe ones and like them) and don't see the added value of the country/island/area specific book (most of the guides are recycled content anyway).

Related products:
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	Fodor's U.S. and British Virgin Islands 2006 (Fodor's Gold Guides)
	Insight Map Us & British Virgin Islands: Fleximap Plus Travel Information (Insight Fleximaps)
	The Best of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (Best of St. Thomas & St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands)
	Top 10 Virgin Islands, US and British (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
	Adventure Guide to the Virgin Islands