Sales of US Travel guides have collapsed in Quebec, library owners say. People are now buying travel guides about New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The most shocking thing here is people are still buying travel guides.
In a lot of cases I still prefer the experience of a physical book rather than a website or an app.
Not for everything, but there are some situations where an actual book is a more enjoyable and more versatile user experience.
Also, you don’t want to be looking to log into dodgy wifi when travelling with a burner phone to another country.
Physical guides are more secure and don’t require downloading to a burner device.
On the other hand, I've become pretty distrustful of online reviews.
Actually yeah. Books go out of date, and rather quickly. I have an Alberta Hiking book from the 1970's, from just before Kananaskis Country was established. The trails in that area are pretty hard to look up because the names are all different.