Picking Your Local Travel Tour Guide

The right travel tour guide can help get the most out of your vacation. When it comes to guides, you can choose to go for brochures or handbooks. You can also choose to hire your own personal travel guide to take you around your destination.

Here are some tips when choosing guidebooks, brochures, or virtual guides:

• Make sure that it is an official publication
• Pick one that is recent as non updated can cause trouble for your vacation itinerary
• Find a guide that suites your needs. Some guides focus on food. Others focus on attractions. There are also guides that discuss everything about a destination.

Here are some tips when picking out a person to become a tourist guide.

• Find one who is connected with the hotel or with a travel agency
• If applicable, look for certification or licensing that states they are allowed to work as guides Look for a local. Locals often have the best perspective on where to go in a certain area.

Drinking isn´t just about kicking back and relaxing – it also can provide a window into another culture. So says comedian and professional drinker Zane Lamprey, Fine Living Network host of Three Sheets and author of the new Three Sheets: Drinking Made Easy! 6 Continents, 15 Countries, 190 Drinks, and 1 Mean Hangover! (Villard, $15). As for the morning after, he still hasn´t found an effective hangover cure. “I´ve done 52 different episodes, and I´m still looking.”