Lonely Planet

As the largest travel publisher in the world, Lonely Planet has helped countless travellers find their way through exotic and new locales around the world. Started by Tony and Maureen Wheeler, this innovative company stemmed from the couple's own desire to travel the world easily and with minimal resources. After meeting and marrying within a year, the pair decided to travel through Asia on their way to Australia. Encouraged by their friends, the pair decided to create a travel book based on their adventures that could help future travelers interested in doing the same thing. This led to a second travel guide and 40 years later, an entire empire of travel books, manuals, guides, and resources. Today, Lonely Planet forms one of the most popular travel brands in the world. You can use these guides to find the best resources in a particular region and get honest opinions from the seasoned travellers who write these guides on all the sites and adventures in a country. Lonely Planet also offers a range of financial options for a trip, allowing you to indulge if you like or take a more cost-efficient adventure. All the reviews and opinions in a Lonely Planet guide are unsolicited, guaranteeing that you are getting an honest assessment of a hotel, restaurant, or site. In recent years, the company has begun incorporating online solutions into their sizeable catalogue of print materials, as well. So before you begin any sojourn to a distant land or around the globe, take a look at Lonely Planet's large list of resources.