We must have one of the best public library system that offer services at little or no cost. For the traveller, most of travel guides in the market are under the library collection, but slightly date. A lot of people must have the similar thought as most travel guides are either on loan or in the reserve list.
Attempting to keep the cost of the trip low. I decided to get my travel guide from the public library. I must be in luck. I managed to loan the latest ediion of Let's Go (2005) and Footprint (2004).
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Glad that you found the library useful. BTW, the context of the travel guide collection is this -- the typical shelf life of a travel guide is 2 to 3 years (not cost effective for us to discard every year). Even for some that is more than 3 years, they are kept because most of the information is still accurate. The library can't acquire too many new copies (not all travellers borrow travel guides like you). Usually only 2 or 3 copies per title for popular destinations. So that's why some people think that there are no new copies. [The views expressed are my own and does not necessarily reflect those of my employer]
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