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Guidebook Says 'Style', Flickr Member Says 'Check Out Rainbow Bedspread'

January 30, 2007 at 3:12 PM | 2 Comments

We know that hotel guidebooks have encountered some controversy as of late as is evidenced by this quote that sums up the tensions between guidebook publishers and writers quite succintly, "They pay * * * *, they get * * * *."

Even our post this morning on LonelyPlanet's Haystack booking service generated a comment about the "good intentions" behind the site. Which is why when we stumbled across this photo on Flickr today from a hotel in Italy, we found the caption to be very apropro for this discussion:

Lonely Planet says this hotel is decorated with an eye for style. Plus the hotel ripped us off.

Hmmm...eye for style from a 9-yr-old's perspective, perhaps? Either that or the guidebook writer for Italy got paid * * * *.

When your guidebook said luxury rooms did they really mean two cots and a bathroom down the hall? Contribute your own thoughts on guidebook reviews of hotels by becoming a member and commenting below.

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