The website is updatable which makes it better for travellers as the world changes constantly. The books though, that is a completely different case. Their books should be taken off the market simply. The information that comes out of those pages is not like it was when the book was written. You cannot count on the books to tell you anything correct.
This review is based on more occasions in 2 different countries, Thailand and india. In Thailand I had the 2006 and 2010 edition, I know that they are old, but even though there are 4 years between they were published, they say very much the same, and such information was incorrect.
The 2012 edition for India is outrageous, a friend and I visited New Delhi and followed Lonelyplanets guide book. Everthing that book told us was wrong. The neighbourhoods it told us was for backpackers, were completely empty for backpackers, and filled with Indians.
I wont use Lonelyplanet books ever again. It wrtitten very well, but it is not correct information.
