A good travel guide is an essential item that should accompany you on your travels - whether you are just taking a long-weekend trip to Mexico or are relocating to China for the next three years. With the plethora of travel guides on the market, you can choose the one that most closely fits your travel needs.  If you like a guide that brings the country to life, the Eyewitness Series is filled with pictures and comprehensive  information that cover a country's history, cultural high points and tips for living there. If you are a student backpacker or simply want to watch your travel pennies, then a budget guide like the Lonely Planet or Let's Go Series will give you all the essential travel information you need to travel within your monetary limits. And if a guide for traveling to certain regions of the world, like Europe, is all you need, then go with a guide written by an expert of that region, like Rick Steves.

• Eyewitness Travel Guides
  
  
• Lonely Planet Guides
  

• Let's Go Series
  
  
• Rick Steve's Series
     

A good durable travel journal makes your travels more enjoyable and keeps your adventures alive for years to come. Journals can be used to record your impressions of traveling and living abroad, your goals, funny moments, historic events, addresses and contact information for the many people you'll meet, exchange rates, current prices of goods (newspapers, bread, stamps) in the local currency and essential emergency information. Blank journals are perfect for the artistic types who like to sketch, draw or paint impressions of architectural wonders and everyday life.

• Writing Journals
  
  
• Women's Journals
  
  
• Culinary Journals
  
  
• Backpacker's Journals  
  
  
• Sketching Journals