The long, sad decline of America's coolest travel guide

Fuente: Business Insider

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIDavid Vanderhoef was concerned about his guidebook to Kenya. A 39-year-old former bar manager from Connecticut, Vanderhoef had been on a grand world tour for several years with his partner when he picked up the latest guidebook from Lonely Planet, the legendary travel company, ahead of his trip in October. That year's edition was only about half as long as the 2018 version he also owned.