Create your own Travel Guide at DK

In my first ever post on Rambling Traveler, I wrote about trip planning. One of the things I mentioned is getting a Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guide for your destination. After looking at all the pictures and reading all the descriptions, make a list of places you want to see, then draft an itinerary for your trip. Take that itinerary over to TripAdvisor to read what other travelers have to say about your picks. When we were planning our trip to Ireland, I posted our itinerary on the forum at TA, and I was thrilled with the extra information and help we got from the people there.

Now, Dorling Kindersley has added another resource for trip planning. Their new website, www.travel.dk.com, allows you to create your own travel guide and print it for a small fee. If you act NOW, though, it is free to download your guide through March 12th. Mmm... Intrigued, I created a Rambling Traveler account, and started playing.

Since we might be going to Scotland next year, I chose that as a destination, and narrowed it down to the Highlands. I was able to select information such as practical info, places to stay, places to eat, and places of interest, to include in my personal guide. If you have personal knowledge of a destination, there is an option to create a new section and write your own travel suggestions.

Once I was done creating my guide, I downloaded the pdf file that I can later print. I also submitted my guide to DK to share it with others visiting the site. Right now, there aren't that many destinations to choose from, but I imagine more will be added later on.