Lonely Planet Travel Guides A La Carte: Less Filling, Same Great Taste

For those unfamiliar with French lexicon, “a la carte” loosely translates to: “without having to carry big a$$ guidebooks around with you”.

Travel Rants Blog tips the cap to a new Lonely Planet service called Pick & Mix:

Today I received an email from Lonely Planet informing me of their Pick & Mix service which let’s travellers buy, download and print individual chapters pulled straight from their guidebooks. This means that we don’t have to lug around a heavy and they can get information anywhere we want.

I plan on leaving all of my guidebooks at home and substituting that otherwise occupied volume in my pack with a laptop. This service could be a great replacement indeed.