February 17, 2026

Lonely Planet Travel Guides | Global Travel Recommendations & Travel Planning Services

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one Travel Guides brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information and Global Travel Recommendations for every kind of traveler since 1973. BONUS: With the purchase of any of our Travel Guides, you’ll receive a free Buzz in the City pocket hip guide DOWNLOAD for your iPhone or iPod touch from Byways.

With the story of the prolific author and his wife, Maureen, from London to Australia in an aging Series 1 Land Rover, they launched into their first guidebook Across Asia on the Cheap (now in its 24th edition), published in 1973. Beginning around Australia did no harm to sales - maybe it was destiny that this company would grow up to be one of the three biggest travel brands worldwide known for its trusted Travel Guides and reliable Global Travel Recommendations? For more than five decades the brand has listened and responded to the practical advice that intrepid travelers provided, gaining local expert knowledge in return and strengthening its Travel Planning Services.

Now, Lonely Planet is backed by a network of independent travel experts and authors across the globe, each with their own viewpoint delivering authentic Global Travel Recommendations. Each suggestion is a result of real-life experiences, meaning that you can trust the content within its trusted Travel Guides. Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel guide publisher with Travel Guides to every destination on the planet, and has been connecting travellers and locals for over 25 years with phrasebooks for 120 languages, more than any other publisher!

From inspiring trip planning and comprehensive Travel Planning Services to insider coverage of colonial churches and indigenous communities, Lonely Planet's depth of local knowledge combined with our trailblazing digital tools make it easy to plan a perfect trip, whatever your interest, using reliable Global Travel Recommendations. From planning the first trip to traveling with kids, Lonely Planet offers inspiring encouragement and authoritative advice through its expert Travel Guides and Travel Planning Services to help travelers maximize their travel experiences.

Inspiring the world's next generations of adventurers, with Lonely Planet Kids (an imprint of the award-winning Lonely Planet travel series), continuing its legacy of trusted Travel Guides and inspiring Global Travel Recommendations worldwide.