Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei (Travel Guide) Paperback – 12 July 2024

Good detail compared to another guide book we bought. Maps useful too.

This travel guide is a perfect size and I love the fold out map at the back, it folds up to a compact size but expands out to a usable size.As always with lonely planet guides, there is a lot of useful information in the book. I would always recommend purchasing in advance as there is so much to help with planning a trip, not just to use while you're there.

Lonely Planet have changed the format of this guide book from how they used to present the information and it feels pretty useless in terms of a guidebook. It no longer lists sights separately but jumbles them together is a paragraph with lots of other things. No details on prices, opening times, how to get there or get around different places. Appreciate guidebooks get out of date quickly but it’s still helpful to have this info as a rough guide. This obviously expects you to google everything which defeats the object of buying a book in my option. Would put me off buying LP again

I have travelled to both Malaysia and Singapore and relied more on social media recommendations than travel books, so I was interested if this would be more helpful for my next trip there in a few months time.The contents are split into 4 main categories:-Plan Your Trip-The Guide-Toolkit-Storybook"Plan Your Trip" contains maps, itineraries, national parks, the food scene, when to go and how to prepare for your trip."The Guide" breaks down each region. It begins with the regions' history and what it is know for (monuments/parks/local dishes). An in-depth map is next with helpful information on how best to get there and how far it is from the airports. It then will have an example itinerary, for example the Kuala Lumpur one is for three days and each day it will have a suggestion for what to do in the morning, afternoon and evening for each day with some additional activities that are enjoyed by the locals rather than just visiting the tourist stops. It then goes more into depth of each area in the city, what foods and drinks to try, additional maps and photographs of the areas you should visit. It also includes places to stay with different budgets in mind as well."Toolkit" is a small section which has all the important information about travelling in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei such as health and safety, money, LGBTQ+ travellers, accessible travel, Language and many more essentials."Storybook" contains 5 stories from 5 different authors and they go more into depth about the relationship Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei have with each other, the music scene in Malaysia, Kopitiam Culture, the High speed Railway and the infamous street art.This guide is jam packed with current information and has pretty much everything you need to plan a trip to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It is full of information I did not know and interesting places to visit. It is very easy to navigate, and though it is in depth, it does get straight to the point so you don't need to wade through a lot of filler to get to what you want to know.There are also QR codes throughout the book so that you can find up to date information and directly book through the correct site. It also includes a removable map in the back as well.

I love me a good travel guide, and Lonely Planet does some of THE best guides around, and their site and ebooks are fantastic, as is this book, but I'm not sure why paper travel guides exist now.Yes, the book is lovely to flick through, paper books will always outdo electronic books, but surely some of it is out of date by the time it hits the shelves, especially in this fast paced world? Meanwhile, you can update a website or an ebook pretty quickly. Sure, a paper guide doesn't run out of battery when you're in the middle of nowhere, but power banks exist.Anyway, as it is, it is a great book, full of titbits of information and recommendations (and gorgeous photos), but an app or a site will get you the information you need in a much quicker time.If you're going off the beaten track then, yeah, I guess this book is invaluable, if you have low battery, no power bank, and no signal.

My partner was born and raised in Malaysia and with us going to visit later in the year this has been a big help to both of us for planning our trip. It provides areas of interest from Penang to Kuala Lumpur, a lot of which she wasn’t even aware of being a local!The book is very comprehensive, but no bigger than your standard book and so won’t take up a lot of space. The paper feels durable so should be fine to take around with you and the quality of the images give you a really good idea of what to expect.I like how it also includes various sections to help with other parts of your trip from travel tips to common phrases to help you communicate (fortunately this won’t be an issue with my partner fluent in Malay). Highly recommended if you plan of visiting Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei anytime soon and well worth the current RRP.

The thing I love about Lonely Planet travel guides is that they are so easy to travel with. They are the perfect size to pack in a rucksack but are still full to the brim with useful info and tips. They really contain everything you need to know for travelling to new places.This one is no different. It includes useful itineraries, information on money, safety, cultural etc, and some really useful maps. It also has a huge amount of gorgeous photos.