Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks

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Summary: Great Travel Reference
Review: Absolutely wonderful travel guide. Pay close attention to the authors' suggestions for their favorite restaurants... it's well worth it! Can't stress enough how much an earlier edition helped on our first trip to the outer banks... this edition has also helped immensely on our second trip!

Rating:
Summary: Great Travel Reference
Review: Absolutely wonderful travel guide. Pay close attention to the authors' suggestions for their favorite restaurants... it's well worth it! Can't stress enough how much an earlier edition helped on our first trip to the outer banks... this edition has also helped immensely on our second trip!

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Summary: A basic refernece guide, but out of date
Review: Although this was a decent reference guide, it seems a bit out of date already. The dining and shopping sections were especially long, but very outdated. Some of the restaurants that were presented have been closed for some time now. Insiders' Publishing needs to re-examine their process and return to the great writing they did in years past.

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Summary: author
Review: As co-author, I understand the need for updating the information in this book. The publisher has continued to use both my name and Ms. Lauby as authors, but did not allow us to update the material from when it was first written. Things change rapidly on the Outer Banks, and I too feel the guide should be updated more regularly. But I also think it continues to provide a great feel for the area and offers starting points for those interested in pursuing specialized interests.

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Summary: Where's the Altoona?
Review: The author needs to update. For being hot off the press in April, 2000, I was disappointed it wasn't more current. Don't bother looking for the "wreck of the Altoona" - the locals informed us that it hadn't been seen since 1978 (the author's directions to find it were poor and we walked for about two hours in the hot sand trying to find it before we finally went to the visitors center and asked). Do go to Edenton and take their self-guided walking tour (approx 1 hour) This is a very pretty town and a nice side trip.

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Summary: Where's the Altoona?
Review: The author needs to update. For being hot off the press in April, 2000, I was disappointed it wasn't more current. Don't bother looking for the "wreck of the Altoona" - the locals informed us that it hadn't been seen since 1978 (the author's directions to find it were poor and we walked for about two hours in the hot sand trying to find it before we finally went to the visitors center and asked). Do go to Edenton and take their self-guided walking tour (approx 1 hour) This is a very pretty town and a nice side trip.

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Summary: Will help plan every aspect of you Outer Banks Vacation.
Review: This is a very important guide to add to your vacation planning tools. If you have been to the Outer Banks before it will help you find those little out of the way shops you would never find otherwise. If you have never been there before it help you out on a daily basis. Many of the local shops and restaurants are in houses and on side streets, and this makes some of the better treasures hidden. This book will help you find these treasures. This book also gives phone numbers of all of it's listings. This is Absolutely the best aspect of this Guide. The Guide will even give you a short history lesson of the area. I strongly recommend this book.