Austin travel guides are either really good or really bad, there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground. I don’t particularly like the ones that are combined with San Antonio (though I suppose if I was going for a week’s vacation, I’d be more appreciative of those.)
Here’s what I liked and didn’t like:
* Frommers San Antonio and Austin Day By Day — I like these because I like to have some place to start when thinking about planning out my days. I don’t generally follow their itinerary but I do like to start with these.
* Top 10 Eyewitness Travel San Antonio and Austin — I’m a big fan of lists and I’d have liked this one a lot more if it hadn’t been a combo San Antonio/Austin guide.
* Moon Austin, San Antonio and Hill County — I just plain like Moon travel guides. They always have suggestions that are just a little different from all of the others. Again, the darn combo travel guide — but this one did a much better job with Austin than the first two.
* Insider’s Guide to Austin was almost TOO much. I know, I know. I complain about combo guides and then complain when I get TOO much from this one. I’d like this better if I was going to have more time in Austin or if I was moving to the area. I also didn’t like the font or the darn paper. Blech.