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Why I Don't Use Guidebooks Anymore: A Complete Guide Used to be obsessed with guidebooks, me. Highlighting every "must-see" spot, scribbling notes everywhere, following those maps like gospel. Proper tourist behaviour. Then it hit me - these bloody things were ruining my trips. Must Read:  Travel Burnout Is Real — Here's How to Handle It . Breaking Free From the Script These days, I keep planning dead simple. Book the flight, sort accommodation, grab airport parking Gatwick  online. Done. Getting decent Gatwick airport parking deals  sorted early means one less thing to stress about. Then I just wing it when I get there. What Actually Happens Without some book telling me where to go, I've found incredible stuff. Tiny cafés down back streets that smell amazing. Art galleries with no queues and brilliant local artists. Viewpoints where I'm the only person taking photos. Best discoveries? Always the ones guidebooks missed completely. Local Knowledge Beats Everyth...