MapEasy for Visual Trip Planning
July 24, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Home & Living
In order to write this post I’m going to have to admit that I’m just no good at reading maps. As a tourist trying to plan a trip to a new city, I want a visual explanation of where everything is. And MapEasy guidemaps provide that. I’ve used them for several years now. It’s true that MapEasy doesn’t make a map for every city or country, but they do cover many of them.
My first MapEasy guidemap was for New Orleans. I also used one for Boston and Washington, DC. The guidemaps work much like the maps you’ve known for years: they fold and unfold. However, it’s the illustrations that bring these maps to life. Not only do the MapEasy guidemaps illustrate locations most people want to visit, but they also feature area restaurants.
Are they discreet? Well, probably not. You’ll look a bit like a tourist if you take it around with you. However, I found that the guidemaps are most useful for planning and learning your way around a city before you actually go.
Several bookstores carry these guidemaps in their travel sections. They are also available online, usually for around $6 each. And you don’t have to be bad at reading maps to enjoy one!
Have you used a MapEasy guidemaps?
(Images via MapEasy)
I love these maps! And they’re practically indestructible. The paper is some sort of plastic type of thing, and it doesn’t tear or disintegrate in the rain.
I have one for NYC, and it helps me remember that when I leave Sak’s, I want to turn right to go for drinks at the Peninsula Hotel, left to go to Lord & Taylor, and just across the street to Rock Center.
Hey Mary Jo. You’re right. I forgot to mention how durable these maps are. I don’t have the NYC map, but it seems like one to get.