Article: Travel: Around the world in 384 pages Bookshelf Can consumer guru Which? cover the globe in one book for pounds 12.99? Sophie Campbell tests the testers

AS BEFITS a guide that "tells you what the brochures don't" about the world, the introduction to Which? Holiday Destination is witheringly sarcastic about creatures from the primordial tourist slime, such as tour operators and brochure writers. "The sun always shines, the sand is always golden and the palms are always greener in Brochureland," it says darkly, " . . . with never a litter-strewn beach or unsightly tower block in sight." Luckily for us, the truth is now available for pounds 12.99. Or is it?

Things start off well, with a useful section on What To Do If Things Go Wrong (with an emphasis on prosecuting tour operators and brochure writers) and a checklist of Holiday Hazards. Then ...

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