Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 11th Edition

By National Historic Route 66 Members

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 097099513X
• ISBN13: 9780970995131
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: National Historic Route 66 Federation
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This Guide is a real Winner!

This guide is a real winner! I just read some of the other reviews here and the few negatives were based on expecting this guide to be everything and to include everything. The Dining & Lodging Guide is exactly what it is to purported to be - a guide that will help you find good places to eat and stay while avoiding those worth avoiding. As you travel through communities, you simply don't know what's good or bad without some objective recommendations. And incidentally, this guide will give you the information you need to make reservations in advance. We never would have stopped at several of the highly rated places, but thanks to the guide, we did, and thoroughly enjoyed them. Three examples were Bobcat Bite, the Blue Swallow Motel and the Midpoint Cafe. One reviewer here said, there were some places the guide didn't list. Well, it has over 500 in it. There are thousands of places along the Route and there is no way to include them all. I certainly agree with the reviewer who said you will want several types of guides before you set out on your trip. I think the Route 66 Federation is performing an important service in publishing this very helpful guide.

Route 66 Guide

This guide was very helpful. We tried several restaurants in the book and all were very good. The El Rey Inn in Santa Fe was beautiful. I highly recommend staying there. This is worth buying. It made the trip enjoyable knowing that where we were eating and staying were good. We would have missed many of them if not for the book.

Where to EAT and SLEEP on Route 66

The Dining and Lodging Guide is not, and was never intended to be, a guide to finding and driving Route 66. There's many good books and maps for that. INSTEAD, it is a valuable resource for finding places to eat and sleep while on your Route 66 journey.Full dislcosure time...I am a member of the National Historic Route 66 Federation, and a Route 66 author and artist. I had NO part in developing this dining and lodging guide...that was done by volunteers.But, even though I have been researching Old 66 since 1981, I have found several editions of this frequently updated guide to be very useful, and never travel the Route without it.So, if you want to know a good place to stay in Vega, TX, or eat in Springfield Il, make sure this guide is in your glovebox!

Disregard Maggie Kaspersetz's Review

Maggie Kaspersetz's review is very misguided. We doubt that she purchased the Dining & Lodging Guide. If she had, she wouldn't compare it to two sources that are travel guides and don't evaluate or even list places to stay and eat. We ask that you dismiss her evaluation as illogical.

Great Guide!

On a recent trip a few weeks ago from Chicago to Needles, CA on Route 66 we used this book extensively. All motels and restaurants listed in the book were exactly as promised. We were never disappointed. If you prefer to sleep and eat at NON-franchised establishemnts - you need this book. There are franchised motels listed, but there are several Mom n' Pop motels & cafes still operating. Even if your not traveling the Mother Road, most places are just a very short drive off of the boring interstate highways. Look for these places - you WILL enjoy the change of pace.