Lonely Planet Samoan Islands & Tonga

This book provides excellent cultural information and insights in addition to the standard travel guide material. I found it to be a great reference for use in American and Western Samoa. It had just the right amound of detail in a format that was easily accessible.

Sometimes when you read a book like this your desire to go to a place lessens. But not with this one. I am definitely going to Samoa! Get the feeling it will help me there.

We found this book to be very helpful and especially appreciated the Conversation/ Essentials in the rear of the book. We only visited 'Upolu, and the guide gave us important insights about the Samoan culture and etiquette which served us well. We stayed at Sinalei Reef Resort which we would highly recommend if you are traveling without children, and the restaurant at Coconut's Beach Club was excellent. This guide is a must if you're going to Samoa and really want to enjoy it to it's fullest.

I have never liked how LP guides are arranged but have found them to consistantly have the best information [not perfect but better than other guides.] I wish they had not included Tonga as I am not going there and always travel as light at possible. The binding is not condusive to removing unwanted pages but I will remove the Tonga section anyway. I say, 'buy it!' but don't get bent out of shape should some info not prove to be correct.