Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel media company. We enable curious travelers to experience the world and get to the heart of a place via guides to every destination on the planet, an award...
Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel media company. We enable curious travelers to experience the world and get to the heart of a place via guides to every destination on the planet, an award-winning website with booking capabilities, a suite of mobile digital products and a dedicated traveler community. Our story: A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that's all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they'd sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel guide publisher. Visit us at www.lonelyplanet.com.