The Travel Guide Zealot (the TGZ): A pious and unquestioning follower of the cult of Lonely Planet / Fromers / Lets Go (does that still exist), etc., who will consult his personal holy book before making even the simplest decision. No restaurant should be trusted if its name is not found in the hallowed section on “food and drink.” The night club preselected by the all-knowing authors for its top notch house dj’s must be patronized despite the unfortuante fact that since the 2005 edition, it lost its liqueur license and has become a social center for the elderly. And while predestined pilgrims often spend more time looking at their travel treatise than actually looking about, they should not be scorned. The TGZ’s are often novice excursionists and should be patiently encouraged to go off script. On the other hand, they can be useful sources of information with ready responses to such quandaries as, “how many shekels should a cab to the airport really cost?”

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