In Your Pocket City Guides 4691764 219039100 2008-06-13T08:30:06Z Nejc Buzinel 7301940 [[image:In Your Pocket Logo.PNG|right|thumb|150px]] '''In Your Pocket''' (IYP) is a European city guide publisher and online tourist information provider. As of April 2008 it publishes city guides to 40 destinations and provides free online information to over 50 cities in [[Europe]] from [[Athens]] to [[Zagreb]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Belfast]] to [[Bucharest]], [[Tallinn]] to [[Tirana]] and [[St. Petersburg]] to [[Sofia]]. Distributed locally mainly in hotels and newsstands the entire content of the entire guides can also be downloaded from their website free of charge. The first In Your Pocket city guide, ''Vilnius In Your Pocket'' was written in late [[1991]] by German journalist Matthias Lüfkens and Belgian brothers George, Oliver and Nicolas Ortiz in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. Since then the four founders have franchised the ''In Your Pocket'' guides in 20 countries covering key tourist capitals as well as obscure off-beat destinations such as [[Athens]], [[Belfast]], [[Berlin]], [[Braşov]], [[Bucharest]], [[Budapest]], [[Český Krumlov]], [[Derry]], [[Dublin]], [[Dubrovnik]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Gdańsk]], [[Gdynia]], [[Haapsalu]], [[Kaliningrad]], [[Kaunas]], [[Kiev]], [[Klaipėda]], [[Kraków]], [[Leipzig]], [[Liepaja]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Łódź]], [[Lviv]], [[Minsk]], [[Munich]], [[Narva]], [[Odessa]], [[Palanga]], [[Pärnu]], [[Peć]], [[Poiana Braşov]], [[Poznan]], [[Prague]], [[Priština]], [[Prizren]], [[Riga]], [[Rijeka]], [[Shkodra]], [[Siauliai]], [[Sofia]], [[Sopot]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Tallinn]], [[Tarnów]], [[Tartu]], [[Tirana]], [[Vilnius]], [[Warsaw]], [[Wrocław]], [[Zadar]] and [[Zagreb]]. In June [[2006]] In Your Pocket published print and online city guides to all the [[Football World Cup]] venues in [[Germany]] such as [[Berlin]], [[Cologne]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Hamburg]], [[Hannover]], [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]], [[Nuremberg]], [[Stuttgart]], [[Kaiserslautern]] and [[Gelsenkirchen]]. In November [[2006]] In Your Pocket published the first English-language guide to [[Kosovo]]'s capital [[Priština]] and [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]'s capital [[Skopje]]. The guides do not have the aim to increase tourism but merely to provide honest, critical information that makes getting around the city easier for newcomers. The guidebooks - updated every two months - have received much praise in the international media. The [[International Herald Tribune]] described them as ''“an Eastern European publishing phenomenon”'' [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/05/travel/trguides.php] and [[The Times]] claimed there are ''“The best guides to [[Eastern Europe]]”'' [http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/essentials/article2361511.ece], adding that ''“the website is a (literally) priceless first stop before your holiday”'' [http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/essentials/article1538454.ece]. [[The New York Times]] notes it is ''“a good all-around information site”'' [http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/travel/16riga.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1190329468-3dLvp8Zj+/biqZh4F2s2GQ] and [[The Independent]] lists their website among the ''“ten best travel websites”'' because ''“the writers/compilers live locally and the guides are frequently updated”'' [http://travel.independent.co.uk/news_and_advice/article14616.ece]. [[The Guardian]] observes that ''“InYourPocket.com was the first online travel guide to come up with the idea of offering free downloadable city guides in printable (PDF) format.”'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2005/may/14/travelwebsites.internet.guardiansaturdaytravelsection] noting that it ''“is a brilliant resource written by excellent writers whose slant is always 'off the trail'.”'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/feb/28/blogbyblogguide.europe.art] and [[The Observer]] says it is ''“the most reliable source”'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/20/escape.budapest]. The guides are frequently mentioned in traditional guidesbooks such as [[Lonely Planet]], [[Let’s Go Travel Guides]] or [[Rough Guides]] [http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=95&xid=idh227940400_0042] [http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=109&xid=idh127388600_0049] == References == *[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/05/travel/trguides.php"A pocketful of tips on Eastern Europe"], ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', [[May 6]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/essentials/article2361511.ece"Alternative city guidebooks and websites"], ''[[The Times]]'', [[September 1]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/essentials/article1538454.ece"Inside information"], ''[[The Times]]'', [[July 17]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://travel.independent.co.uk/news_and_advice/article14616.ece"The Ten Best: Travel websites"], ''[[The Independent]]'', [[January 13]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2005/may/14/travelwebsites.internet.guardiansaturdaytravelsection"Best of the net: Essential sites"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[May 14]] [[2005]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/travel/16riga.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1190329468-3dLvp8Zj+/biqZh4F2s2GQ"Cultured Traveler"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[July 16]] [[2006]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/20/escape.budapest"What is... a kert?"], ''[[The Observer]]'', [[May 20]] [[2007]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/feb/28/blogbyblogguide.europe.art"Blog by blog guide to … art in Europe"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[February 28]] [[2008]]. Accessed [[March 20]] [[2008]]. *{{cite book | last = Bousfield | first = Jonathan | authorlink = Jonathan Bousfield | coauthors = Mark Salter | title = The Rough Guide to Poland | publisher = [[Rough Guides]] | date = July 2005 | url = http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=95&xid=idh227940400_0042 | isbn = 1843534886}} *{{cite book | last = Bousfield | first = Jonathan | title = The Rough Guide to Croatia | publisher = [[Rough Guides]] | date = May 2007 | url = http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=109&xid=idh127388600_0049 | isbn = 9781843537830}} == External links == * ''In Your Pocket'' website - [http://www.inyourpocket.com In Your Pocket Guides]. * ''In Your Pocket'' PDF Guides to 50 destinations - [http://www.inyourpocket.com/static/download/downloads_main.html Full PDF & Instant Guides]. [[Category:Travel guide books]] [[Category:Series of books]] [[Category:Travel websites]]