Were you quoted?: Just Out Fodor's Shanghai and Tokyo
 

Hello Asia forum!

Tokyo, 2nd edition and Shanghai, 1st edition went on sale today. Each of our guides include quotes from posters on the Forums in our Word of Mouth feature. We've listed all those quoted here:

http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/002478.cfm

Happy (almost) Friday!

Do those quoted get a free guidebook of their choice?

Good question--we're still working out how else we can thank those posters included. For now, it seemed that we should at the very least be thanking them on the site.

Other suggestions are welcome here or can be emailed to [email protected].

Wonderful info, thanks for letting us know.

Katie: Great idea for including quotes from posters, I feel honored.

I'd appreciate receiving a free copy of the guidebook I was featured in, that's a great suggestion, EK.

You're welcome, fodors. Thanks for the forum.

I'd just like to know which of my many pearls of wisdom were worthy.

mrwunrfl let me know about this post. I see lcuy and mara and KMloke got quoted too. Cool. So what did I ever say about Tokyo that is quotable, now I gotta go see. I hope it was accurate, whatever it is...

Cool! So I have to buy the book to find out what I said.....I don't even post that much....Maybe I can sort of read it in the bookstore ;-)

Thanks Katie for the lists. Nice idea!

Now I gotta go buy one, so I can see what I said!

Well, I can't tell if you'd like stay in suspense. I think it's so cool that here you all are checking into this thread--glad your around. Here are your quotes below. Happy Friday!

mrwunrfl and emd: You both were quoted at the start of the "Where to Eat" Chapter.

mrwunrfl: "If you see a small place with a bunch of young guys chowing down, go there."

emd: "There was a vendor at the base of Tokyo Tower who had baked sweet potatoes in a wood-fried oven in his little roasting cart. Seeing this cart and little old man and fire embers late at night was magical."

lcuy: Your quote is at the start of the "Side Trips from Tokyo" chapter.
"I prefer Kamakura over Nikko. It's easier to get from Tokyo, and I like its small feel."

Mara: Your quote is at the start of the "Nightlife & the Arts" chapter:
"If you are a museum person, look into the Grutt Pass---it will save you a lot of you go to a number of museums."

Shanghainese your quote is at the start of the "Where to Stay" chapter in the Shanghai guide:
"If you don't want to spend too much time in taxis....book a hotel in the central area even if it costs a bit more."

Hi Katie_H

Are other guide books coming out soon that may feature quotes from the Fodors board?

Our Gold guides (look for the orange bind!) all feature WOM at this time. The guides coming out next month are:
China, Japan, and National Parks of the West.

Thanks, Katie H! Yeah, that GRUTT pass was great for me, Ms. Budget Traveler ;-)

Hi Katie, I think we are so happy to know someone at Fodors !
I know you mentioned about other guides but are there any new country gudies such a Vietnam , Malaysia, Thailand etc that are due out soon ?

There is no Malaysia guide coming up but both Thailand and Vietnam come out in August.

lol!
Thanks Katie

Wow! :D

mrwunrfl, I am ROFL laughing- that quote is so "you" and your fodors personality...

I do remember that little old man who had sweet potatoes roasting in the cart at the base of Tokyo Tower, and it WAS magical- being with my teen son after all that work to get to Tokyo and all that work finding Tokyo Tower (not as it easy as it sounds- and ALL those stairs in that subway station) and then seeing that little man and his cart...we thought we were getting corn on the cob and when we opened the foil, of all thing it was a sweet potatoe. Big surprise. One of those moments.

I like my quote, I am glad they picked that one. And Mara's is perfect for her too, she is a great budget traveler!

congrats to all of you. now i can tell my frieds i know a few writers that were published.

now, though, i don't know how we are going to deal with lucy. lol

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Sadly, I'll have to take back my Vietnam announcement. The book won't be in stores in August; I'll double-check for an updated pub date.

Thanks!

emd, I saw our quotes in the Tokyo book a couple of days ago, at the B&N in Reston. You, hobbes, and I are on the same page.

Bill, what the heck were you doing in Reston? Looking for the Reston Japanese place with the bunch of young guys chowing down?

I have not seen the 2007 Japan book. You and me on the same page is cool, a bit of serendipity.

Hey everyone who was quoted:

I was doing some searching today and found this piece from Katie (the Fodor's editor above)online. I stumbled upon this completely accidentally while doing research on something completely different. It says that those who are quoted in the new Japan or China editions of the Fodors guides can have a free copy of that guide sent to them or any other Fodors guide of their choice.

See this info and instructions here:

http://ww2.13abc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6691478

Thanks, emd!

Katie -- I wasn't quoted in the China guide but was in the Shanghai 1st edition. Does that qualify me for a free guide? Xie Xie!

good question, as I was in Tokyo but not Japan! emd is listed twice in the Japan list, so she gets two.

I received my copy today. I think I was quoted 5-6 times.

I have not gotten anything yet. I emailed Katie H and told her I'd like to get the Mexico guide instead, as I already have the Japan guide and I have been traveling in Mexico again after many years away from there, but no response so far. Then today I realized Fodors has no Mexico guidebook at all. That really surprised me.

I got an email from Katie, and yesterday I recd. my new fodors Mexico book...Thanks, katie!

I e-mailed Katie, instead of the Shanghai edition, I asked for the China edition and received it yesterday. Thank you Katie and Fodor's!