Hi,

I do a mixture of both.

Pre travel planning on the internet but I take a guidebook with me . I generally do not look at the hotel sections as I have prebooked but I like the larger scale city maps and descriptions in the Guidebooks ( I like the rough guides and the Eyewitness guides by DK). Whilst the information/prices may be a litlle out of date the maps and sight descriptions will be generally good for a few years.

I do not take a laptop or iphone or ipad with me.

Regards

TBS