I've read Mark's thread "Travel Guide Exchange " ( http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum94/HTML/004536.html ) and inspired to post this here.

I read his post and felt it is a great idea, but I can't contribute to it because of my usual way of using travel guide books.

I usually tear and strip a travel guide book into pieces and bring only the parts I would need with me. At the hotel I tear off into far little piece and grab only the portion that I may need on the day or two of the travel. And when I feel I've used up enough on the portion I throw it away.

This way I usually end up with totally unused (and left behind in the home) portions and worn-in-the-pocket map portions of guide books after a trip.

Now I'm a little curious if I'm doing usual or quite special among other FTers.

How do you use travel guide books?