Have I been ripped off?

[Taff]

If you need a hotel whilst on the road (not pre planned) then this might be the only way. Otherwise I would do my research in advance using the Internet and create my own POI set with all the hotels etc. There are also POI sets with specific information about a whole variety of subjects out there, plenty on this forum for example.The POIs embedded by Garmin are of questionable validity anyway, many appear to be out of date.

I rarely book hotels in advance as I like to just go for as long as I like. Eg if the weathers bad I may look for a hotel by 3pm, but if I'm enjoying myself and see somewhere I'd like to visit, I may not look for a hotel till 5pm. I find the hotel option brilliant and have only come across 1 that was closed.

I may use a POI set sometime, but I'm a bit of a computer numpty so like to keep things simple.

 

[Wapping]

No Kev' but that might be because they're only a fiver and not sixty quid.

Poor maths, I'm afraid.

A good map (down to the scale of Navteq) would cost you at least a fiver, for quite a limited area.

A basic A to Z for London alone will be £8.

The big French Michelin atlas is about £15.

Mulitply that over the whole of Europe and it would come to multiple hundreds.

 

[Howard Millichap]

Poor maths, I'm afraid.

A good map (down to the scale of Navteq) would cost you at least a fiver, for quite a limited area.

A basic A to Z for London alone will be £8.

The big French Michelin atlas is about £15.

Mulitply that over the whole of Europe and it would come to multiple hundreds.

I agree with wapping. The thing that took me down the GPS route (excuse the pun) was that it contains a street map of every town & city in Europe. The things that can change with the new mapping updates are one ways and priorities and road closures.

As for Sleepy, you're expecting too much. You should have done some research first. Like, if you buy a new GPS mid year, don't register it until after the next mapping comes out. That way you get a free update once at least.

 

[stinkyfeet]

I was touring Europe with 3 yr old maps on my 2610. The only problem I found TBH was that occasionally (it happened about 3 times) I would find myself on a new stretch of road which the GPS didn't know existed, but on each occasion it joined up with a known road within miles and all was well again.

I have now upgraded to CN2008 as much to get the latest hotel info etc as anything else.

ha +1

The European 2009 update is missing new stretches of road in East Anglia.

 

[captainpugwash]

i think tom tom and garmin are all the same their not 100% ive got a tomtom 500 i got in 2006 and its was up dated 2008 and it still get lost , and ive got a 2610 with version 9 in it and that get lost aswell

 

[Davy F]

Mine has. Mind you I have moved house seven times.

So, how is the witness protection scheme working out for you ?