Founded in 1973 as a collective of world travelers and writers, Moon Travel Guides is a travel guidebook publisher based in Berkeley, CA. 

Moon provides travelers with the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable travel experience. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooks are the cure for the common trip.

 • Moon covers more than 100 destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Asia and the Pacific.
 • Moon guides are updated every 2-3 years.
 • Moon authors have close ties to and strong knowledge of the destinations they cover, as well as the strategies travelers need to really experience a place.

Moon is published by Avalon Travel, an imprint of Perseus Books, a Hachette Book Group Company.

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