Travel guides are a quick-aging category — Lonely Planet, Fodor's, Frommer's, Rough Guides, Rick Steves, DK Eyewitness, Moon, Bradt. Most thrift channels reject them when they're more than a few years old because hotels close, restaurants change, and prices shift. NMLP accepts travel guides at any age:
- Recent editions (last 3 years) have real reader value. Categories that route to LFL stewards in arts-heavy and tourist-overlap neighborhoods.
- Older editions (3-15 years) still useful for the geography, history, and culture content even when the practical info is stale. Many find homes with travelers planning research trips.
- Vintage travel guides (pre-1990) have collector value as travel-history documents, especially for cities and regions that have changed dramatically.
- NM and Southwest regional guides — particularly collectible. The donation archive has documented several.
- Foreign-language travel guides — same routing as the foreign-language books category.
Free pickup or 24/7 drop. 505-250-3804.
Need books gone in Albuquerque?
Free pickup, any condition, same-week scheduling. Or use the 24/7 outdoor drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE.
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Last reviewed 2026-05-02. For corrections, email [email protected].