Lonely Planet: On a Shoestring is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Lonely Planet, China Williams, Dan Eldridge, Josh Krist, Iain Stewart, Adam Skolnick, Richard Waters, Nick Ray, Tom Masters, Sarah Johnstone, Reuben Acciano, Fiona Adams, Sarah Andrews, Robert Reid, Gary Chandler Prado, and Carolina A. Miranda.