Welcome to the Lonely Planet House Style Manual
This manual covers Lonely Planet’s general style rules (in terms of spelling, grammar etc). Questions of grammar and style not covered here follow the Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS). Text following British English spelling defaults to Collins (https://www.collinsdictionary.com); text following US English spelling defaults to Merriam-Webster (www.merriam-webster.com). Exceptions and additions to standard style are covered in the relevant regional style sheets.