Is guidebook writing worth it?

The million-dollar question: is it really worth all the hassle?

After I wrote my first book, I swore I would never do it again. I was exhausted by the process. Not just the travel and writing, but the extensive and drawn-out edit process. Guidebook editors, in my experience, are far more exacting than your average newspaper or magazine editor. Every small change was a back and forth, and chapters went through severa…