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Brochures:
Want
to
get
some
examples
of
travel
brochures?
Travelroads.com
http://www.travelroads.com/
Travel maps, guides, and brochures from tour operators.
Travel
Search Engines and Databases:
[top] Hotels
and
Travel
on
the
Net
http://www.hotelstravel.com/
Here
is
a
great
collection
of
links
to
hotels,
airlines,
airports,
references,
and
services
(rentals,
exchanges,
business
travel,
tours,
travel
agencies,
etc.)
There
are
also
links
to
maps
for
each
geographic
site.
Try the three new travel search
engines: 
Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com/
Travelocity
is
a
very
powerful
one-stop
travel
sites
on
the
Internet.
Travelocity
provides
secure
online
reservation
for
air,
car,
hotel
and
vacation
reservation,
plus
access
to
a
database
of
different
destination
and
other
travel
information.
There
is
link
to
Site
Overview
that
allows
you
to
see
all
that
this
site
provides,
including
Low
Fare
Search
Engine,
Airline
Seat
Maps,
Basic
Information
on
world
wide
destinations,
Maps
and
Weather.
Microsoft
Expedia
http://www.expedia.com/daily/home/Default.asp
This
is
an
easy
to
use
service.
There
are
four
major
sections:
Travel
Agent,
where
flight,
hotel
and
auto
reservations
can
be
found
and
made;
Maps,
where
a
printable
map
is
made
from
the
address
given;
Resources,
with
a
world
guide,
hotel
directory,
10,000
links
to
Web
sites
around
the
world,
currency
converter,
and
weather
info;
and
Communicate,
where
travelers
exchange
information.
Orbitz
http://www.orbitz.com/
This
is
a
first,
a
fare
search
engine
where
one
can
search
a
database
of
airline
fares
and
schedules.
Hotels
:
[top]
These
sites
offers
information
on
bed
and
breakfasts,
resorts,
and
hotels
worldwide,
allowing
you
to
compare
prices
and
rooms.
Hotel
Reservations
http://www.placestostay.com/
All-Hotels
http://www.all-hotels.com/
Embassies:
[top]
embassy.org:
the
Electronic
Embassy
http://www.embassy.org/
If
you
have
questions
about
needing
or
getting
a
visa
or
other
topics,
check
this
site
with
links
to
all
the
embassies
in
the
Washington
D.C.
area.
Health
and
Warning :
[top] Travel
Information
(Centers
for
Disease
Control)
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
Up
to
date
information
on
vaccination
requirements,
disease
outbreaks,
country
health
information,
and
much
more.
Travel
Warnings
&
Consular
Info
Sheets
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
This
site
from
the
U.S.
State
Department
contains
travel
advisories,
by
country.
International
Travelers
Clinic
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/travel-links.html
This
site
contains
health
information
for
travelers
plus
a
very
good
collection
of
links
to
travel
information.
Access-Able
Travel
Source
http://www.access-able.com/
This
site
has
all
sorts
of
information
for
travelers
with
disabilities.
Travel
Guide
Publications: [top] Lonely
Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Lonely
Planet
is
one
of
the
most
respected
publishers
of
off-the-beaten-path
travel
guidebooks
worldwide.
Whether
you
already
know
where
you're
going,
or
are
looking
for
suggestions
for
your
next
trip,
Lonely
Planet's
site
is
packed
with
information
that
you
can
actually
use
to
plan
your
trip.
Search
or
browse
the
section
"DestiNATIONS"
to
find
maps,
facts
and
figures,
and
information
on
local
history,
culture,
and
transportation
for
8
world
regions,
over
80
countries,
and
20
different
cities.
Arthur
Frommer's
Budget
Travel
Online
http://www.frommers.com/
Frommer's
is
one
of
the
original
budget
travel
guidebooks.
Stressing
"Vacations
for
Real
People,"
this
site
features
200
major
tourist
sites
and
a
daily
news
update.
Other
sections
include:
Discounts
-
Best
Travel
Bargains,
Off-beat,
Alternative
Travel,
Travel
for
Special
People
(information
for
young,
senior,
gay
and
lesbian,
vegetarian,
and
more)
and
Arthur
Frommer's
answers
to
your
travel
questions.
Fodor.com
http://www.fodors.com/
Fodor's
the
other
original
travel
guide
provides
information
on
99
cites
around
the
world.
You
can
create
your
own
miniguide
for
each
cite
and
the
"Smart
Travel
Tips"
page
provides
general
advice
on
such
topics
as
packing,
trip
insurance,
and
saving
money
on
airfare.
Rough
Guide
Travel
http://www.roughguides.com
This
is
the
web
site
for
the
British
travel
guide
called
Rough
Guides.
The
travel
section
of
this
web
site
covers
10,000
destinations
and
includes
an
online
travel
magazine.
Each
destination
has
a
Basic
Before-you-go
section
on
the
history,
language
etc,
a
Best
of
section
and
an
Eating,
Accommodation
and
Entertainment
section.
Welcome
to
Rick
Steves’
Europe
Through
the
Back
Door
http://www.ricksteves.com/
Rick
Steves,
a
new
name
in
the
field
of
travel
guides,
offers
part
of
his
popular
Europe
travel
books
online.
Time
Out:
The
World’s
Living
Guide
http://www.timeout.com/
Time
Out,
a
British
publication,
focuses
on
foreign
cities,
from
Amsterdam
to
Tokyo.
Concierge.com
http://www.concierge.com/
Concierge.com
is
the
site
for
Condé
Nast
Traveler
with
destination
information,
airfare
deals
and
more.
Online
Travel
Guides: [top] Specialty
Travel
Index
http://www.specialtytravel.com/
Interested
in
unusual
travel
opportunities?
This
site
provides
over
600
outfitters
and
tour
operators'
worldwide
offering
of
thousands
of
unusual
travel
opportunities.
The
site
is
indexed
by
activity
and
geographical
location.
GORP.com
http://gorp.com/
This
site
covers
all
there
is
out
there
on
adventure
travel
and
out
door
trips.
Languages:
[top] Foreign
Languages
for
Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
This
site
has
200
dictionaries
and
uses
RealAudio
sound,
so
you
can
hear
the
spoken
words.
FreeTranslation.com
http://www.freetranslation.com/
This
site
does
free
translations
from
English
to
Spanish,
French,
German,
Portuguese,
Italian
and
Norwegian
and
French,
Spanish,
and
German
to
English.
World
Events:
[top] What's
Going
On
http://whatsgoingon.com/
Descriptions
and
links
to
further
information
on
international
events,
festivals,
gatherings,
and
celebrations,
with
an
emphasis
on
the
unique
and
offbeat.
Festival.com
http://www.festivals.com
This
site
has
an
extensive
listing
of
events
worldwide.
One
may
search
by
keyword
or
by
location. Detail
Information
on Countries :
[top] World
Travel
Guide
http://www.wtgonline.com/
This
site,
provided
by
Columbus
Publishing,
is
the
free
online
version
of
the
best
selling
World
Travel
Guide
used
by
many
travel
agents.
The
site
is
browsable
by
countries
or
regions
of
the
world.
There
is
comprehensive
information
on
each
country
that
can
include:
general
info;
map;
lodgings;
addresses;
business
info;
climate;
essentials
(such
as
visa
and
passport
requirements,
money,
duty
free
regulations,
public
holidays,
and
health-related
information);
regions;
and
travel.
Booking
links
go
to
the
Travelocity
main
page.
Tourism
Offices
Worldwide
Directory
http://www.towd.com/
This
searchable
site
has
contact
information
for
official
government
tourism
offices
and
similar
agencies
around
the
world.
If
the
office
has
a
web
site
the
hypertext
link
is
included.
Background
Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
This
site
contains
the
full
text
of
the
U.S.
State
Department
Background
Notes
on
geographic
entities
and
international
organizations.
There
is
a
lot
of
information
here,
including
history,
government,
economy,
foreign
relations
and
basic
travel
information.
Also
listed
are
the
principal
U.S.
officials
and
consulate
officers.
WorldSkip
http://www.worldskip.com/
This
new
and
comprehensive
clearinghouse
draws
together
an
array
of
reference
links
for
what
appears
to
be
almost
every
nation
in
the
world.
For
every
country
four
columns
of
categorized
links
under
the
following
headings:
News,
Information
and
Radio;
Business,
Economy
and
Government;
Travel,
Entertainment,
People
and
Culture;
and
WorldSkip
Connexion
(consumer
products)
can
be
found.
Additional
links
to
country
profiles,
maps,
currency
conversion,
weather
in
selected
cities,
and
translations
are
also
provided.
This
is
a
great
site
for
finding
information
about
different
countries,
especially
smaller
ones
outside
of
Europe
and
North
America.
Currency
Calculators:
[top]
Need
to
know
if
5,000
Lira
will
bankrupt
you?
Check
one
of
these
sites
and
find
out
that
5,000
Lira
is
only
about
$2.72!!
The
Universal
Currency
Converter
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Bloomberg
Online:
currency
calculator
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currency/currcalc.cgi
Yahoo!
Finance--Currency
Conversion
http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?u
Weather:
[top]
Want
to
know
what
to
pack?
Do
you
need
wool
or
cotton?
Check
out
either
of
these
sites
below.
Yahoo
Weather
Forecast
http://weather.yahoo.com/
The
Weather
Channel
http://www.weather.com
AccuWeather’s
International
Page
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/intlocal_index?nav=int
Rain
or
Shine
http://www.rainorshine.com/
Weather
cam
looks
at
destinations
around
the
world.
World
Climate:
Weather
rainfall
and
temperature
data
http://www.worldclimate.com/
Need
to
know
what
the
weather
is
like
in
the
spring
in
Australia?
Try
this
site
that
gives
you
a
month-by-month
summary
of
temperature
highs
and
lows,
plus
rainfall
averages.
Maps:
[top] Map
Quest
http://www.mapquest.com
Worldwide
Maps---
ViaMichelin
http://www.viamichelin.com
This
site
calculates
distance
and
driving
time
between
points
in
Europe.
Subway
Navigator
http://www.subwaynavigator.com/
This is a great site! Subway
Navigator gives you direct access to the world's subways with a route finder and
links to interesting places nearby the subway station you have selected..
How
Far
is
It?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Do
you
need
to
know
the
distance
between
two
cites
in
the
world,
then
take
a
look
at
this
site.
Airlines:
[top] Airlines
of
the
Web
http://flyaow.com/
This
site
has
links
to
over
500
airlines
on
the
Web.
There
are
links
to
air
tips,
cyberfares
and
airline
toll
free
numbers. 1-800
Numbers
for
Airlines
http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/air-phones.html
List
of
airlines
with
800
numbers
and
hyperlinks
to
the
official
web
site
if
available.
Have
a
problem
with
your
trip? [top] If
you
have
a
good
trip
then
great
but
what
do
you
do
when
the
trip
does
not
go
well?
Take
a
look
at
these
sites.
www.biztraveler.com
http://www.biztraveler.org/
PassengerRights.com
http://209.235.231.238/
Keeping
track
from
the
home
front:
[top]
Cybercafes.com
http://www.cybercafe.com/
Is
it
important
for
you
to
check
in
with
your
e-mail
account
but
you
don’t
want
to
take
a
laptop
with
you?
This
site
lists
more
than
3,000
cyber
cafés
in
117
countries
(make
sure
you
have
access
to
free
e-mail
account
or
web-based
account
such
that
a
long-distance
call
is
not
needed
to
connect
to
your
mail).
TRIP.com
Travel-FlightTRACKER
http://www.trip.com/trs/trip/flighttracker/flight_tracker_home.xsl
Need
to
know
when
a
flight
is
really
arriving
or
where
it
is
currently,
try
this
site
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are
constantly
being
added,
moved
and
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