Guides

Fodor's Travel Guides
Travel guidebooks, advice, information, in-depth restaurant and hotel reviews in cities around the world, and smart travel tips.
www.fodors.com/

Frommer's Travel Guides
Travel guidebooks, advice, information, in-depth restaurant and hotel reviews in cities around the world, and smart travel tips.
www.frommers.com/

Lonely Planet
Travel guidebooks, advice, information and inspiration, including detours to the "lost and forgotten places of the world."
www.lonelyplanet.com/

Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door
http://www.ricksteves.com/
For 30 years Rick Steves has taught television viewers how to find the most memorable places in Europe as well as save time and money on travel on his PBS TV series, radio programs and guidebooks. This is his complimentary Website.

Rough Guides
http://www.roughguides.com/
Online guide to over 200 destinations around the world; praised for wit and inquisitiveness, the staff take an honest and critical approach to evaluating destinations and amenities.

Shaw Guides Academic Travel
http://www.shawguides.com/edvac/
"Detailed descriptions of hundreds of adult learning vacation and travel study programs sponsored by colleges, museums, educational and cultural organizations, travel companies, and learned individuals."

General

Concierge.com
Concierge.com is the online home of Condé Nast Traveler, a resource for travel information, including maps and photos, etc.
www.concierge.com/

Ecotourism Explorer
http://www.ecotourism.org/
Travel help, tips, and FAQ sheets for travelers who "tread lightly" as well as helpful articles and research services for ecotourism professionals.

Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
http://gorp.away.com/index.html
Large annotated directory of websites for outdoor recreation, camping, and travel, including information on attractions, activities, locations, books and media and gear.

The Internet Guide to Hostelling
http://www.hostels.com/
Directory of hostels worldwide: FAQs, budget guide books, a backpacker's bulletin board, and tips on inexpensive travel options.

Internet Travel Network
http://www.itn.net/cgi/get?itn/index
A reservation system database loaded with destination information such as lists of travel usenet newsgroups, visa links, accomodation listings, telephone directories, etc.

National Geographic Online
Resource for scientific discovery, photography, travel, exploration, maps, news, educational tools, and an online store.
www.nationalgeographic.com/

Travel Channel
Info about Travel Channel shows, watch video, visit destination guides, read and write travelers' reviews, find event listings and get expert vacation advice.
travel.discovery.com/

Travel Tools
http://www.tyzo.com/tools/
Helpful tools for international travelers, including: a world public holidays calendar, a currency converter, maps, a metric converter, weather sites, electricity requirements (by continent and country), dialing codes, a international clothing size chart, and a time zone clock.

Languages

AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation
babelfish.altavista.com/
Provides the online text and web page language translation

Foreign Languages for Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Translation of travel words and phrases, numbers, shopping, dining, directions, places, times, dates; also has sound files to help with pronunciation

From Language to Language
http://www.langtolang.com/
Translation dictionaries for about 18 languages, including Swahili, Romanian, Serbo/Croat, and Esperanto. All dictionaries work both ways, and can be used from any language to any language. The site also contains language alphabets, quizzes, dictionaries for phones, browser integrated dictionaries, and language for travel aids.

Travlang
http://www.travlang.com/
Translates numbers and common phrases for travel. Includes audio (.au) files for pronunciation and links to other resources for language learning, and numerous translating dictionaries, chat rooms and message boards.

News

CNN.com - Travel News
Travel news and features.
www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/

MSNBC Travel Front
Travel News will help you keep abreast of airline news, find budget travel deals and more.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032123/

Travel - New York Times
Find travel news, deals & discounts and destination & interest guides on Europe, Australia, Canada, cruises, skiing, food & wine, beaches, hiking and more.
www.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html

USATODAY.com
Travel news and information including travel tips, discount travel and specialty web deals.
www.usatoday.com/travel/front.htm

Services

These service sites all offer ways to search and compare airline, hotel, car rental, and other travel-related services and products. This is not an exhaustive list of sites, and we neither endorse nor rate these commercial sites - use at your own risk/benefit!

AAA
www.aaa.com/

Excite
travel.excite.com/

Expedia Travel
www.expedia.com/

Orbitz
www.orbitz.com/

Priceline.com
www.priceline.com/

Travelocity Vacations
www.travelocity.com/

Trip Advisor
http://www.tripadvisor.com/
Destination information and a collection of over 4 million unbiased reviews on over 200,000+ hotels and various attractions from travelers. Winner of dozens of awards, including PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites and Forbes Best of the Web.

Yahoo Travel
travel.yahoo.com/

Transportation

Road Travel

RoadTrip America
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/index.htm
“In addition to travel resources, RTA provides advice on how to work on the road and how to stay connected to the Internet while traveling. RTA provides tips for solo travelers, couples, disabled travelers, international visitors, and families traveling by car, motorcycle, bicycle, or recreational vehicle. The Great American RoadTrip, RTA's interactive forum, is a community where road trippers share and seek advice and inspiration.”

Air Travel

Airport City Codes.com
www.airportcitycodes.com/
US airport city codes searchable, by country, US state, city, and code, including Runway Length, Elevation, Latitude and Longitude. Type in two airport codes and get the distance (miles, km, nm), flight time and wind adjusted distance.

FlyteComm
http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight
A real-time flight tracking website for commercial flights in the U.S. and Canada. Flight number is not necessary to obtain information.

Official Airline Guide
http://www.oag.com/
Timetables and other information about airlines and airports; monthly issues of Frequent Flyer magazine, destination information about various cities and countries, links to the Web sites of airlines around the world

World Airport Codes
http://www.world-airport-codes.com/
World Airport Codes provides information for almost every airport in the world.

Bus Travel

Greyhound Lines
http://www.greyhound.com/
Find fares, schedules and ticketing for Greyhound Lines, the largest North American intercity bus company.

Train Travel

Amtrak
www.amtrak.com/
Official site for Amtrak passenger trains featuring online reservations, ticket fare finder, trip planning resources

Cyberspace World Railroad
http://www.cwrr.com/
A large collection of railroad related resources, including news, train schedules, and a library of railroad information.

Travel Associations

American Automobile Association
http://www.aaa.com

American Society of Travel Agents
http://www.astanet.com/

International Society of Travel Medicine
http://www.istm.org/

National Business Travel Association
http://www.nbta.org/

US State Department Official Travel & Travel Health Info

U.S. State Department Travel Information
travel.state.gov/
Concise U.S. government travel site contains details on passport and visa information, travel warnings, travel publications, travel health information, U.S. embassy and consulate information, and a FAQ area for U.S. citizens traveling abroad.

Travelers' Health
www.cdc.gov/travel/
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (U.S. government) provides information for travelers and health-care providers concerning vaccines, medications, or other measures that may be necessary to prevent illness and injury during international travel.

Travel Health Information
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/travel-medicine/
Links to short, informative articles discussing risks of particular diseases throughout the world (ex. cholera, polio, hepatitis, diptheria), as well as required vaccinations. Additional links add information concerning traveling while pregnant, motion and altitude sickness, and how to plan for your health needs when traveling abroad.