Arthur Frommers Encyclopedia Of Travel - http://www.frommers.com Info on top 200 tourist sites + daily news updates.
Cheap Tickets http://www.cheaptickets.com Highly publicized, well-known discount travel booking site.
ExciteTravel - http://travel.excite.com/- Guide to communities around the world including travel, entertainment, local business and government information.
Fodor's Travel Service - http://www.fodors.com/
-Tools to plan plus travel tips.
Hotwire.com
- http:www.hotwire.com - Hotwire
is similar in concept to its main competitor, Priceline.com, in that it
asks you to fill in your requirements for airline tickets, hotel reservations
or car rentals, and then to wait for a listing of the lowest priced offers.
You will not know the name of the airline, hotel or car rental agency
or the exact times of your flight until you accept and pay for the reservation.
Hotwire, unlike Priceline, does not ask for your credit card number upfront,
nor are you required to accept their best offer.
Lonely Planet Online
- http://www.lonelyplanet.com
"This Australian publisher of travel guides aimed at adventuresome
travelers provides on its user-friendly site miniversions of the print
guides, complete with interactive maps. For each destination, you are
told when to go, what to see, and how to get there and back. It even suggests
what else to read on each place."
Microsoft Expedia - http://expedia.msn.com/ -Free registration to use planning and reservation system, but lots to see without it too.
National Geographic Travel http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel Guides to destinations around the world with an emphasis on adventure.
Priceline - http:www.priceline.com - Original player in the online auction process includes all sorts of travel services. Hot deals abound, but beware the small print. By typing in your credit card number and personal specifications, you are signing a contract to buy the best deal offered. See Hotwire above.
Travelocity - http://www.travelocity.com/-Soup-to-nuts resource.
Virtual Tourist - http://www.vtourist.com
- "Interactive site aimed at sharing travel knowledge. Includes chat,
forums, travelogues, photos, and maps.
Albany Gas Prices - http://www.albanygasprices.com - Find the lowest price of gas in your neighborhood.
Amtrak - http://www.amtrak.com/- Plan and book your U.S. train travel here.
Eurail - http://www.eurail.com/ -Travel Europe by rail by ordering your pass here.
FlightArrivals.com - http://www.flightarrivals.com -A free service that offers comprehensive real time arrival/departure/delay information for commercial airline flights operating to/from/within the United States. A variety of search options allows you to find flight info even without knowing the flight number.
Gas Price Watch - http://www.gaspricewatch.com -Search for the latest gas prices in all 50 states and other territories.
Google Maps -
http://maps.google.com - Still
in the experimental stage, this site offers maps, driving directions,
and a search feature for local businesses and service. Check out the new
satellite image lookup.
Greyhound's Internet Station - http://www.greyhound.com/ -Look up fares, schedules, and special promotions.
Internet Travel Airlines Of The Web - http://flyaow.com -Information on all types of airline flights from medical transports to cargo airlines.
Kayak - www.kayak.com
- Best site for booking airline tickets per Conde Nast Traveler.
Mapquest - http://www.mapquest.com- Provides maps from around the world, and driving directions
within the United States. This is one of three mapping and driving routes
web sites listed on this page. Try them all and find your personal favorite.
Maporama
- http://www.maporama.com/share/
Accessible in twenty-six different languages, Maporama provides street-level
directional maps for fifteen European nations, all of the USA, and most
of Canada. Provides regional maps for most other areas of the world. Maps
are available in normal, high definition, and interactive formats that
include weather, local time, and longitude and latitude of locations.
Maps On Us - http://www.MapsOnUs.com/- Map out your road trip by entering the starting and ending
places of your trip.
Multimap.com - http://www.multimap.com/-
"is Europe's most popular mapping web site, offering a range of free,
useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level
maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, and the US; road maps of the world;
door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; and local information.
Multimap also provides a range of complementary services through its partners.
These include entertainment, hotel, holiday-cottage, restaurant and train-ticket
booking services, SMS weather alerts and the ability to buy both historic
and aerial photograph prints."
Orbitz -
http://www.orbitz.com
- Several major airlines own and operate this site, which professes to
offer the "most low airfares on the Internet." While this site may have
the longest list of low-end fares, it does not promise the lowest fares.
Also offers hotel and car rental deals.
Seat Guru - http://www.seatguru.com
- the "ultimate source for airplane seating, in-flight amenities,
and airline information." Includes detailed seat map graphics, seat
specific comments, and locations of galleys, lavatories, Exit Rows, and
closets.
All The Hotels On the Web - http://www.all-hotels.com/ -10,000 hotels with Web pages listed by country and city, often with rates, pictures, and descriptions.
Bed And Breakfast Inns Online - http://www.bbonline.com/ -1200 inns described.
Discount Hotels – http://www.discounthotels.co.uk A British-based site offering help in finding cheap hotels around the world. Make sure you change the currency display to U.S. dollars when you enter your search paramenters. Recommended by a library patron.
Internet Guide To Hostelling - http://www.hostels.com/ -Worldwide hostel guide.
Quikbook - http://www.quikbook.com - Highly-rated discount site offers deals at "quality" hotels in 34 American cities. Lets you search for rooms by city and price range.
Epicurious Food - http://food.epicurious.com/ -Click here for everything related to fine food including restaurant reviews.
Fodor's Restaurant Index -http://fodors.com/reviews/drevselect.cfm?lid=Restaurants&lpos=top_nav -Expert reviews of restaurants in more than 70 cities worldwide. Search by name or other criteria.
City of Boston -
http://www.cityofboston.gov/visitors
A useful site for visitors.
Canada's Tourism Information Center - http://www.travelcanada.ca
-Official site for Canada's Tourism Commission.
I Love New York - http://iloveny.state.ny.us/- Official state tourism promotion site.
New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau - http://www.nycvisit.com/ -Start your trip to New York City here.
Internet web sites devoted to specialized travel
needs abound. Here are a few that seem to fulfill their promise:
Cruise2 - http://www.cruise2.com
- "the largest and most comprehensive online cruise information source
Elderhostel - http://www.elderhostel.org/ -Worldwide educational experiences for seniors.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages - http://www.gorp.com "One of the best sites for everything outdoors.."
History Traveler - http://www.historytraveler.com. Plan vacations around historic spots. Type in a location and retrieve historic info and nearby lodging, sometimes including historic hotels in which you can spend the night.
ODDS AND ENDS- WEATHER, REFERENCE, ETC.
Passport Information http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html Information from the U.S. Department of State about how and where to apply for a passport, fees, how to report and replace a lost or stolen passport and other advice for U.S. citizens.
Travelers'
Health http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx
Centers for Disease Control includes updated information about outbreaks
around the world, diseases that can affect travelers, recommended vaccinations,
special needs travelers and more.
US. Dept. Of State Travel Advisories http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html -Recommends countries to avoid when traveling. Includes special regulations and disturbances and public announcements about terrorist threats.
Universal Currency Converter - http://www.xe.net/currency -Automatic, up-to-date foreign money exchange rate conversion.
Weather - http://www.weather.com/ Local, national, and international weather forecasts.
Contact Zina Shevchik, Travel Librarian
To make suggestions about this site, to report dead links, or for information related to travel resources you may contact Ms. Shevchik at:
William K. Sanford Town Library
629 Albany Shaker Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
Phone: (518) 458-9274
Fax: (518) 438-0988
E-mail: shevchiz@uhls.lib.ny.us
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