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Below are my personal travel links - Also visit
This list is selective and designed to provide practical help.
Colossus -search engines by country (an engine specializing in Malta may be more useful than the big USA-based engines)
ACCOMMODATION
Bed & breakfast | B&Bs - Canada | UK B&Bs
Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO)
Venere (Europe)
AIRLINES & AIRPORTS
Search for flights between cities
Airport Security
Air Canada | Aeroplan | Aeroplan blog
Airline crew (gossip about passengers, celebrities, industry rumors, and more)
Airlines of the world | Yahoo's list of airlines
AirNinja - search for discount airlines on your travel routes
http://www.caa.ca/indexm.aspEurope by Air
International airport guide | World airport guide
Redtag vacations (click on "flights", plug in dates & destination-->range of prices & airlines to choose from)
Seat guru (airplane seating plans by airline)
AUTOMOBILES
Associations: Australia | Alberta | America | Britain | Canada | New Zealand
International associations (extensive list)
Rentals: AutoEurope (Canadian site) | Europe by Car | Yahoo's list | Rent a Smart Car?
BOOKS
ETBD | Fodor's | Frommers | Lonely Planet | Michelin | Rough Guide
CONVERSIONS
CRUISES
CLIA (links to most cruise lines)
Cruise critic | Guide | Reviews | Reviews by CruiseDiva | Cruise line websites
Cruise Vacations Inc. (Edmonton cruise specialists)
River cruises: Avalon Waterways | Barges | Jerry Van Dyke | KD River Cruises | Viking |
CULTURE
World media
- Newspaper front pages (select map view on top menu)
- France: Le Monde | Expatica-France
- Germany: Arts, essays, ideas | Deutsche Welle | The German way and more
- Israel: Haaretz
- Norway Post
- Swiss info
CURRENCY
Oanda's cheat sheet - tell at a glance what things cost in your home currency
EMBASSIES - RIGHTS - SAFETY - TRAVEL ADVISORIES
Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs
Do you need a visa? (for Canadians)
Travel reports & advisories from government of
- Canada | Australia | UK | USA | CIA fact book (for off-the-beaten-track vacations)
US-Visit (fSee 'travellers')
GADGETS & techie stuff
Cell phones | International cell phones | Skype telephoning | Telephone area codes
Computers & modems around the globe | Keyboard layouts
Electricity: World Electric Guide | Voltage finder | Power adapters & converters
- Plug adapters | Phone jacks | Travel adapters & converters
- Plug adapters: Kensington | Belkin | Travel Oasis
Digital cameras | Digicam help
Electricity around the world | Electricity primer (Germany & Europe)
Resize your photos (cool & easy!)
HEALTH
Worried about Montezuma's revenge and other travel health risks? Check these out:
- Information for travellers (Health Canada)
- Health travel (CDC in Atlanta)
- Travel Doctor
- WHO (disease outbreaks)
INTERNET
Cafes: Easy internet | Curious Cat | Netcafeguide.com
Geektools (hotels offering wireless)
Free WiFi locator | Hotspot finder | Anchor free wifi locator
LANGUAGE
French
- French in Action: The adventures of “Mireille” and “Robert” (videos seen on PBS)
- French (About.com)
German (About.com)
Italian (About.com)
Language learning (The Guardian)
Language translator (Alta Vista) | Google translator
Learning languages online (FreePint)
LIVING ABROAD
LOYALTY PROGRAMS
Airline frequent flyer programs comparison
Travel credit card comparison (Canada)
MAPS
hotmaps.de (see stadt name)
MISCELLANEOUS
PEOPLE
Laughing boomer (Canadian Mahara Sinclaire)
PLANNING TIPS
E-mail yourself important travel docs
Frommer's (): travel planner | activity planner
How to travel with a carry-on size bag for 8 weeks (Linda Freedman of the Travelzine)
One Bag (Art and science of travelling light)
PORTALS
AirNinja | Bugbog | Expedia | Travelocity | Johnny Jet | TimeOut.Com - City guides
EuroAve | Europe for visitors | Go Europe | EuroTrotter (aka Trotty)
Slow travel (founded by Pauline & Steve) | Slow travel talk (forum)
The Travelzine | Also see TheTravelzine travel discussion group & general links
World66 (in conjunction with WikiTravel)
SPECIALTY TRAVEL
Upscale: Concierge.com (Condé Nast Traveler) | Maupintour
TIME
TOUR COMPANIES
TRAINS
Rick Steves: European rail passes | Train travellers' tips
Countries: Belgium | Britain | Germany | Switzerland |
Via Rail (Canada)
TRAVEL AGENCIES (LOCAL)
WEATHER
Weather finder (recommended)
GLOBAL ADVENTURES (Just for fun, see the global adventures of these travellers)
Benka Pulka (woman who went around the globe on a motorcycle - Biography)
Eric and Halle Bentzen from Denmark (highly recommended - humorous)
Gard Karlsen's site (young Norwegian and his South African wife Nikki - highly recommended)
GlobeDrifeter.Com (adventures of Marianne & Marcel, starting April 2007; Marianne is a transfusion professional who used to work at Swissmedic)
Keith & Wendy's Ball of Dirt" diary (Sept. 2005 - Oct. 2006: 2 Canucks bicycling around the globe)
Pierre Sousa Lima - motorcycle travels in Europe
The Smart Set - Journeys (Drexel University) Ex: The Quiet Italian (Venice)
Original Berlin walks | Insider Tour Berlin Walks
Canada.com | Distances around Canada
Malta | Holidays Malta | Your Malta.Com
London: London tube maps | London Walks
Paris: Best of Paris | C'est so Paris | Hotels | Patricia Wells | Bonjour Paris
Also see travelzine's city links