Pat's Travel goodies

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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)

General resources

Global adventures

Places

GENERAL RESOURCES

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 business lounges

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

Currency converter  

CRUISES

CLIA (links to most cruise lines)

Cruise critic | Guide | Reviews | Reviews by CruiseDiva | Cruise line websites

Cruise Vacations Inc. (Edmonton cruise specialists)

Ports & Bows

River cruises: Avalon Waterways | Barges | Jerry Van Dyke | KD River Cruises | Viking |

CULTURE

Culture shock

EU at a glance

OECD reports by country

World media

CURRENCY

Currency converter  

Oanda's cheat sheet - tell at a glance what things cost in your home currency

Find a cash machine

CIBCVisa portal

EMBASSIES - RIGHTS - SAFETY - TRAVEL ADVISORIES

Consumer travel rights

Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs 

Do you need a visa? (for Canadians)

US Bureau of Consular Affairs 

Travel reports & advisories from government of

Embassies 

US-Visit (fSee 'travellers')

GADGETS & techie stuff

Cell phones | International cell phones | Skype telephoning | Telephone area codes

How to call abroad

Computers & modems around the globe | Keyboard layouts

Electricity: World Electric Guide | Voltage finder | Power adapters & converters

Digital cameras | Digicam help

Electricity around the worldElectricity primer (Germany & Europe)

Resize your photos (cool & easy!)

HEALTH

Worried about Montezuma's revenge and other travel health risks? Check these out:

INTERNET

Cafes: Easy internet | Curious Cat | Netcafeguide.com

Geektools (hotels offering wireless)

Free WiFi locator | Hotspot finder | Anchor free wifi locator

LANGUAGE

French

German (About.com)

Italian (About.com)

It's all Greek to me

Language learning (The Guardian)

Language translator (Alta Vista) | Google translator

Learning languages online (FreePint)

LIVING ABROAD

CanucksAbroad

Expatica

LOYALTY PROGRAMS

Airline frequent flyer programs comparison

Travel credit card comparison (Canada)

MAPS

Google maps

hotmaps.de (see stadt name)

Interactive street maps

Map of England

Mappy

Map quest 

World atlas

MISCELLANEOUS

50 most inspiring travel quotes of all time

PEOPLE

Laughing boomer (Canadian Mahara Sinclaire)

PLANNING TIPS

E-mail yourself important travel docs

Frommer's (PDF):  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

Venere

WikiTravel

 World66 (in conjunction with WikiTravel)

SPECIALTY TRAVEL

B & B's  

Elderhostel

Journey Woman  

Senior tours

Upscale: Concierge.com (Condé Nast Traveler) | Maupintour

TIME

TOUR COMPANIES

TRAINS

Rick Steves: European rail passes | Train travellers' tips

Countries: Belgium | Britain | Germany | Switzerland |

Rail Europe: Canada | USA

RailPass.Com

Trains in Europe  

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)


PLACES & THINGS TO DO

Alberta  

Original Berlin walks | Insider Tour Berlin Walks

Canada.com | Distances around Canada

Malta  |  Holidays Malta | Your Malta.Com

London: PDF London tube maps | London Walks

Paris: Best of ParisC'est so Paris | Hotels | Patricia Wells | Bonjour Paris

Portugal sidecar touring

Switzerland

Also see travelzine's city links

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