Senior Travel Editor Kent E. St. John

AIRLINES

AROUND THE WORLD AIRLINE TICKETS
airtreks.com Around the World Tickets: AirTreks. Our partner for around the world and multi-continent tickets

GENERAL AIRLINE TICKETS
onetravel.com Discount airline tickets for U.S. and overseas
orbitz.com The biggest of the fare search engines-- owned by five major airlines
travelnow.com If you can't find the fare anywhere, you want try this one.
travelocity.com The second biggest airfare and travel portal, next to Expedia
ww w.ebay.com. This Ebay Travel site allows you to bid on auctions for flights, car rentals and hotels
travelnow.com. This site has fares to hard to reach places many others don't have.

WORLD AIRPORT WEBSITES
internationalairportguide.com

TRAVEL AGENCIES
barrheadtravel.co.uk A large Scottish travel agency with some great deals

GLOBAL HOTEL FINDERS
gonomad.com/hotels
twinroom.com
asiarooms.com
holidayasia.com
cheap-hotels-and-motels.com

HOSTELS AROUND THE WORLD
hostelworld.com on-line booking for 1500 hostels
hostels.com good info on hostels worldwide

FRANCE ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/france/index.html

HOME EXCHANGES
goingonvacation.net -List and find vacation and holiday homes to rent.

FREE ACCOMMODATIONS --CARETAKING
caretaker.org

IRELAND ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/ireland/index.html

GERMANY ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/germany/index.html

UK ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/uk/index.html

ITALY ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/italy/index.html

SPAIN ACCOMMODATIONS
smoothhound.co.uk/spain/index.html

TRAINS
gonomad.com/railconnection tickets to anywhere by rail

pavel.physics.sunysb.edu comprehensive maps
apta.com/ links to light and commuter rail worldwide
railserve.com/ comprehensive links

RENTAL CAR FINDER
gonomad.com/carrentalfinder
autorentalguide.com Free upgrades, discounts and special offers.

TRAVEL SAFETY WARNINGS

Government Sources
travel.state.gov U.S. State Department Warnings
dfait-maeci.gc.ca Canadian government
dfat.gov.au Australian government
fco.gov.uk UK government

Non-governmental Sources
airsafe.com/ air safety advice
ease.com advice
ethailand.com advice
personal.eunet.fi advice
asirt.org Assn for Safe International Road Travel
fieldingtravel.com Fielding's DangerFinder
caske2000.org info on dangerous sea life
icbl.org Landmine Monitor
disaster.net info on disasters around the globe
virtualfreesites.com wacky terrorism links
securityedge.com
travel-library.com Safety and Scams Collection
astanet.com Travel Agent's advice

VISA AND PASSPORT INFORMATION

Government Sources
travel.state.gov passports for U.S. citizens
travel.state.gov visas to U.S.
ins.usdoj.gov info on visas to U.S.
travel.state.gov info on visas for other countries, links to other countries websites*
*editor's note--This U.S. State Department website is not always up to date regarding visa requirements for other countries. We recommend travelers consult abriggs.com
Get Help With A Passport Or Visa

Non-Government Sources
GoNOMAD Passport and visas-rush or same day
travel.com.au database of all visas required
vippassports.com/passports1.htm Speedy passport service
world-visa.com Same Day or Rush Processing of Passport and Visa for
International Travel.

HEALTH INFORMATION

Government Sources
cdc.gov Center for Disease Control and Prevention
travel.state.gov State Department medical emergency info

Non-Government Sources
who.int World Health Organization
istm.org/ International Society of Travel Medicine
astmh.org American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
healthlink.mcw.edu Medical College of Wisconsin
tripprep.com Travel Health Online
amref.org African Medical Foundation info
pol-it.org review of malaria medications
vh.org Virtual Hospital, Univ. of Iowa
fofc.com Fear of Flying Clinic
drkoop.com DrKoop.com

United Kingdom-Based
british-airways.com British Airways Travel Clinics
masta.org Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad
fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/ Fit For Travel
tmb.ie/ Tropical Medical Bureau of Ireland
doh.gov.uk UK Dept. of Health

Australia-Based
tmvc.com.au Travellers Medical and Vaccination Centre

TRAVEL INSURANCE INFORMATION

betins.com
travel-library.com
travelassist.com
armchair.com

TOURISM BOARDS (FOR COUNTRIES AND US STATES)

US Tourism offices index to U.S. states from the Independent Traveler
OfficialTravelInfo.com/ links to tourist boards worldwide
towd.com Directory of tourism offices worldwide

EMBASSIES

travel.state.gov links to US embassies and consulates worldwide
usembassy.state.gov/ links to US embassies and consulates worldwide
dir.yahoo.com/Government links to many non-US embassies worldwide
embassy.org all embassies in Washington, DC
embassyworld.com- Worldwide embassy directory

OTHER OFFICIAL RESOURCES
travel.state.gov judicial assistance, list of lawyers abroad
usinfo.state.gov index to links of travel info sites
nationalparks.org/ U.S. National Parks
usinfo.state.gov links to travel magazines
usinfo.state.gov travel logistics
bts.gov/ Bureau of Transportation Statistics

General Information
webflyer.com info on frequent flyer programs
flyaow.com links to nearly 500 airlines and all weekly specials
faa.gov FAA info for passengers
cs.ruu.nl FAQ on airline travel
bestfares.com index to weekly internet airline specials
webflyer.com Interesting mix of useful airline links
farnborough-aircraft.com development of inexpensive airliners

Flight Trackers
flytecomm.com/ Web Trax, also available on many other websites
cnnfn.com CNNFn
expedia.com Expediaàs flight tracker

Major U.S. Airlines
American americanair.com
Continental flycontinental.com
Delta delta-air.com
Delta Express delta-air.com
Northwest nwa.com
Southwest flyswa.com
United ual.com
US Airways usairways.com

Other Airlines
Aer Lingus aerlingus.ie
Aeroflot aeroflot.org
Aerolineas Argentinas aeroargentinas.com
Aeromexico aeromexico.com
Air Canada aircanada.ca
Air Europa air-europa.com
Air France airfrance.com
Air India airindia.com
Air New Zealand airnz.com
AirTran airtran.com
Alaska Airlines alaskaair.com
Alitalia alitalia.it
America West americawest.com
American Trans Air ata.com/
ANA - All Nippon Airways allnipponairways.com ana.co.jp
Ansett Australia Airlines ansett.com
Asiana Airlines asiana.co.kr
Austrian Airlines aua.com
Avianca avianca.com
Aviateca Sa grupotaca.com
British Airways british-airways.com
British Midland iflybritishmidland.com
SN Brussells Airlines flysn.com
BWIA bwee.com/
Cathay Pacific cathay-usa.com
Cayman Airways caymanairways.com
China Airlines china-airlines.com
Dutch Caribbean Airlines airalm.com
EasyJet easyjet.com
El Al elal.co.il
Finnair finnair.com
Frontier frontierairlines.com
Hawaiian hawaiianair.com
Horizon horizonair.com/
Iberia Airlines iberia.com
Icelandair icelandair.com
Japan Airlines jal.com
KLM Royal Dutch klm.nl
Korean Air koreanair.com
LAN-Chile lanchile.com
LAN-Peru lanperu.com
Lufthansa lufthansa.com
Malaysia Airlines malaysiaairline.com
Mexicana mexicana.com
Midway midwayair.com
Midwest Express midwestexpress.com
Qantas qantas.com
Royal Air Maroc royalairmaroc.com
Ryanair ryanair.com
SAS Scandinavian scandinavian.com
Singapore singaporeair.com
South African Airways flyssa.com
Southwest southwest.com
Swissair swissair.com
TACA groupotaca.com
TAP (Air Portugal) tap-airportugal.pt
Thai Airways thaiairways.com
Virgin Atlantic fly.virgin.com

SUBWAY AND RAILWAY FINDERS AND MAPS
railserve.com/tourist/world/index.html Alphabetical world railway directory
subwaynavigator.com/
metropla.net/
reed.edu/~reyn
subways.net/
osamuabe.hoops.livedoor.com
web.presby.edu
monorails.org

Africa
touregypt.net Egypt-unofficial
ru.ac.za South Africa-unofficial
africaonline.co.ke Kenya
oncf.org.ma/ Morocco

Asia
jreast.co.jp Japan
japantravelinfo.com links to regional Japan railways
ktmb.com.my/ Malaysia & Singapore
indianrail.gov.in India
kcrc.com Kowloon-Canton
railway.gov.tw Taiwan
go.kr/eng Korea
kereta-api.com/ Indonesia-official
herbert.groot.jebbink.nl Trans-Siberian-unofficial
pakrail.com Pakistan
tiglion.net China-- some info, unofficial

Australia/New Zealand
railaustralia.com.au/ Rail Australia
cityrail.nsw.gov.au/ Australian timetables
qroti.bit.net.au/ Queensland
countrylink.nsw.gov.au/ New South Wales
transadelaide.sa.gov.au/ Adelaide
tranzrail.co.nz New Zealand
byrail.wellington.net.nz/ New Zealand

Europe
railpass.com/ comprehensive
eurorail.com comprehensive
mercurio.iet.unipi.it European Railway Server

Individual Countries
oebb.at/ Austria
b-rail.be/ Belguim
eurostar.co.uk/ Channel Tunnel
cdrail.cz/ Czech Republic
dsb.dk/ Denmark
vr.fi Finland
sncf.fr France
bahn.de/ Germany
elvira.mavinformatika.hu Hungary
fs-on-line.com/ Italy
ns.nl/ Netherlands
nsb.no/ Norway
pkp.com.pl/ Poland-- in Polish
cp.pt/ Portugal
cfr.ro/ Romania
renfe.es/ Spain
sj.se/ Sweden
sbb.ch Switzerland
jungfraubahn.ch Switzerland
goldenpass.com Switzerland
tcdd.gov.tr Turkey
britrail.co.uk/ UK
rail.co.uk/ UK-- links to various UK railways

Middle East
msedv.at Iran-- unofficial, in English
irirw.com/ Iran-- official, only in Farsi
ISRARAIL.ORG.IL Israel

North America
amtrak.com US Amtrak
mexican.railspot.com/ Mexico
viarail.ca Canada
bcrail.com British Columbia Rail
ustraintravel.com/ Association of Rail Travel in the US
trainweb.com News and links about rail travel
ribbonrail.com links to regional US trains

South America
railserve.com/Passenger/South_America/ Railway links for tours and lines
physik.tu-berlin.de Argentina --unofficial site
usuarios.lycos.es/rielsud/english.html Argentina Railway links
efe.cl Chile railways
rffsa.gov.br/ Brazil-- in Portuguese
trem.org.br/index.html Brazilian railway links

ATLASES

sitesatlas.com world map collection atlas
nationalatlas.gov/ national atlas of the US
plasma.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic atlas maps
atlas.gc.ca/ National Atlas of Canada
atlas.sa.gov.au/ South Australia Atlas
mapquest.com/ click on "world atlas"

DISTANCES AND TIME ESTIMATES

general-travel.co.nz New Zealand
travelbritain.org UK
tourism.co.cr/location.htm Costa Rica
provence-beyond.com France
home.mira.net Bali
convertit.com U.S. cities
indo.com

MAPS

General
mapquest.com/ Mapquest
mapsonus.com/ Maps On Us
nationalgeographic.com National Geographic maps
concierge.com/maps world maps
maps.expedia.com Expedia
www1.excite.com/home/info/maps/ Excite maps

Indexes
lib.utexas.edu comprehensive map collection of the entire world
stjernberg.com map index
cgrer.uiowa.edu map index

Regional
streetmap.co.uk/ UK maps
maps.yahoo.com/ U.S. and Canada

ATM LOCATORS

Major Networks
mastercard.com Mastercard/Maestro/Cirrus
visa.com Visa
maps.americanexpress.com American Express

Banks
anz.com Australia's Bank
citibank.com Citibank
bankofamerica.infonow.net Bank of America
personal.barclays.co.uk/ Barclay's, currently updating their World Cash Machines section

Other
dinersclubnorthamerica.com Diner's Club
eds.com EDS ATM search engine
pulse-eft.com search for no-fee ATM's, mostly U.S.

CURRENCY CONVERTERS

xe.net
oanda.com
cnnfn.cnn.com
chequepoint.com
bloomberg.com
quote.yahoo.com
foreign-currency.com/
rubicon.com
cyberstation.net
currency.co.nz/
travelex.com

CURRENCY PURCHASE

currency-to-go.com
travel.americanexpress.com
chequepointinc.com/
foreign-currency.com/
foreignmoney.com/

CYBERCAFE SEARCH ENGINES AND LISTINGS

cybercaptive.com/
cybercafe.com/
indranet.com
netcafeguide.com/
directory.google.com
dir.yahoo.com
dmoz.org

Africa
goafrica.about.com

Asia
hongkongcalling.com
smellthecoffee.com

Australia
oztourism.com.au/ozcafe.htm

Latin America
www2.planeta.com
chileaustral.com

United Kingdom
queenscene.co.uk

United States
usa.dedas.com
globalcomputing.com

Other Cybercafe Listings
curiouscat.com
cybercafe.katchup.co.nz
suite101.com

NEWSPAPERS AND MEDIA SOURCES

iht.com Int'l Herald Tribune
cnn.com
obscure.org
ecola.com
johnnyjet.com all sunday paper travel sections
guardian.co.uk

Africa
allafrica.com/ AllAfrica.com
africasia.com/ African Business
gov.bw Botswana's Daily News
egypttoday.com/ Egypt Today
nationaudio.com Kenya's Daily Nation
mg.co.za South Africa's Daily Mail and Guardian
monitor.co.ug/ Uganda's The Monitor
babinmedia.com Zambezi Times Online
daily-news.co.za/ Zimbabwe's Daily News
ngrguardiannews.com/ Nigeria's The Guardian

Asia
atimes.com Asia Times Online
cnn.com Asia Week
cnn.com Time Asia
japantimes.co.jp/ The Japan Times
scmp.com/ South China Morning Post
english.peopledaily.com.cn China's People's Daily
bangkokpost.net/ Bangkok Post
hankooki.com The Korea Times
thejakartapost.com The Jakarta Post
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ Singapore's The Straits Times
taipeitimes.com Taipei Times
phnompenhpost.com/ Phnom Penh Post
timesofindia.com Times of India
expressindia.com/ Express India
india-today.com/ India Today
dawn.com Pakistan's Daily Dawn

Australia/New Zealand
afr.com.au/ Australian Financial Review
businessnsw.com Business Sydney
nzherald.co.nz Sun Herald
theage.com.au/ Melbourne's The Age
herald.co.nz/ New Zealand
nbr.co.nz/ New Zealand

Europe
european-voice.com/ European Voice
new-europe.com/ New Europe
ce-review.org/ Central Europe Review
telegraph.co.uk/ UK Telegraph
the-times.co.uk/ London's The Times
thescotsman.co.uk/ The Scotsman Online
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ Belfast Telegraph Online
norwaypost.no/ The Norway Post
french-news.com/ France's The News
guardian.com.uk English News

Latin America
novedades.com.mx Mexico's The News
buenosairesherald.com/ Buenos Aires Herald
uol.com.br Brazil's Folha Online
gazeta.com.br Brazil's Gazeta Mercantil
brazzil.com Brazzil
chipnews.cl Chile's Santiago Times

Middle East and Asia Minor

aljazeera.net The CNN of the Middle East-Al Jazeera
dunyagazetesi.com.tr/ Turkey's Dunya Online
metimes.com/ Middle East Times
sana.org/ Syrian Arab News Agency
teshreen.com Syrian Times
jordantimes.com Jordan Times
globes.co.il Israel's Business Globes Arena

North America
nytimes.com/ NY Times
washingtonpost.com/ Washington Post
usatoday.com/ USA Today
time.com Time magazine
msnbc.com Newsweek
thestar.com/ Toronto Star
drudgereport.com Complete world news and links to all newspapers

Russia and the Baltics
themoscowtimes.com/ Moscow Times
sptimes.ru/ St. Petersburg Times
balticsww.com The Baltics Worldwide

WEATHER

Major Sites
nws.noaa.gov/ National Weather Service
weather.com The Weather Channel
intellicast.com/ Intellicast
www1.accuweather.com AccuWeather

Other Sites
cnn.com CNN weather
usatoday.com USA Today
wunderground.com/ "Weather Underground"
tvweather.com/ TV and Weather Supersite
canadaweather.com/ Canadian Weather
onlineweather.com OnlineWeather.com
rainorshine.com/ Rain or Shine
worldclimate.com/ WorldClimate
earthwatch.com Earthwatch Weather on Demand
nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center
csu.edu.au links to weather, global monitoring sites
landings.com Landings Weather links
cgrer.uiowa.edu

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