Travel - Internet Resources

Travel - Google Directory
Expatriates - Google Directory
Air Hitch
discount airfares on standby basis
AirNinja.com
100 budget airlines not on most booking engines - does not sell tickets
Airport Security Wait Times - Transportation Safety Administration
The Aloha Insider
CanuckAbroad
Currency Converter
EthicalEscape Ecotourism
"responsible travel & tourism, ethical accomodation, ecotours, ecoholidays - country guides, travel advice, health advice & details of ethical, ecologically sound holidays & eco-friendly holiday accommodation"
Fodor's Travel Guides
Foreign Languages for Travelers
50 languages, country info, links to travel services
The Golden Age of Travel Posters - Virtual Gallery, Los Angeles Public Library
HotelNinja.com
"family owned or independent hotels, B&Bs, other accommodation not listed on most travel sites"
Hotels Guru - Discount Hotel Reservations Worldwide
The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
"advocates and facilitates education, service, research activities in the field of travel medicine" | directory of travel medicine clinics from around the world, the "GeoSentinal" "data collection network for the surveillance of travel related morbidity", information about ISTM education & training opportunities, links to travel health news, related sites
Lonely Planet Travel Guides
MapQuest
MizPee
"finds the closest, cleanest toilets" | accessible by mobile phone
NY Times Travel Section
roadsideamerica.com: Your Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions
unusual attractions throughout the US, such as a Mother's Day Shrine, the World's Largest Catsup Bottle, the Albino Squirrel Capitol of the World, a beer can house & more, searchable
Slow Travel
"an online community and a resource for finding vacation rentals" | apartments & houses by the week | message boards, reviews, hotels, restaurants, photos
TravelAnswers
Travel Channel
Travel.State.Gov - U.S. State Dept
travel info, advisories, etc
Travel Links - Yahoo
Travelocity.com
Travlang
online translation dictionaries, training modules, RealAudio files, travel resources
Trip Advisor
cities, hotels, attractions - North America, Caribbean, Europe, South Pacific - "unbiased reviews, where to stay, what to do, in thousands of cities worldwide, thousands of articles, hundreds of thousands of real travelers' opinions"
Universal Currency Converter
U.S. Customs & Border Protection: Border Wait Times
"the estimated wait times for reaching the primary inspection booth, the first point of contact with CBP when crossing the Canada/U.S. and Mexico/U.S. land borders. Each border location updates its estimated wait times hourly."
Untours - European Vacation Home Rentals & Packages - Independent Travel with Support
proceeds go to the Untours Foundation which "provides low interest loans to individuals and organizations internationally in order to create jobs, build low-income housing, and support Fair Trade products all through the most environmentally friendly means possible"| awarded 'Most Generous Business in the United States' in 1999 by Paul Newman and John F. Kennedy, Jr.
VirtualTourist.com
Wiki Travel
travelers create, update, edit & illustrate any article on the Web site
World Citizens Guide
students, business, everyone - "a better travel experience while showing America's best face to those you visit" | guides & booklets, country pages, resource links