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Kayak.com
This is a great search engine to find low airfares. When looking
for flights I run a search here and monitor the airfares for up to a full month before I'm prepared to purchase what
I will assume to be the best price that I can get.
Finding affordable airfare prices is a practically an artform. There
is no way to really know that you will be getting the lowest fare and best connection possible, but this site does a lot of
the work for you in a short amount of time. You can also program it to notify you when airfares come up for the connections
you want.
Tip: When you find the flights that you want, go to the airlines direct
website just to make sure that it is the best deal. I also will call the airlines and double check. Nearly 100%
of the time I have found that what Kayak quoted is correct. I also preper to get my seat assignments when I am ready
to book my flights and will use Seat guru to check out the seat configurations for my flights before booking. I always,
always and did I say always get an aisle seat.
Seat Guru (Airplane Seat Location)
This website contains a number of airline seat configurations. I find
it very helpful when booking my flights and securing my seat assignments. The site will display an illustration of the
seat configuration of an aircraft and will point out the good seats and the worse seats. For example, I never want to
set near the restrooms for obvious reasons.
AIR TRANSPORTATION & SAFETY
Safe Travel.dot
Transporation Security Administration (TSA) - US
TSA Rules on Carrying Special Items
Useful Links for Information on International Travel
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON OTHER COUNTRIES
For Other Countries Click Here - US Dept. of State
Consular Information On Countries
FAVORITE
TRAVEL WEBSITES:
There is no question
from reading the above statement that my most favorite Travel Website is SLOW TRAVEL. Their main travel site has a lot
of great information, trip reports and reviews to places all over the world and their community board has very knowledgeble
and helpful travelers that can give you great advice and tips in helping you plan your dream vacation!
If you're a
person that enjoys Traveling the World and you have a thirst to learn and to experience different cultures,
history, art, food or wine then the best resource on the web that you need to check out is Slow Travel. The best Travel Community is hands down Slow Talk. And the best bloggers are Slow Travelers.
SlowTravel
Fodor's
Frommers
Lonely Planet
Rick Steves
FAVORITE TRAVEL MESSAGE BOARDS:
SlowTravel Message Board
Fodors Message Board
Lonely Planet Thorntree Message Forum
Trafalgar - If you like group touring
my favorite travel community is Trafalgar. Prior to learning about the joys of independent travel I used to
do group tours. If you like that sort of travel and some people do, check out their travel board. They
are a great group and I have no regrets for having done some of my first travels with these wonderful group of people.
But I am now a Slow Traveler and that's just the way life is sometimes. You grow, things change and sometimes you move
on.
GROUND
TRANSPORTATION
Die Bahn - Train Schedules
Man in Seat 61
Rail Europe
Trenitalia - Trains in Italy
HOW FAR & HOW MUCH TIME BETWEEN DESTINATIONS:
Maporama
Measurement-Distance Conversions
Michelin Guide
LODGING:
Expedia
Hotel.com
Venere
MONEY MATTERS:
Universal Currency Conversion
WORLD CLOCK:
WorldClock
TRAVEL STORE:
Eagle Creek
EBags
Magellans
REI
WEATHER:
Worldwide Weather
WORLD MAP:
World Atlas Map
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