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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
INFORATION ON OTHER COUNTRIES
For Other Countries Click Here - US Dept. of State
Consular Information On Countries
ELECTRONICS
- WORLDWIDE:
Cellular Abroad
Kropla Worldwide Electronics
FAVORITE
TRAVEL WEBSITES:
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
Rick Steves - Tips on Money Matters
PACKING TIPS:
OneBag
Rick Steves - Packing Tips
PHOTOGRAPHY-TIPS ON TRAVEL:
Fodors Photography Tips
National Geographic
Photographers
Shutter Bug
Travel Photo.net
PHOTOGRAPHY-EQUIPMENT:
dpReview
ShutterBug
SAFETY & SECURITY:
Rick Steves - Safety/Security Tips
WORLD CLOCK:
WorldClock
Travel Blogging - Do's & Don'ts
Top 10 Tips for Travel Journaling
Travel Journaling
TRAVEL STORE:
Eagle Creek
EBags
Magellans
REI
WEATHER:
Worldwide Weather
WORLD MAP:
World Atlas Map
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