Planning Your Vacation - Travel

Budget Travel

http://www.budgettravel.com 

This site provides worldwide travel information for less expensive trips and includes no-frills airlines, hostels, beach destinations, and skiing trips. 

epodunk

http://www.epodunk.com 

Find all sorts of information about towns, counties--and also, increasingly, about cities in the United States.  You can locate tourist sites as well as medical facilities and cemeteries, museums and sports arenas, festivals, colleges, newspapers, and more.  Moving guides, best places for single people, and other such features abound at this fascinating Web site.

Frommers Online

http://www.frommers.com 

The online version of Frommers publications can help you research potential vacation spots (by location, interest, or budget).  Once a  destination has been selected, you can use this site to help plan and book your trip.  

Lonely Planet Online

http://www.lonelyplanet.com 

Use the site's search engine or click on "World Guide" to find solid information on destinations in the United States or abroad.  Included for each are money and costs, attractions, history, maps, culture, events, and more.  Other helpful features are the monthly travel advisories and an active travel message board.

nextstop

http://www.nextstop.com/

"Nextstop helps you discover new and interesting experiences through short, positive, recommendations from people all around the world."

Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door

http://www.ricksteves.com 

The popular PBS travel expert hosts this guide to Europe. Special features include travel tips (packing, health and safety issues, communicating in a foreign country), a "graffiti wall" with tips from other travelers, and a free newsletter. 

Road Trip USA

http://www.roadtripusa.com/index.html 

This site provides location to location routes for traveling vacations;  interesting detours,  attractions, and eateries along the proposed routes are described.

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory

http://www.towd.com 

Search TOWD's directory of official tourist information sources (such as convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and government tourist offices) by country or in the US. by state, for noncommercial travel information.

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