Sites for Travelers
Whether you're packing at midnight, laid over in Cairo, or eating out in East Hartford, there are times when travel management centers or commercial travel offices just can't help out: you need to do your own research. Luckily, you can do everything but eat the local cuisine via the Internet these days. So jump in - a prepared traveler is a happy traveler.
AIRLINES
4Airlines
www.4airlines.com
Links to the Web sites for most
domestic airlines.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
www.bts.gov/oai/oai.html
Airline on-time statistics.
EATING OUT
ZagatDine
Travel/Zagat/Dine/index.html
Zagat's Restaurant Guide online; search by cuisine, quality, price, etc.
Exchange
Federal Reserve Bank
www.ny.frb.org/pihome/mktrates
Currency exchange rates.
FUN
Ticketmaster
www.ticketmaster.com
Sports, arts, and entertainment; can buy tickets online.
GETTING AROUND
BreezeNet
www.bnm.com
Guide to airport rental cars.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
www.bts.gov
Public transportation schedules and routes all around the United States.
Rand McNally
www.randmcnally.com
Among other things, this site will give you map routes, tell you where there is road construction, and link to the Weather Channel.
Subway Navigator
metro.jussieu.fr:10001/bin/cities/english
Subway routes for cities around the world.
HEALTH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/travel/travel.html
Info on disease outbreaks, vaccines, food and water precautions, and such.
International Society of Travel Medicine
www.istm.org/clindir/dir_inro.html
Health clinics worldwide.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Federal Supply Service Transportation Management Office
www.kc.gsa.gov/fsstt
Rates and routes of companies that move federal employees' freight and household goods.
LODGING
FSS Best Available Lodging Value
www.gsa.gov/regions/r9/travel/balv.htm
Hotels that comply with the Fire Safety Act, amenities, ADA compliance, and so on.
NEWS
BBC world service
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
News, schedules and more.
The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/travel/indext.html
News, plus a guide to what's happening in major cities around the globe.
Voice of America
www.voa.gov
News, schedules and more.
The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com
News, currency exchange rates, etc.
OVERSEAS TRAVEL
CIA World Fact Book
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/pubs.html
Foreign countries' demographics, governments, economies, and geography.
State Dept. Bureau of Consular Affairs
travel.state.gov
Travel warnings, passport and visa services, links to embassies worldwide, customs info, and more.
TRAINS
Amtrak
www.amtrak.com
Reserve tickets online.
TRAVEL CLEARINGHOUSE
American Express
www.amexpub.com/SG
Travel industry news and tips for the savvy but weary traveler.
City Net
www.city.net
News, weather, directories of local businesses. Will make a map of any address you want to go to in the USA.
Epicurious Travel
travel.epicurious.com/travel/a_homepage/home.html
Entertainment, places to stay, weather, directions on getting downtown from more than 100 airports, etc.
QuickAid
www.quickaid.com/airports
Terminal maps, airport ground transportation, hotels, etc., in the USA and overseas.
TRAVEL POLICY
GSA
http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mt/homepage/mtt/perdiem/travel.shtml
Per diem rates, hotel lists, and more for federal travelers.
GSA Federal Supply Service
www.fss.gsa.gov
Per diem rates and travel card policies.
Office of the Secy. of Defense
www.dtic.mil/perdiem
Per diem rates, regulations, lodging lists, and more for military and civilian federal employees.
Patriot Systems
www.quicktrip.com
Hotels that comply with the 1990 Fire Safety Act, car rentals, airlines, per diem rates, maps, upgrades and coupons, and more. Formerly published by GSA and GPO.
WEATHER
CNN
cnn.com/WEATHER
Weather maps and forecasts for the whole world.
Excite!
my.excite.com/weather
Weather maps and forecasts for the whole world.
National Weather Service
www.nws.noaa.gov
Weather maps and forecasts for the whole world.
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