MISCELLANEOUS
Infoplease: World - includes sections on world statistics, geography, current events, travel & more.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs (US Department of State) - issues passports to U.S. citizens and provides Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings and Public Announcements concerning conditions in countries where Americans may be planning to visit or reside.
VegDining.com - guide to vegetarian restaurants around the world.
CIA World Factbook
BBC News | Country Profiles - guide to history, politics and economic background of countries.
Traveling: Illness and Injury - from The Topic in Depth section of the NDSL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, December 13, 2002 -- Volume 1, Number 24
meetURplanet - as a traveller this site lets you search for "local hosts all over the world, ready to help you on your next travel adventure". Or you have the option of being a host who travellers may contact and visit.

DIRECTORIES
Google Directory: Travel
Open Directory Project: Travel
Yahoo Directory: Travel

TRAVEL GUIDES
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
BootsnAll.com - includes travel guides, stories, trip planner, forums, etc.
CNN: Travel - includes city profiles and more.
Budget Travel - from about.com.
Fodors
Ghost Towns - in the United States and Canada.
GoAbroad - international education and alternative travel resources.
The Guardian: Travel
Lonely Planet Online
Lycos CityGuide - includes clickable international map
Rough Guides
The Savvy Traveler - public radio travel program produced by Minnesota Public Radio.
Student Travel - links from academicinfo.net
USA Today Travel Guide
Time Out - includes city guides from Amsterdam to Washington DC.
LA Times Travel
NY Times Travel - must register to view site, but registering is free.
The Travel Insider - includes a variety of travel-related information; travel planning, tools for travel, booking and buying travel, airline reviews, etc.
Yahoo! Travel

TRAVEL STORIES AND ARTICLES
Wanderlust - travel articles from salon.com
BootsnAll.com - click on a continent to read travel stories from that region.

RELOCATING
Most and Least Livable Countries: UN Human Development Index, 2002
The Rise of the Creative Class - article by Richard Florida from The Washington Monthly, May 2002. Includes his Large Cities Creativity Rankings, Medium-Size Cities Creativity Rankings, and Small-Cities Creativity Rankings.
America's 10 Most Enlightened Towns - from Utne Reader, May/June 1997 Issue. Also includes links to the most enlightened town for every American state and for every providence in Canada.
BestPlaces.net - among U.S. city profiles and comparisons, it includes:
America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities
The Best Places to Live - from Money magazine. Use the "citysearch" option to get a statistical snapshot of over 300 places to live in the United States.
DirectMoving.com - worldwide relocation portal

EXPATRIATE INFO
Expat Exchange - seeks to create a community for expatriates in all countries.
A Cyberhome for Strangers in a Strange Land - this article from nytimes.com (August 31, 2000) lists more expat links.

TRAVEL AGENCY
How to Choose the Best Travel Agency
Airfare Wars - Internet vs Travel Agencies
CheapStudents.com - a full service travel agency located in St Louis Missouri that specializes in deeply discounted travel within the United States, and travel to Europe, Central, and South America.

MAPS
Maps.com - includes driving direction maps, map store, travel alert digests, etc.
World Sites Atlas: Map Collection - maps of continents/regions, countries, states, and provinces.
Infoplease Atlas - includes regional maps, index of maps by country and other geographic information.
MapBlast - maps, driving directions, and yellow pages.

TRANSPORTATION
Subway Navigator website - find the best route from one metro station to another, in various cities of the world. You can also display the route on the graphical map and estimate how long your ride will be.
Rail Europe Rail Maps
Eurail - official Website.
Busabout - travel in Europe by bus; Busabout serves 66 European cities.
FlightArrivals.com - real-time arrival & departure info.

LODGING
Bed & Breakfasts - from about.com. International in scope.
Sleep In Italy.com - includes information about bed and breakfasts, apartments, and hotels.

CURRENCY CONVERSION CALCULATORS
Oanda Currency Converter - from oanda.com Exchange rates for over 164 currencies.
The Universal Currency Converter
Exchange Rates
Yahoo Currency Conversion

COMMUNICATIONS INFO
International Cell Phone Service
Road Warrior Resources - covers phone and other communications services and technologies plus more

WORLDWIDE TIME
World Time Server - list by countries/major cities and makes real time adjustments for Daylight Savings Time.
The World Clock - from timeanddate.com. Option to create your own personal world clock to show only the cities you want.

LANGUAGES
---- Dictionaries Online
Language Dictionaries - from yourdictionary.com Portal to a multitude of dictionaries.
WordReference - online dictionary for translating English to Spanish, German, Italian, French and vice versa.
LOGOS - multi-lingual E-translation portal.
---- Translator Websites
Google Translate - text and Web translator.
AltaVista - powered by Systran translation technology.
SYSTRAN - Internet translation technologies.
WorldLingo - text and Web translator.
InterTran
---- Language Schools
Berlitz - language school which offers language study abroad programs.
Lingua Service Worldwide - specialize in offering "full immersion" intensive language programs.
Language Schools Guide - you can select the location and language you'd like to learn and get a list of programs.

SHOPPING / TRAVEL SUPPLIES
Magellan's Travel Supplies
eTravellerGear - travel products including luggage, clocks, translators, laptop gear, etc.

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