LINKS PAGE:

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• State Department - Be sure to check this for safety before you go!
• Cia World Factbook - Great country summary information.
• Center for Disease Control - Find out which shots and medications you need. Check early!
• Visas
• Weather
• Maps
  • Worldatlas
  • Mapquest
  • Mapblast
  • Topos
• Money Conversion
• Electricity

TRAVELER EXCHANGE/ARTICLES/TIPS

• Lonely Planet - Site that accompanies guidebook series.
• Usenet groups - Many discussion groups related to travel.
• GORP - Discussion and travel resources.
• Trip.com - Domestic Flight Tracker and Airport Maps.
• Webflyer - Good frequent flyer message board.
• Baja.net - Get the latest before heading 'south of the border'.
• Internet cafes - You can find them all over the world.

• Lonely Planet - Best guide series for 'how to budget travel' for many countries. Excellent on-line travelers exchange for current information.
  
• Rough Guides - Cross between logistics and tourist attraction data.
• Moon Publications
• Insight Guides - Coffee table books.
• Passport Series - Great photos. Do an online search by country.
• Fodors - Good tourist attraction data.
• Ulysses Guides - For Central America.

• National Geographic Adventure

AIRLINE TICKET & HOTEL RESEARCH:

Discounters:

• Smarterliving
• Travelocity
  
• Sidestep - I often find the cheapest deals here.
• Cheap Seats
  
• Cheap Tickets
• Best Fares - Provides some good non-members fares.
• Faredeal
• Cheapflights
• Orbitz
• Travelzoo
• Hotel.com
• Priceline - For bidding on tickets, hotels, etc. (constraining).
• airlineconsolidator.com
  
  AIRLINES
  
  Select an airline American America West ATA Continental lanchile Southwest Thai United Delta Northwest Airlines Frontier Jet Blue

  AIR COURIER

  • IAATC
  • Air Courier Association

  PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Photo Net - Online photography learning resource.
    
  • Scanner Tips - For putting your photos online.
    

  HOUSING DEALS

  • 10kvacation rentals - Rent your house out.
  • Craig's List - Excellent general community bulletin board.
  • Marine View Management - For high end rental in S. CA.
  • B&B

  ADVENTURE TRAVEL/OUTDOOR RELATED CLUBS AND SITES

  • Cuba Climbing - by yours truly.
  • Sierra Club - Great hikes and outdoor trips.
    
  • SCMA - Southern California rock-climbing club. Climb on!
  • California Kayak Friends - Friends to go kayaking.
  • American Alpine Club - Mountaineers.
  • The Access Fund - Keeps the rocks available to all. (site is being updated).
  • Audubon Society
  • Himalayan Explorer's Club - Traveller's resource about Nepal.
  • South American Explorer's Club - Superb resource for trip reports and more.
  • Tom's Utah Canyoneering Guide - Excellent resource. Great info. Great photos.
    
    

  ORGANIZATIONS

  • AAA
  • AARP
  • American Youth Hostel
    
    

  MAINLY FOR STUDENTS

  • Council Travel
  • STA Travel
    
    

  Non-Travel Links

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  Affiliates:

  • HostSave.com - Inexpensive web-site hosting service
  •  - Inexpensive Shopping Cart
  • Half.com - Buy for half....sell for half. Great for books.
  • Amazon.com - Look for travel books and videos
    
    

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