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Vaccinations, Health Alerts
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx
Provides country-by-country health information for international travel. Includes vaccine recommendations, health recommendations, updates on disease outbreaks, with descriptions and recommended treatment.
World Health Organization
www.who.int/en/
Can view risks by country or by disease. Provides vaccination requirements, information on accidents and infectious diseases, and traveler checklist. Provides health and disease alerts.
Travel Advisories, Country Alerts and Information
State Department Travel Advisories
travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html
Provides warnings issued by the State Department regarding travel to particular countries. Covers such topics as entry and exit requirements, medical concerns, aviation safety, crime, and embassy and consulate locations. Includes Public Announcements about terrorist threats and other short-term and/or transnational conditions posing risks to the security of American travelers.
United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office
www.fco.gov.uk
Travel & Living Abroad includes entry requirements, alerts and advice regarding travel, safety, security, health care and natural disasters, organized by country.
State Department Consular Affairs Publications
travel.state.gov/travel/abroad_brochures.html
Provides information on sending money overseas, tips for travelers to specific regions, advisories for older Americans, medical information for Americans traveling abroad and information on overseas citizen services. Covers both foreign travel generally and country/region-specific travel.
State Department Consular Information Sheets
travel.state.gov/travel/warnings_consular.html
Consular Information Sheets are available by country. They include locations of embassies, consulates and information on health conditions; political disturbances; crime and security; unusual immigration, entry, currency regulations and practices.
State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Law and Policy
travel.state.gov/law/law_1734.html
Information, searchable by country or subject, includes authentication of documents for use abroad, obtaining evidence abroad, international judicial assistance, retaining a foreign attorney, enforcement of judgments, notarial and authentication services of U.S. Consular officers abroad, performance of notary functions abroad by American notaries and service of legal documents abroad.
Visas, Passports
State Department Travel, Visa and Passport Requirements
travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html
Gives foreign entry requirements for U.S. citizens traveling on tourism/business; provides country information for travelers.
State Department Travel, Visa Information
travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html
Provides information on U.S. visa requirements.
State Department Travel, Passport Services Office
travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Can apply for, renew or replace a U.S. passport; view frequently asked questions about passports; download application forms. Includes information on expedited passport applications.
Travel Advice, Assistance
State Department
travel.state.gov
Provides addresses of U.S. embassies and consulates all over the world; includes addresses, telephone numbers and hours of operation for embassies and consulates. Information bulletins cover civil unrest, crime and natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, forest fires) in foreign countries.
Engineers Without Borders
www.ewb-usa.org
Provides advice on preparing for international travel, online travel tips presentation, personal health-care checklist, and recommended contents of medical kit.
Bulletin on Safety and Health During International Travel by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov/dts/tib/
tib_data/tib20020412.pdf
Includes advice on avoiding diseases and contaminated foods while traveling overseas.
Insurance, Telephones, Electricity, Driving, Customs
CountryCode.org
countrycode.org/
Resources for international long distance calling include table listing country codes and IDD (International Direct Dialing) prefixes. Country profiles include area codes, ISO country codes, kinds of electrical outlets and phone jacks found in that part of the world, other reference information.
ElectricalOutlet.org
electricaloutlet.org/
Electrical Guide provides information on using electrical appliances in countries around the world. Includes table describing electrical systems worldwide, illustrations of electrical plugs, advice on using computers. Includes list of sources for electrical travel accessories, including converters and adaptor plugs.
Insure.com
www.insure.com
Travel includes insurance tips for international travelers and expatriates. Provides FAQs on buying travel insurance and free quotes on insurance packages.
International Driving Permit – American Automobile Association
www.aaa.com/vacation/idpf.html
Provides information about international driving permits and about how to obtain them; link to application form; information on obtaining permits by mail; FAQs about permits and international travel.
International Mobile Phones
countrycode.org/mobilephones
Provides Mobile Phone Guide, which discusses mobile phone systems worldwide.
Magellan's
www.magellans.com/store/
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Use Country Guide to learn electrical voltage, electrical plug configuration, telephone jack configuration for particular country. Provides pictures of plugs, jacks; links to appropriate adapters, information about voltage frequency. Contains travel tips, articles and country guides. Includes links to other useful resources for international travel.
Phone-Jack.org
phone-jack.org/
Provides illustrations of telephone plugs organized by country; listings of merchants selling plugs and plug adapters; guide to issues that may arise when using the phone or hooking up modems in other countries, such as dial tones, hard-wired phone systems, digital phones, tax impulses.
Total Travel Insurance
www.totaltravelinsurance.com/
Provides travel insurance and international medical insurance. Users can compare policies, read reviews and purchase policies online.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
www.cbp.gov/
Travel includes travel and restricted goods alerts; travel tips; sample declaration form; regulations and information for leaving and returning to the United States; and inspection information.
World Television Signal Guide
countrycode.org/tv-standards
Contains table of television standards worldwide, organized by country.
Weather, Travel Tips
AccuWeather.com
www.accuweather.com
Provides weather forecasts from around the world.
National Weather Service Internet Weather Source
weather.noaa.gov
Includes worldwide weather conditions for the last 24 hours.
Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
www.towd.com
Guide to official tourist information sources in the U.S. and abroad lists official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar agencies, which provide free and non-commercial travel information to the public.
Virtual Library Museums Pages
www.icom.org/vlmp/
Links to museum Web sites around the world, organized by country.
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