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A
American Automobile Association
www.aaa.com/stop
Visitors can enter ZIP code to access state or regional AAA travel resources, destination guides, travel currency services.
AOL CityGuide
cityguide.aol.com/
Online travel guide to U.S. cities, including maps, service directories, hotel information, arts and entertainment guides, news, restaurant reviews, nightlife and shopping guides, ticket information for local events.
B
Best Meal Deals
www.bestmealdeals.com/
Can browse directory of more than 500,000 U.S. restaurants. Can view restaurants by category, state or search by ZIP code.
C
California State Automobile Association
www.csaa.com/home/
Provides travelers' tools, including
traffic information, road conditions and travel advisories;
auto and insurance information; maps and trip planners;
car, hotel and airline reservations.
Cheaptickets
www.cheaptickets.com
Online airfare, hotel, rental car, cruise and travel package reservation system. Includes business travel reservation system; links to arrival and departure times, weather, airport maps, flight tracker.
Chowhound
www.chowhound.com
Resource site for restaurant reviews and food-related news. Can browse bulletin board discussions of restaurants and other food-related topics organized by geographical region.
CityLink
Usacitylink.com
Listing of U.S. states and cities with information on travel, tourism and relocation. Travel guide includes information on hotels, restaurants, airline tickets and entertainment.
CitySearch.com
www.citysearch.com
Online travel guide to U.S. cities, including service directories,
hotel information, arts and entertainment guides, restaurant
reviews, nightlife, news and parking information.
D
DineSite.com
www.dinesite.com
Restaurant information network that lets visitors select city and browse restaurant directory by type, price range, cuisine or atmosphere; view descriptions, contacts, online menus and visitor reviews when available.
E
Expedia.com
www.expedia.com
Airline tickets, hotel room reservations, rental cars, package vacations
and cruises. Offers travel news and destination information.
F
Fodors.com
www.fodors.com
Makes the information in Fodor's guides available on the Web and provides users with news, features, and Web-specific travel tips and links. Visitors can participate in Travel Talk to communicate with other travelers or in Rants & Raves to rate restaurants and lodgings.
Frommer's
www.frommers.com/
Provides
online travel resources from the travel guide series, including
expert advice. Contains information on attractions, transportation,
accommodations, dining, nightlife from cities around the
world. Users can buy guidebooks online and access message
boards where travelers share their travel experiences.
H
Hopstop
www.hopstop.com
Can get point-to-point bus, subway and taxi directions for 16 major U.S. cities. Includes information on cost of trip, expected travel time and walking distance en route; provides city guides, maps, itinerary builder.
Hotwire
www.hotwire.com
Online airfare, hotel, rental car, cruise and travel package reservation system.
I
Insidetrip
www.insidetrip.com
Online airline reservation system. Includes TripQuality function, which lets users search for flights based on factors such as carrier’s record for losing bags, aircraft's age, load factor, legroom, on-time flight performance.
J
Journeywoman
www.journeywoman.com
An online travel resource just for women, this quarterly
newsletter provides woman-friendly city sites, recommendations
on hotels and restaurants, an international travel tip bazaar,
travel classifieds, consumer news, feature articles, information
for women traveling alone and links to other related sites.
K
Kayak.com
www.kayak.com
Online airfare, hotel, car rental reservation system. Can look up prices and availability across multiple providers and book online; view hotel maps.
L
Lonely Planet
www.lonelyplanet.com
Worldwide destination guide. Provides traveler tips, overview of climate, events, costs, attractions, activities, history and culture, suggestions on getting there and around, destination-specific guidebooks for sale. Includes discussion forum organized by activity and geographic region. Travel Services allows users to search for flights, hostels and budget accommodations, hotels, rail and ferry services, car rentals.
M
Mobissimo
www.mobissimo.com
Online airline, hotel, rental car, vacation-package reservation system. Allows users to compare search results with those of other travel meta-searches.
Museums in the USA
www.museumca.org/usa/
Lists museums by name, state, type. Can search museum database.
N
National Association of Truck Stop Operators
www.natso.com
Can search directory of truck stops by company name, city, state or highway.
National Scenic Byways Program
www.byways.org
Part of the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, this program is a grass-roots collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance scenic highways throughout the United States. Contains directory of Byways, with travel guides and trip planning resource
New York Today
www.nytoday.com
New York Times city guide, including service directories,
hotel and transportation information, arts and entertainment
guides, restaurant reviews, nightlife, news, shopping information,
classifieds, real estate listings, employment listings and
a neighborhood guide.
O
OfficialTravelGuide.com
www.officialtravelguide.com
Destination travel and tourism guide that links to official visitor organizations in United States and around the world. Provides destination and vacation planning information. Can search for hotels and book reservations online.
OpenTable.com
www.opentable.com
Online restaurant description and reservation site. Provides restaurant profile pages that include price, cuisine, neighborhood, contact information, Web site, dress code, parking details, public transportation. Users can view ratings and reviews from other diners. Can search for restaurants by city, neighborhood, cuisine, price and/or name. Can book reservations online for particular time, date and party size.
Orbitz.com
www.orbitz.com/
Booking engine for finding low-cost airfares; low rates for hotels, car rentals; other domestic and international travel services.
P
Priceline
www.priceline.com
Online airfare, hotel, rental car and travel package reservation system. Includes travel guides for eating, sightseeing, shopping, recreation.
Q
QuickAid
www.quickaid.com
Airline terminal maps and information on airline counter
locations; ground transportation; shops, services and hotels
for major U.S. airports. Contains links to other U.S.
and major international airports. Also links to hotels,
online travel agencies, travel guides, international health
insurance.
R
Rand McNally City and State Guides
www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/
exploreCityState.jsp?cmty=0
Guides to U.S. and Canadian cities, states and provinces provide weather forecast, time zone; maps; information about population, transportation, road construction, hotels, restaurants, shopping, attractions, historical points of interest, nightlife.
Real Travel
realtravel.com/
Provides 27,000 destination guides based on advice from other travelers. Contains destination overviews, maps, traveler experiences, photos; information on hotels, attractions, restaurants.
Restaurants.com
www.restaurants.com
Visitors to this site can search restaurant listings by state, city, ZIP code or country; check food reviews and rating services; and make reservations online at participating restaurants.
RoadsideAmerica.com
www.roadsideamerica.com
Travel guide for more eccentric tourist attractions, such as pet cemeteries and Mystery Spots. Can search quirky attractions and lodging accommodations by state with the "The Electric Map."
Rough Guides Travel
travel.roughguides.com/
Online
travel resources for thousands of destinations worldwide,
taken from their travel guides. Destination features include
history, basics facts, attractions, books, accommodation,
dining and entertainment.
S
SideStep
www.sidestep.com
Online airline, hotel, rental car, cruise and vacation-package reservation system. Allows users to compare search results with those of other travel meta-searches.
Subway Maps
www.amadeus.net/home/new/subwaymaps/en/
Provides subway system maps for cities in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Middle East, Africa and Australia. Includes information on system; can print out schedules.
Subway Page
people.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html
Provides links to maps of world subway systems and other transit information resources. Includes official system maps indexed by city name.
Switchboard.com
www.switchboard.com
Search for businesses by name, business type or both; narrow search criteria by city or near an address. Retrieves company address, phone number, map, directions and guide to nearby hotels, airports, car rentals, restaurants, etc.
T
Ten Best Travel Guides
www.10best.com
Contains travel guides for major destinations in the United States and around the world. Guides include city facts and statistics; extended weather forecast; directory of business services, lodgings, transportation, dining, leisure activities, entertainment, museums and nightlife. Provides links to buy tickets to sporting events and shows. Can search for hotels, flights; book reservations online. Includes airport guides.
TimeOut
www.timeout.com
Guides
to 34 cities worldwide include hotel, restaurant, bar and
shopping reviews; event listings; and city links.
Some city guides require paid subscription.
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.
Travel Channel Destination Guides
www.travelchannel.com/Travel_Guides
Destination guides include World's Best Lists, tours, travel tools, city guides, and information on events and attractions. Guides are organized by world region.
Travelocity
www.travelocity.com
Provides destination guides; air, hotel and car reservation tools; travel news. Includes flight status, weather center, weekly column offering traveling trips.
TripAdvisor
www.tripadvisor.com
Travel resources organized by destination include guides; hotel, attraction and restaurant information; maps; useful links; articles from travel and other publications; guest reviews; guidebooks; links to vacation packages and airfares. Can search for flights, book reservations online.
Tripit
www.tripit.com
Users e-mail their airline, hotel, rail, other travel plans to Tripit; it creates master itinerary, including maps, weather conditions and driving directions. Paid service provides updates, alerts based on itinerary.
TripSpot.com
www.tripspot.com/destinations/
Online directory of destination/city/hotel/dining guides is organized
by region or by type.
V
Virtual Library Museums Pages
www.icom.org/vlmp/
Links
to museum Web sites around the world organized by country.
W
World Travel Guide
www.worldtravelguide.net/
Provides information on particular countries, including accommodations, climate, social profile, maps, public holidays, tourist attractions. Includes world airport guides, organized by region and country.
Y
Yahoo! Travel
travel.yahoo.com/
Travel Guides contains destination guides to locations around the world. Provides basic information on locale and about transportation, attractions, recreation, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, climate. Includes links to entries from other online guidebooks. Can search for flights, hotels, rental cars; book reservations online.
Yapta
www.yapta.com
Users can search for and track airfares and hotel rates. Once flight is booked through airline Web site, Yapta will monitor the fare, alert the user if the price drops and give instructions on how to seek refund from the airline for the difference.
Yelp
www.yelp.com
Provides reviews by diners and customers of restaurants and regional businesses, including lodging, shopping and other business travel-related services. Can search by neighborhood, city or ZIP code.
Z
Zagat Survey
www.zagat.com
Provides restaurant reviews, ratings, maps and driving directions,
searchable by U.S. city. Membership required to view reviews
and to access some services.
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