Travel

• Bed & Breakfast Find Find a Bed & Breakfast or Inn. www.bedandbreakfast.com
• Elderhostel Home Page  Seniors can combine learning and vacations, U.S. and International. www.elderhostel.org/
• Expedia Internet travel agency. www.expedia.com/
• FareCompare  One of the better sites on which to get a prediction of future airline fares. Includes international destinations. www.farecompare.com
• Fodor's Travel Guide An excellent starting point, especially good for hotels.www.fodors.com/
• Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel this site has been completely revamped and is excellent for finding hotels,  maps of cities, restaurants, and more. Includes guides to  off beat travel, news, tips. www.frommers.com/
• Hotwire.com  A “blind” travel site, similar to Priceline. The difference is that here you enter your itinerary first, and are shown the prices of available airlines, hotels, or rental cars. But like Priceline, you don’t know which company you’ll be using until after you purchase. Both Hotwire and Priceline give you the best prices about half the time, according to consumer Reports. www.hotwire.com/
• Kayak Here is another airline price fare comparison website, and it's very good. It also covers Hotels and Deals. You can sign up to receive track fares and receive fare alerts.  http://www.kayak.com/
• Orbitz Very popular for airfare searches. www.orbitz.com/
• Maporama Maps and driving directions for  European countries and the U.S. Street level maps for many countries, and directions from major airports. www.maporama.com/share
• MapQuest   Map your trip by car and get detailed directions. Mapquest also maps Europe.  www.mapquest.com/
• Pets Welcome Which motels are pet friendly? www.petswelcome.com
• Seat Guru After you make that plane reservation, you can pick out your seat. But first look here to find out which are the best and worst seats on each airline. www.seatguru.com/
• Sidestep One of the best for comparing and researching airfares. You must download the software, which will then appear automatically on the left side of your browser whenever you research an airfare. www.sidestep.com
• Tourism Offices Worldwide A directory of official information sources, international and state. www.towd.com/
• Travelocity Internet travel agency. www.travelocity.com

• Travel SuperLink   This is a very useful web site, although not very attractive. It lists the best airfare search engines, best aggregated searchers like Kayak, best for giving airfare trends, and more. If you travel much, bookmark it. http://www.travelsuperlink.com/airtravel  

• TripAdvisor If you want recommendations from other travelers for hotels, inns, and travel packages, try this web site. www.tripadvisor.com/
• U.S. State Dept Travel Advisories Use the Department of State web travel  pages to find information on passports, visas, immunizations, and trouble spots. www.state.gov/
• World Travel Guide A guide for international travel. www.wtgonline.com/

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