Travel & Geography
Flights, Hotels, Car Rentals, & More
- Airfare Watchdog
This site claims to be the only airfares website that tracks all airlines, including Southwest. You can sign up for email notification of fares on your chosen route.
- Euroflights.info
European discount airlines.
- Europe's Low Cost Flights Search & Booking Engine
In addition to finding a airfare deal, this is a good tool for finding which cities are served by which airline.
- Expedia Travel
Discount airfares, hotels, cars, vacations, cruises, activities, and maps.
- Kayak.com
Flight, hotel and car rental search engine.
- Momondo
Flight search engine.
- Orbitz
Discount airfares, hotels, cars, and more.
- Travelocity
Discount airfares, hotels, cars, and more.
- Vayama
Specializes in international airfare deals.
- HotelsCom
Hotel prices worldwide.
- Hotel Discount Reservations
Hotel prices worldwide.
- Lastminute.com
Last minute weekend packages on sale.
- Octopus Travel
Hotel prices worldwide.
- Quickbook
Hotel prices in U.S.A.'s big cities.
- TravelZoo
Enter your travel details, and TravelZoo will point you to the Web sites with the best deals. The hottest travel deals on the Web are featured in a weekly newsletter.
- VibeAgent
Hotel prices, reviews and social networking.
Travel Reviews
Passports & Travel Advisory
- Center for Disease Control -- Travelers' Health
- Passport Applications
- U.S. State Department -- Travel Warnings
Travel Tools
- Currency Converter
- MapQuest
Driving directions.
- Yahoo!
Maps, driving directions and traffic.
- How Far Is It?
Find the distance between two places, as well as their latitudes, longitudes and altitudes.
- National & Local Weather Forecast
- World Weather Information Service
Official forecasts from the World Meteorological Organization.
- U.S. Time
The official U.S. time including time zones. See Time Exhibit for history of timekeeping from ancient to modern times, calendars through the ages, daylight saving time, clock works (illustrated mechanisms of many historical clocks) and more.
- World Time Server
Find the country or city in the left column and read the current time on the right side.
Tourism Offices
- ExploringChicago
City of Chicago's official tourism site.
- Official Travel Guide
Find tourism offices, convention & visitors bureaus, and chambers of commerce by selecting the place in the drop down menu.
- Tourism Offices of the 50 States and Foreign Countries
Airports
Transportation
- Airlines
- Amtrak
- CTA -- Chicago Transit Authority
- Greyhound
- Metra Rail
- Pace Bus
- Rail Europe
- RTA -- Regional Transit Authority
Travel Guides
- Budget Travel Online
The website for Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine.
- Fodor's Travel Online
Fare finder and a resource center. The resource center has a universal currency converter, languages for travelers, and weather updates.
- GORP - Adventure Travel and Outdoor Recreation
- Hostel and Backpacking Guide
- The Man in Seat 61
Guide to train travel.
- The National Park Service
Browse the alphabetical listing of parks by name or theme. View maps of some of the parks, get information on fees, camping, etc.
- Official Travel Guide
Find tourism offices, convention & visitors bureaus, travel packages and more.
- Rick Steves: Europe Through the Backdoor
This site complements Rick Steves' guidebooks. Download audio guides for France and Italy to your iPod or other type of MP3 player.
- Travel Guides for Weekend Getaways
Specialty Sites
- AARP'S Travel & Leisure
A nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people over 50.
- Adventure Travel for Women over Thirty
For women who want to combine an athletic activity with travel.
- Asia Travel
An online booking agency concentrating on travel to Asia.
- Elderhostel
Not-for-profit organization offering educational travel for older adults.
Geography & Maps
- The 50 States
Maps as well as birds, flags, state songs and other information on each state.
- Atlapedia
Political and physical maps of the world's countries. Also, statistical data and information on climate, geography, history, people, religion, etc.
- Google Earth
Fly to any place on your PC. Worldwide satellite imagery and maps are viewable once the free software has been downloaded. Type an address and zoom in, view a driving route and much more.
- National Geographic
Global road and satelite maps.
- Panoramic Map Collection
A map collection of show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. From The Library of Congress.
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Worldwide and historical maps, cartographic reference resources and links to other map sites from the University of Texas at Austin.
