Links and Tips for Travelers
Official information: From travel warnings to where and how to apply for a passport ....
US State Department – Bureau of Consular Affairs
Airplane Security: Prohibited Items
FAA: Passenger Information
Home page Security Checkpoint Wait Times
Health and disease concerns?
CDC for Travelers’ Health
Before you go ..
The World Factbook
Tips for Older Americans (for young people as well)
"Back Door" Travel Tips (Rick Steves)
Time around the world
Greenwich Mean Time
CNN World Time (need to download Macromedia Shockwave, has local time and time conversion)
World Time Zone (has local time for various countries)
Time And Date (the Meeting Planner - has multiple cities display)
Worldtime.com
Weather around the world
CNN.com weather
National weather Service
Weather.com (request local forecasts)
USA Today Weather
Celsius to Fahrenheit, or kilometer to mile conversion
Digital Dutch Unit Converter
Legacy Systems Converter
Currency conversion
Yahoo Currency Converter
Oanda Currency Converter
Maps, Maps and Maps!
Altavista Maps (domestic only but has driving directions)
Yahoo Maps (domestic only but has driving directions) MapQuest (domestic only but has driving directions)
National Geographic Maps (by region and country)
University of Texas Map Library (has some city and airport maps)
BabelFish FreeTranslation.com
Other major travel sites
Expedia
Travelocity
Priceline
Yahoo! Travel Best Fares
Orbitz
icruise.com
Fodor's
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
Let's Go
American Express Travel
Boeing Travel Vacations (Leisure)
Europe Through the Back Door
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Updated October 6, 2004
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