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This is a list of my favorite websites dedicated to my favorite subject…travel. The sites below include professional travel companies, independent travel agencies, personal blogs, and much more. Bottom line is that all of them are just as obsessed about the journeys to far away lands as I am. Browse the list, click the links, and hopefully I can turn you on to your next favorite travel website. Just promise you will not forget about me. Enjoy!
CheapOAir Travel Blog: Provides travel news, information and stories from travel experts. Full of interesting information that will both inspire and help you plan your next trip.
Kayak.com: The best travel search engine on the internet hands down. One quick tip when using Kayak is to click on the airfare they find, because the price may have changed since they posted it. Airlines switch their prices sometimes on a daily basis (even more on certain days of the week). Be flexible and search up to 3 days before and after the dates you choose and pick numerous nearby airlines to ensure the lowest price. Very helpful site.
Travelzoo: The people at this place truly love a deal. They work nonstop all week long searching the net for the best in hotels, airfare, cruises, vacations and more. Plus they even go the extra mile to lock in excluve prices and deals for their readers. Every Wednesday check out Travel Zoo’s Top 20 deals.
Oyster Hotel Reviews: This site gives you a comprehensive preview of the hotels you might stay at. From the beds you’ll sleep in to the bathrooms you’ll use to the food you’ll eat, they got you covered. Their goal is to guide users to the hotels that will best fit their needs. They do this by extensively photographing every place they visit and by writing in-depth reviews based on their firsthand experiences.
UnlabelledBritain.org: Home to the latest in British trends from food to fashion. Plus travel deals to Britain and much more
Aussie Nomad: Chris is your typical Aussie who loves a beer and a laugh. Burning the suit and packing his career into a backpack he’s setting off to travel and work the world over.
Ron Dubin Photography: Have Cameras, Will Travel. Ron Dubin is a photographer based in Los Angeles and Cape Canaveral, Florida who has a passion for capturing landscapes and travel images.
Green Traveler Guides: Researched and written by travel journalists, this site is all over the world’s best green travel. Like us, they believe green travel’s gotta be great travel, too. No flakes or granola here.
ReidOnTravel: This great travel site is run by Robert Reid, a Brooklyn-based travel writer who has updated 21 Lonely Planet guidebooks (including New York City, Central America, Myanmar and Trans-Siberian Railway) and written for publications including The New York Times. In 2007, he created an online guidebook to Vietnam — equivalent to 200 guidebook pages with maps — available on his site. He blogs of his trips, and occasionally of college football.
Migrationology: This blog serves spontaneous observations from an unplanned migration. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Global Studies, Mark Weins set out to pursue Migrationology.
Jaunted: From the people that bring you Conde Nast Traveler, Jaunted is your travel and entertainment destination. Great original articles written by a staff of witty and informative writers. Definitely worth checking out.
New York Times Travel: Such a great site! I love the “36 hours in…” articles, restaurant reviews, city spotlights and the daily articles about…well…travel. Check it out for a great read by top writers.
Tripwolf: This is a free online social travel guide. Tripwolf combines travel tips from professional travel writers with a vast collection of travel information, experiences and reviews from a worldwide community of thousands of travelers like you. Take advantage of their trip gurus to get personal travel advice for any city or country.
Tripwolf’s Travel Blog: This site is updated daily by a group of passionate travelers. The blog keeps on top of latest travel trends while bringing a personal twist to each topic.
AirfareWatchdog.com: This site scours the internet for the latest and the lowest in airfare deals. Bookmark it and check it often for some amazing finds.
Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site: It takes a nomad to know a nomad! A self described “twenty-something vagabond”, Matt has been on the road for the last four years exploring the world. His site offers tips, photos, videos and a blog that covers pretty much everything travel related. Definitely check him out!
Yapta.com: Yapta is a travel Website and browser add-on that lets you track flight and now hotel prices as they change and alerts you when the price for a particular flight or hotel drops. It also helps you get a refund or credit from airlines with guaranteed low-price policies.
Travel Wonders Of The World: Mark is a keen traveler. In fact, over the last 25 years, he has traveled to every continent and over 80 countries. His blog contain stories about the most memorable destinations – the places he regards as the travel wonders of the world. He is also a keen photographer, and has taken nearly all the photos you’ll see on his site. Definitely take a look and add it to your favorites!
Frill Seeker Diary: A blog about exploring the world to learn about yourself. Penned by 20-somethings who investigate what makes up the world that makes us.
Where I’ve Been: Where I’ve Been is a fun, detailed interactive world map that lets you share where you have been, lived, and want to go. From venturing deep into the Australian outback in a 4×4 killer monster truck to finding the nearest coffee shop in your neighborhood, we have created a great, resourceful platform that allows users to search for everything whether it’s global or local. Share your map throughout Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, hi5, and Friendster!
TravelTuesday.org: A site created to make Tuesday a bit more exciting! Now, no matter what your level of interest or experience with travelling, you have a place to read current news and trends, learn ways to save and quality travel tips, participate in Travel Trivia, ask questions, and much more!
Travelogged: Offers practical information for a variety of destinations as well as lots of entertaining stories, photos, and videos for those who are just daydreaming about their next vacation. Travelogged does not only cover their own trips, but they also write about other people’s travel adventures too.
Artun Travel: Established in 1991, an independently owned and operated agency, provides full service travel to Turkey, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Artun Travel specializes in Blue Voyage cruises on the Mediterranean and Educational group tours to Turkey. Artun Travel has a staff of knowledgeable travel experts who are as informative as they are accommodating. Travel agents are multi-lingual, fluent in Turkish, English and Arabic. Each agent is able to provide unique travel itineraries based on their own extensive travel experiences as well as their research and knowledge.
Everything Everywhere: Gary Ardnt has been traveling the world for over two years. He has visited over 40 countries and has been published in many magazines.
How To Teach English Overseas: A comprehensive resource about teaching english around the world with information about salaries, requirements, and tefl.
Exotic Tropical Vacations: For those looking for information on tropical vacations, this free resource is the ultimate guide.
SoSauce: A content creation and sharing site for travel geeks. It’s a place where independent travel enthusiasts can create, view, and share their travel experiences, whether local or abroad. The design is built to feature rich applications and interactive elements, all within a clean, modern, and friendly interface. The crux of the site is four applications: Trip, Photo, Journal, and Guide.
FoXnoMad: Anil is a traveler and travel enthusiast. He has spent his entire life traveling, studying cultures, and picking up tricks along the way. He created foXnoMad to connect with other travelers, discover their world, and share what he has learned about to help you travel smarter.
Got Passport, Will Travel: This family of three share their stories to document 1) travel memories for their daughter, 2) to showcase that service to others and travel could be combined, 3) that travel in and of itself is an educational experience for their child, and 4) inspire other families to get out of their comfort zone and explore. It can be done without breaking the bank!
Gettin’ Carried Away: Highlights memories from travel writer Carrie and her previous travels, in addition to timely features from her current trips and exciting, anticipatory posts about her future travel plans. She’s always ready to give you plenty of recommendations, and she’ll even give you fair warning about the not-so-great places out there. When Carrie is not traveling, she is covering industry news and offering helpful tips.
Just Desserts NYC: Two girls finding the best desserts in New York City! A blog with their sweet finds and where to get them. It’s an online resource for your sweet tooth!
Leave Your Cubicle Behind : A digital nomad site that will help you escape the cubicle and learn how to earn money online via blogging as well as outsource unimportant tasks in order to free up time to do what you want to do and not what someone else wants you too.
Historical Sites Of The World: A list of some of the historical sites from around the world with history and visitor information to help you plan your next trip and get a better understand of the issues facing these places.
Best Tropical Islands: For those that love beaches, this is a good and growing list of some of the best tropical islands in the world. If you are wondering what places to go visit, this site will be good for you.
My Good Travel Advice: Travel advice and stories from experienced travelers that will help you better plan for your next trips as well as hear some cool stories from the road.
Two Go Round-The-World: This site preserves the observations of Kathryn and Daniel as they plan, prepare and pack for a year-long RTW trip set to depart Toronto, Canada in July 2011. Join them as they uncover and record hidden gems to smooth the process of planning the ultimate journey.
PortaPocket.com: Keep the things you need handily ON yourself with these comfy, lightweight strap-on carrying cases. Streamlined & versatile to wear on your calf, thigh, ankle, arm or waist. Under/over your clothing. Interchangeable pockets are detachable to make them super user-friendly, but also stay firmly on mounting pad when in stowed position. Safely, discreetly carry ID, $, credit & business cards, keys, passports, cell phones, lipstick & hygiene items, iPods, insulin pumps, inhalers, Epipens, more!
Health*Conscious*Travel: Melanie Haiken, a professional health and travel writer for many national magazines and websites, writes for those who care about health and love to travel. Her passion is planning trips that spark a thirst for adventure, boost health and fitness, and feed the soul. How many times have you looked back and wished you’d known more when planning a trip or facing a health problem? She uses her blog to share what she’s learned in 20 years of reporting on health, travel, food, and nutrition and wants others to know.
Darn Good Digs: It’s not easy finding affordable, authentic, and super-welcoming places to stay while on a budget, so Darn Good Digs tries to make the work easy by using word-of-mouth. Budget-minded travelers share their all-time favorite independently owned hotels, inns, and b&b’s around the globe, and the Brooklyn-based editors select the best-of-the-best nominations to feature as Darn Good Digs.
TravMonkey: This great website is a world travel magazine for backpackers and budget travelers.
Raveable: Visiting this simple to use website makes the process of finding the perfect hotel much easier by providing at-a-glance hotel summaries based on the millions of guest opinions found online.
Safari Guide Africa: This is an all round resource for people thinking of going on an African safari. They have articles and tips from how to cook game meat to what to leave at home before going on safari. You can also read about safari lodges; it even seems they have more emphasis on the more eco-friendly lodges. Definitely worth a read.
Twenty-Something Travel: This is a website about travel for young people. It provides encouragement, information and resources for new travelers. As it is aimed towards young people, the emphasis is always on traveling simply, with a small budget.
Mood To Travel: Follow Mahmoud and Jonathan in their twelve month trip around the world in worlds and photos. Traveling from Asia, to Australasia, to South America , they class themselves as “Flashpackers with a budget”.
Briefcase to Backpack: Whether you are looking to change careers, need a rejuvenating break from your current job or want to reexamine your life goals, a cultural career break can help you find the answers you are looking for. And Briefcase to Backpack aims to make the concept of cultural career breaks acceptable in America. Planning such a career break can be quite overwhelming to Americans not used to the concept, so from contemplation and preparation to life on the road and returning, Briefcase to Backpack is there to inspire and guide you through the process.
Volunteering Global: The goal of this great website is to give not only a basic view of international volunteer programs, but also to give them a face. If you have a story, pictures, video, or anything you’d like to contribute regarding your experience with a group, send it along!
J The Travel Authority: Travel writer Jeanine Barone journeys all over the world and blogs about what she calls “hidden treasures,” aka authentic finds that are not on the typical tourist radar. Expect to find plenty of insights into cool places to lay your head, fab wines to taste, gorgeous trails to bike or hike and interesting architectural and design finds. She’s also a pretty savvy traveler, providing all manner of tips from how to stay well on the road to packing so that you never have to check luggage.
nancy.the.gnomette: Nancy is a passionate 20-something traveler who believes that traveling is an art form. In her cool blog, she humorously offers advice and inspiration for traveling creatively and consciously.
SabenandLin.com: Follow Saben and Lin, backpacking around the world on a shoestring budget with (almost) daily updates, detailed cost analysis, huge photo galleries, and random awesomeness.
My Several Worlds: A travel and photography web site featuring destinations, attractions, cultures, and lifestyles in Asia.
Lay Your Head Here: Features travel accommodations selected by travelers for travelers.
Best Beaches in Asia: Ideas for Beach Vacations in Asia.
China Travel Service: China travel agency that offers comprehensive China travel information.
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