Travel

Travel Services

The following major travel services all offer a wide variety of information and services, including flight and hotel booking.
Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Online | Concierge.com | Expedia Travel | Travelocity | Yahoo Travel

Geographical Reference Resources

• How Far Is It? — Find the distance between any two places
• New WorldFactBook — Basic information about every country in the world
• Nations of the World — Compiled by the Law Library of Congress, includes constitutions and information on the government of the countries as well as links to sites providing general information

Travel News

• Travel News — Articles and videos for business and vacation travel from CNN
• Travel Guide — Travel news, travel blogs and travel services from USA Today
• Yahoo Travel News — Travel news, travel columns and other resources from Yahoo and the Associated Press

Travel Books

• Fodor’s
• Lonely Planet
• Let’s Go Guides
• Rough Guides
• Globe Corner Bookstore

Online Journals

• National Geographic Online — This is the online version of the longtime favorite journal

Transportation Links

• On-line Airline Information Pages
• Amtrak
• Cyberspace World Railroad

Other Resources

• U. S. Department of State : Travel — The official source information on passports, visas, travel warnings and more
• CDC Travel Information — Important health bulletins for travellers from the Centers for Disease Control.
• Foreign Currency Exchange Rates — From the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.