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Information
- City
Search ~ Citysearch provides guides for over 40 United
States cities and regions as well as over 20 cities in Australia, Canada,
Japan, Korea, and Scandinavia. Information covered includes the arts,
entertainment, food, lodging, shopping, news, weather, and more. Also
included is a movie and entertainment guide for dozens of additional
United States cities.
- Fodor's
Travel Guides ~ Online travel planning from one of the
best travel publishers.
- The
Insider's Guide ~ An informative travel site that provides
the text to dozens of their publications about U.S. cities and areas,
arranged geographically. "Each guide is written by locals who love
where they live."
- The
Lonely Planet ~ Excellent online travel guides from one
of the best travel publishers. Includes a text-only version to bypass
the images.
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- Rough
Guides ~ "Rough Guides publishes books on hundreds
of worldwide destinations, and we put that content online for our readers
to access for free. Browse our destination coverage online, and check
out information on everything from flights to food to accommodations
and more."
- Tourism
Offices Worldwide Directory ~ Contact information (including
Web links, when available) for over 1,000 "official government
tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce,
and similar agencies which provide free, accurate, and unbiased travel
information to the public. No travel agents, no tour operators, no hotels."
- The
Travel Channel ~ Homepage to the cable television network.
Find information by destination or by themes such as beaches, theme
parks, sports, cities, etc. Helpful travel tools including: converters
to aid in converting time, distance, weight, and fluid measurements;
information on preventative measures to insure good travel health; and
tips and advice from travelers.
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Currency
Exchange
Government
- New
Requirements for Travelers ~ Overview and brief facts about
the new law that by January 1, 2008 will require that "travelers
to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a
passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the
United States." Some material also in Spanish and French. From
the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs.
- Passports
for U.S. Citizens ~ Info from the U.S. Department of State
- Travelers'
Health Info from the CDC ~ Contains news; information on
vaccination requirements, diseases, and outbreaks; country health profiles;
and more. From the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- U.S.
Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs ~ U.S.
government website information for all American citizens traveling abroad
and foreign citizens traveling to the U.S.
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N. Mellendorf, Librarian.
Last update:4/07/08
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