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 Travel & Outdoors


Accommodations    l    Air Travel    l    Gas Prices    l    General Info & Maps

Ground Travel Transportation   l   International Travel Info   l   Local Transportation

Outdoor Recreation   l   RV & Camping   l   Things to See & Do in Central Florida   l   Travel in Florida & U.S.
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 Accommodations
 Accommodations Online: 
     Find hotel accommodations in the U.S. and worldwide. The listings include inns, hotels, bed & breakfasts, and resorts.

 Expedia.com: 
     Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 Bedandbreakfast.com: 
     24,000+ bed and breakfasts worldwide are listed here.

 Florida Directory of Bed & Breakfasts, Inns, and Small Hotels:
     Site also includes links to lodging in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, plus hospitality property for sale.

 Hostelling International
    
Info provided includes cost and description of facilities in U.S. and international directories.  Searchable by state & city, or worldwide by country.

 Orbitz: 
     Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 Travelocity: 
     Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 Tripkick:
     Get ratings on hotels (add yours, too), info on which hotel floors are the noisiest, which rooms to avoid, and more.

 U.S. Directory of Inn's, Bed & Breakfasts, and Small Hotels: 
     Browse a list of links to U.S. bed & breakfast sites. Search by region and city.

 

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 Air Travel
 Cheap Tickets:
    
It buys unsold tickets from 50 airlines and then sells them at a savings to you.

 Expedia: 
    
A comprehensive travel site with fares, reservations, and travel info from Microsoft.

 Hotwire: 
     Another comprehensive travel site with fares, reservations, and travel info.

 Orbitz: 
     Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 Orlando International Airport: 
     Get a diagram of the airport, flight schedules, and more.

 Priceline: 
     Name your own price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, prepaid long distance, and cars!

 Travelocity: 
    
Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 

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 Gas Prices
 Gas Price Watch: 
     "Power to the people at the pump!"  Find the lowest gas prices in your neighborhood.  Search by address and/or zip code.

 Orlando Gas Prices: 
     A simple chart tells you where to fill up without hurting your wallet.  The site also offers nationwide historical gas price charts as far back as 3 years.

 Trip Gas Price: 
     Use
AAA's free tool to "calculate the estimated fuel cost of your trip."  Costs are estimated by AAA's daily fuel gauge report &  ighway fuel economy
     ratings from the EPA
.

 

 General Info & Maps
 Expedia.com: Maps: 
     Get door-to-door driving directions to any destination in North America from
 Microsoft's Expedia travel site.

 Fodor's Travel Online: 
     Create a customized travel guide to 99+ cities worldwide.

 How Far Is It?: 
     Calculate the distance between two places and see a map.

 Lonely Planet Online: 
     Along with maps and travel tips, here you can find "eKno," which offers free voice mail and e-mail for folks on the road.

 Longitude Books: 
     "This site allows you to click on a map for a list of essential reading for more than 100 travel destinations."

 MapBlast: 
     Offers interactive maps, driving directions, business finders, and local yellow pages.

 MapQuest
     Provides maps for places all over the world plus driving directions for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

 Rough Guides: 
     Get travel info for 4,000+ locations around the world.

 The Travel Insider
     "...we strive to deliver you unbiased travel information that will save you money. We are opinionated, and not afraid to tell you when we find something
      we don’t like."   Find good travel deals and more.

 The Weather Channel:
     Extremely comprehensive site for weather info around the country and the world, including 5-day forecasts for hundreds of cities, current radar, and
     traveler's forecasts.

 

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 Ground Travel Transportation
 Amtrak:
    
Amtrak's web page provides a wealth of info for train travelers, including train routes, schedules, ticket prices, and more.

 Expedia
    
A comprehensive travel site with fares, reservations, and travel info from Microsoft.

 Orbitz
     Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 Travelocity: 
    
Easy to use online reservations for air travel, hotel, car rentals, rail, and more.

 

 International Travel Info
 Accomodations Online
     Find hotel accommodations in the U.S. and worldwide. The listings include inns, hotels, bed & breakfasts, and resorts.

 Bedandbreakfast.com: 
     24,000+ bed and breakfasts worldwide are listed here.

 Cruise411.com: 
     Search cruise offerings from 28+ cruise lines, compare special interest cruises, read up on reviews and awards. All cruise reservations booked
     through this site are discounted 10%.

 Europe: 
     Maintained by the 29-nation European Travel Commission, this site is full of activities, attractions, and perspectives.

 European National Railways and Timetables: 
    
Links to the websites of national railways and timetables.

 Hostelling International:
     Info provided includes cost and description of facilities in U.S. and international directories.  Searchable by state & city, or worldwide by country.

 OANDA Currency Site
     Calculate the exchange rate for 100+ currencies.

 Passport Services
     From the U.S. Department of State.  Information on Vital Records and Passports including where to apply.

 RailEurope: 
    
Book all types of European rail passes and tickets online.

 Travel Health
     From the Center of Disease Control -- includes vaccine requirements, disease outbreaks, country health info, & other items of interest to the traveler.

 Universal Currency Converter
    
Select "convert from" and "into" to calculate the currency equivalence from over 50 countries.

 U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings: 
     Info on areas of the world where travel is not advised.

 

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 Local Transportation
 LYNX: 
     Maps and schedules of all the bus routes.

 Orlando International Airport: 
     Diagram of airport, flight schedules, and other useful facts.

 

 Outdoor Recreation
 
GORP: the Great Outdoors Recreation Page:
    
A gateway to attractions of the world: 20 outdoor activities from caving to windsurfing, locations, gear, tours, recipes,  books and art with
    outdoor themes.

 Trails.com: 
    
This site offers detailed info on 18,000+ trails in North America. Check out the maps, trip planners, and online store.

 

 RV & Camping
 Kids' Camps: 
     A comprehensive, international listing of summer camps -- residential, themed, special needs, family.  It also lists "grown-up" camps and jobs.

 Woodall's Camping Directory: 
     Info for campers and RV enthusiasts, including links to campgrounds, RV's, and anything associated with RVs.

 

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 Things to See & Do in Central Florida
 Absolutely Florida: 
     Read about the "other" Florida in this monthly magazine.

 FLA USA: 
     A complete guide to Florida vacations.

 Go2Orlando:
    
Produced by Orlando Sentinel Interactive, this site puts a heavy emphasis on Central Florida entertainment options; includes up-to-the-minute news.
     Make customized maps.

 A Guide to Orlando and Central Florida: 
     Central Florida from A-Z for the tourist and resident.

 Florida State Parks: 
    
A listing of 150+ park areas in Florida that can be accessed by area, recreational activities, or alphabetically.  Includes a calendar of events and links
     to other U.S. parks
.

 

 Travel in Florida & U.S.
 CitySearch
     A city guide megasite with urban-focused guides for nearly 100 cities.

 Color Landform Atlas of the 50 States (includes travel info on the 50 states):
    
Provides a relief map and other maps for each state, plus a list of links to travel and geographical info on each state.

 Desert USA
    
Desert USA is dedicated to desert travel and desert living.  Includes articles on desert travel, scenery, animals, etc.

 National Parks Info: 
     Homepage of the National Park Service. Offers info about visiting the parks and links to various park resources.

 USA Tourist: 
     Get budget, driving, and lodging tips here
.

 U.S. City Visitors Bureaus: 
     Yahoo! provides this list of links for travel and tourism information bureaus.

 Yahoo!'s U.S. Travel Links: 
     An extensive list of links to travel resource on the World Wide Web courtesy of Yahoo! subject directory.
 

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