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Travel Advice and Tips |
There is a wealth of travel
advice and tips for travelers from both online travel websites such as
travel agencies, travel guides and other travel-related companies and
individual travelers who share their opinions and experiences through travel
forums and blogs. There are also some websites devoted to travel tips.
Often the best approach is simply to use a web
search to find travel advice or tips on a particular topic of interest to
you based on the type of traveler you are, the kind of trip you are taking
and advice and tips related to your destination.
Ask your question in the right way and you are likely to get some good
answers in the first few hits. We will show you some search strategies to
look for different kinds of advice and tips. We also list some popular
websites that have a lot of travel advice and tips, as well as, some other
websites with good travel advice on a particular topic. |
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Search The Web |
Sometimes the fastest way to find specific travel advice or
travel tips is
just to do a web search. We suggest
the following:
Note: Using either travel tips or travel advice will
generally give
you about the same results, at least in the first dozen or so
hits. We suggest you put the subject first and then follow it
with travel tips. Of course, in some cases you will
want to ask a question. If you are not getting some good answers
in the first ten hits, rephrase your question - sometimes being
less specific helps as long as the key words are still included.
Here are some sample queries:
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Subject +
Travel Tips |
Packing Travel Tips |
Does <city> have
<ATMs>?
(When you are in a small town or in a developing country.) |
Does Ajaccio Corsica have ATMs? |
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Is it <question
details> ? |
Is it safe to go out after dark in Budapest? |
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<specific travel
company> + <type of information> |
Celebrity cruises passenger reviews |
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General Travel
Tips
Includes travel within the United States and
worldwide |
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1000 Tips 4 Travel
Over 1000 travel tips submitted by travelers from around the world. They are
categorized and you can also search
their database for helpful information to find what you're looking for - or
add your own tips.
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ASTA TravelSense
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Tips This is the travel tips section of the American Society
of Travel Agents website that they have for consumers called
TravelSense.
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Fodor's
Travel News and Tips.
This is their latest travel news and tips. If you are looking for a
specific tip on a travel topic or destination, use their Search box on the
page.
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Internettraveltips.com.
An excellent source of information for frequent flyers. The Comparison Section evaluates and compares the different online
airfare sites. They have a free, email
Travel Tips
newsletter covering the latest travel information for business and leisure
travelers.
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Journeywoman
- Best Travel Tips. This is their section where they list some of
the best travel tips they have received since 2000. There is also a a
link to their free Travel Tips newsletter on this page. If you
want a tip on a particular destination, use their
search engine.
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Lonely Planet
Thorn Tree Forum and Blog. An excellent
resource to find travel advice and tips from travelers.
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Rick Steves -
Europe - Graffiti Wall. The place where travelers to Europe post
travel tips and advice. These have been nicely categorized for easy
access.
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Wikitravel - Tips for Search.
They don't have a Travel Tips article but
they do have some good travel tips on various subjects. This is the
search result on their website using Tips for.
. . which is the way they express it. You will see some good article
titles such as Tips for Women Travelers and Tips for
Airline Travel. etc.
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Yahoo! Travel Tips Directory.
A very
comprehensive list of travel tip resources.
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International
Travel Tips
Where
the focus is on international travel. |
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Tips for
Traveling Abroad This is
the U.S. State
Department's travel tips for U.S. citizens going aboard. Remember
the "Know Before You Go" pamphlet? The online version is here also.
They have done an excellent job of covering things that Americans need to
know from travel planning to travel security. Also see their
Consular Affairs Brochures page.
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International Travel Tips.
This is a page on a website called Amused by Rick
where he does a nice job of discussing the various things you should think
about when planning an international trip.
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Familydoctor.org -International Travel - Tips for Staying Health.
Topics include - Before you go, vaccines you might
need to get, while you're traveling and Things
to include in a first-aid kit for traveling.
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BootsnAll -
International Travel Tips for Globetrotters. A good article full of
travel tips for the independent traveler going aboard.
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PassportInfo.com - Travel
Tips for the American International Traveler Going By Air.
An interesting list of topics including some practical tips (e.g.,
restrooms) that you won't find on most other international travel lists.
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