Travel Links
People often ask me what sources I use to plan my trips. The following links should help you with the travel planning process (I’m a member of affiliate programs with some of these companies, but rest assured, they are vetted and are companies that I use):
Airlines: Booking
AirfareWatchDog | BookingBuddy |Cheapflights.com
| CheapOAir.com
|CheapTickets (Flights Tab)
| Expedia.com
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FareCompare | Kayak |Orbitz.com
|SeatGuru | Travelocity | Yapta
Airlines: Companies
Air France |Alaska Air | American | British Air| Continental | Delta | Frontier |Hawaiian Airlines
| JetBlue |Lufthansa| Southwest | Virgin Atlantic | United | US Air
Airlines: News & Blogs
Aviation Week | Sky Talk | Stuck at the Airport | Today in the Sky
Bed & Breakfasts
Buses, Subways & Trains
Amtrak| BART (Bay Area Regional Transit) | Bolt bus| Boston Metro | Chicago El |Gray Line New York |Heathrow Express | London Underground| NJ Transit | New York City subway| Paris Metro | SEPTA |Washington DC Metro
Car Rentals
Auto Europe | Car Rentals.com |Cheaptickets (Car tab)
| Enterprise.com
| Europcar
| Hotwire |Priceline
Cruises: Booking
Cruises: Planning/News
Cruise Critic | Cruise Log | CruiseMates
Hotels: Booking
Booking Buddy |CheapOstay.com |Expedia.com
|Hotels.com
| Hotwire
| LuxuryLink.com
| Orbitz.com
| Priceline | SkyAuction | Travelocity | TripAdvisor
Hotels: Chains
Accorhotels.com (Sofitel)| Aloft
| Best Western | Fairmont | Hilton | Hyatt |InterContinental Hotels and Resorts
| Le Meridien | Loews |Marriott | Radisson | Sheraton | Westin |The W
Hotels: Individual
Hotels: Luxury
Aman| Four Seasons|InterContinental Hotels and Resorts |Leading Hotels of the World |Mandarin Oriental| Peninsula | Relais & Chateaux | Ritz Carlton | St. Regis| Shangri-La
Hotels: News
House Rentals
HomeAway Vacation Rentals | VRBO
Travel Blog Resources
Travel Blog Sites (has weekly rankings of top 100 independent travel websites) | Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX)
Travel Forums
FlyerTalk | Fodors |Frommers.com |Lonely Planet (Thorn Tree)|TripAdvisor
Travel Guides (General)
Explore.org |Green Traveler Guides
Travel Guides (Regional)
Find & Go Seek (Vermont) | Pacific Northwest Journeys
Travel Insurance
Travel Products
British Museum Shop | Magellan’s
Travel Weblogs (Blogs)
Alltop Travel | Amateur Traveler Podcast| |Andy Hayes | Anti-Tourist |Bad Latitude | BootsnAll | The Carey Adventures | Chris Elliott | Consumer Traveler Alliance | Contemporary Nomad |Dog Jaunt | Don Faust Photo | Dream of Italy | Everett Potter | Everything-Everywhere | The Everywhereist | Gadling | The Global Citizen Project | Go Backpacking | Hobo Traveler | Indie Travel Podcast | Jaunted | Jet Set Farryn | Johnny Jet | Kaleidoscopic Wandering |Matador network | Miss Expatria | Mobile Lawyer | My Melange | No Vacation Required | Nerd’s Eye View | Nomadic Matt | The Perrin Post | Photo Garden Bee | Prepared for Travel | Road Less Traveled |Roaming Tales | Solo Friendly| Solo Traveler | Soul Travelers 3 |This Week in Travel podcast | Tnooz |Travel Babel| Travel and Food Notes (Meryl Pearlstein) | The Traveling Philosopher|Travellious | Travel on the Level | Upgrade: Travel Better | The Vacation Gals | Velvet Escape | Wanderlisting | Where Is Jenny |Wired to the World | World Hum | The World is Calling
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5 Comments
Wow, I really admire and envy you ! what a trip ! As a family person, I am a little bit more limited, but am trying anyway. As a husband and father of 3 kids (now aged 16,14 and 12) we have been very
> fortunate to travel to about 40 countries in six continents (I’ve told my 2 boys
> they’ll have to go to Antarctica on their own). Last year we were in Colombia
> and Iceland; this year we’ll be in South Africa (for the 2010 World Cup) and
> Mozambique, Turkey and Bulgaria.
>
> I have always believed family travel should be ‘real’ travel as opposed to
> accompanying one’s kids to resorts and theme parks and have tried to plan our
> trips accordingly. For a few months I have been blogging some of our more recent
> experiences (http://travellingdad.wordpress.com) and recently my brother and I
> started our own company, Quivertree Family Expeditions
> (http://quivertreeworld.com) to try promote the real family travel we believe
> in.
>
> I have been following your site for a while as it appears you subscribe to the
> same style of family travel we do. I was wondering if there was any way you
> could look at my blog (and/or my brothers at http://travelwithkidz.wordpress.com
> ) and consider adding it to your ‘Blogs we love’. Of course we would add your
> link to our blogs at the same time.
>
> As a start up business, we are also looking to link our website with like minded
> people – I can’t really see where that would be done with yours, but if you have
> any ideas on that, I would very much appreciate the feedback.
>
> Thank you
>
> Philip Nurick
>
> http://quivertreeworld.com
Hi Chris,
thanks a lot for compiling the list – will definitely come in handy.
Cheers,
Mat
If people (especially cruisers) are asking about Civitavecchia area, suggest they check out my website and blog (50 years in Italy ) to get a local perspective .
Thanks,
This is a well compiled list. Will be taking a good look at the house rentals in particular, that seems much more economical than booking a hotel when on vacation.