Expedia.com - Comprehensive Traveler
Tools, Flight Status, Weather Info & More
Kayak - Search for bargain flights
outside of Expedia, Travelocity or Priceline.
Orbitz - Lowest Prices on Airfares,
Hotel Rooms, Rental Cars, & More
Travelocity.com - A pioneer in
online travel service. Provides consumers with information to plan, save and
make their travel better.
Travel Guides
Mobil Travel Guide - Find
the perfect destinations as you plan your travels . An enormous database of
restaurants, attractions, and lodging of all varieties in the United States
and Canada
Lonely Planet - Down to earth
online guide to world travel.
Fodor's Travel Online - In-depth
restaurant and hotel reviews in cities around the world, and smart travel tips
to make vacation planning easier.
Concierge.com - Information on
popular destinations including essays from Fodor's, restaurant and hotel
listings, maps, weather, currency rates and airfare finders.
National Geographic
Travel - Travel guides to US and Canadian destinations featuring worldwide
destinations, maps and links.
TheCapitol.Net - "Our
nation's capital has hundreds of interesting places to visit and things to do,
and many of them are free. Enjoy!"
Business Travel
Association of Business
Travellers - Provides free on-line hotel reservation service, discounts at
hotels and restaurants, lost luggage tracing and other benefits, domestic and
worldwide.
Business Travel -
Tips, articles and resources for domestic or international business travel
from About.com.
Adventure Training
Consultants - Provides camps for women in outdoor skills, mountain
climbing in Southern California, corporate team building, surf camps and land
navigation.
Adventure Travel Base Camp - The
internet basecamp for adventure travel. Find discount tickets and gear. Get
travel ideas, comments, reviews.
ExtremePlanet - Expedition
information on adventure and extreme tours; food, safety, medicine and
equipment.
Adventure Travel -
Adventure travel guide from About, the Human Internet, where real people help
you get what you want from the Web.
1-World Adventures - World
travel directory specializing in adventure travel, eco tours, safari, and
sport travel.
NatureQuest -
Eco-adventures including whalewatching, dogsledding, polar bear viewing, sea
kayaking, dolphin swims, safaris, hiking/trekking and cycling. Destinations
include Costa Rica, Brazil, Thailand, Ireland and Mexico.
Space Adventures - Space,
and space-related adventure travel and tourism: from space camps and astronaut
training to actual flights into space.
Massachusetts Travel
Massachusetts Office of Travel and
Tourism - A comprehensive resource featuring information on Massachusetts
destinations, outdoor adventures, events, lodging, trip planning information,
links, photos, and more.
Best Beaches in the USA -
Ranking by Dr Stephen Leatherman, Professor and Director, International
Hurricane Center, Florida International University
Islands.com - An online guide to
the vacation islands of the world. Includes photos, maps and things to do.
Cruises
Cruise2.com - "A Not-for-Profit
Site designed to help visitors find the best Cruise at the best price with
no sales pressure or bias toward one Cruise Line or another."
CruiseOpinion.com - A cruise
review database. Cruise lines and their ships are rated on a variety of
factors, and these factors are averaged to produce an overall rating.
Ferry Travel Guide - Since
1996, a one-stop information source for ferry service all over the world.
Spas, Yoga, and Fitness
Destination Spa Group
- Spas and spa resorts for your next health fitness or beauty vacation.
Tennis, hiking, weight loss, mud, massage, skin care, pampering, get-aways.
Get
Gorgeous - Traveldish's directory of international Spas, plus articles
on select spa around the world
Resorts To Wellness -
Restorative wellness and health vacations at quality spas around the world.
Yoga
Directory - A large yoga resource site with links to retreats and
vacations, as well as teachers, centers, organizations, books, music,
therapists, health products, personals, and traditions.
National Parks
The National Park Service - The
official site of the NPS. Learn about the historical and natural treasures
of America's National Parks.
National Parks and Conservation
Association - Information about United States national parks, including
wildlife, ecology, threats to the parks, as well as conservation and
preservation actions to protect the parks.
World Heritage
Sites - The World Heritage Convention status of parks and reserves in
Africa and the rest of the world
Great
Buildings Online - An international and historical directory of
architecture. Searchable by building name, architect, or place.
American Lighthouse
Foundation - Began as a New England group in 1994, now an organization
dedicated to the preservation of American lighthouses.
Historic Hotels
of America - This site from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
features historic hotels, searchable by state.
Art Museums and Art Galleries
Art Museum Network - The Association
of Art Museum Directors maintains this list of major art museums in Canada,
Mexico, and the United States, with information on current exhibitions.
ExCalendar - Find out when and
where traveling art exhibits will be with this database. Covers larger
museums in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Art Guide: The Art Lover's Guide
to Britain and Ireland - A guide to the art museums of Great Britain and
Ireland. Organized by museum, artist, exhibitions, and location. The
database contains nearly 2,000 artists, and over 650 museums.
Gallery Guide.org - This site
presents news and information about fairs, museum and gallery shows and
exhibitions, and other art events, worldwide.
Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
Arboreta and
Botanical Gardens - The largest listing of public garden sites on the
Web. Nearly 500 gardens, listed by country.
Natural History Museums
American Museum of Natural History -
This site has online tours of the New York City museum's collections,
including the Rose Center for Earth and Space, home of the Hayden
Planetarium
Field Museum of Natural History -
Chicago's great natural history museums has put excellent content on its
Website. Of special note are their Anthropology Collections and Butterflies
at the Field Museum, and Sue, the world's largest, most complete and most
famous T. Rex.
Natural History
Museums and Collections - A worldwide tour of natural history museums
and collections. Maintained by a member of the Natural History Caucus of the
Special Libraries Association.
Planetariums
Hayden Planetarium - The Hayden
Planetarium is located in the Rose Center for Earth and Space, which is part
of the American Museum of Natural History, located in New York City
Planetaria
Around the World - Looking for the planetarium closest to you, or
someplace you may be visiting? Check here to find a listing of the world's
planetarium facilities that have a web site. From the International
Planetarium Society Inc.
Zoos Worldwide - An
extensive list of zoos, aquariums and wildlife parks worldwide
Roadside Attractions
Road Trip USA - "Follow route
numbers or names to access driving tours along more than 30,000 miles of
classic blacktop. Lively mile-by-mile descriptions celebrate kitsch
oddities, local history, and apple-pie diners distributed over 10 yards of
clickable image maps."
Roadside America -
Roadside America features an array of attractions, from the Lucy-Desi
Museum, to Philadelphia's Mutter Museum,
considered by some the "top creepy attraction in North America"
Theme Park City - Directory
of theme parks, amusement parks, waterparks, and zoos, covering the USA,
Canada, and Europe, with a carnival directory and a circus directory
Renaissance Magazine -
Renaissance Magazine features articles on costuming, history, castles,
heraldry. culinary and herbal arts, and interviews with the organizers of
the re-enactment and Renaissance faire communities
Disney Vacations -
Includes Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise line vacation
packages, passes, and Disney travel accessories.
Disney Central - Visitors'
reviews of the restaurants and resorts at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Roller Coasters
Roller Coaster DataBase - Searchable
database of all known existing and defunct parks and coasters worldwide.
Links to official park sites are provided where available.
Ultimate
Rollercoaster - Information on parks, coasters, and thrill rides in
North America and Europe
Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) -
Private/US Government partnership. Issues travel advisories and announcements.
Database of news items related to overseas incidents, mostly specific to US
interests. OSAC was established in 1985 by the U.S. Department of State
Travelers' Health - Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (US Government agency) presenting disease
outbreak alerts, reference material, destination updates, cruise ship
inspection scores, recommended vaccinations, and information for family and
special needs travel.
TRAVEL BOOKS at the Pollard Memorial Library
American Camping Association. Guide to ACA-accredited camps
: over 2,300 day, resident, trip and travel camps - Ref 796.54 GUI 2002
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2003 : expert advice from the
inside source - 917.5924 BIR 2003
Weiers, Pamela S. Walt Disney World without kids,
2003 - 917.5924 BIR 2003
Walt Disney World for kids, by kids 2003 - J 917.59
BIR 2003
Let's Go
Chen, Angie K. Let's go. Mexico, 2003 - 917.204 LET
2003
Dubner, Jeffrey. Let's go. Europe 2003 - 914 LET
2003
Farrell, Brenna C. Let's go. USA 2003 including coverage
of Canada - 917.3 LET 2003
Lavicka, Amber K. Let's go. Italy 2003 - 914.504
LET 2003
Lonergan, Jonelle. Let's go. Greece including Cyprus
2003 - 914.95 LET 2003
Nelson, Annalise. Let's go. France 2003 - 914.4 LET
2003