Favorite Internet Travel Sites

Sail7Seas did such a good job of posing new questions yesterday, I got inspired! So here's one:

What are your favorite internet travel sites (plus link, if you can.) Other than HollandAmerica.com and CruiseCritic.com of course!

Here are mine:

www.mimimus.biz -Tiny travel packets of almost everything. You'll go nuts!

www.eBags.com

www.longitudebooks.com - All travel books and maps for every destination

www.flightview.com - Flight tracking

www.seatguru.com - Don't book airline seats without it!

www.sleepinginairports.com - Just for fun

And, of course, Magellans.com and TravelSmith.com

Here are several you may like:

www.cruisecal.com/dnn/ is a site which will tell you which ships are in which ports;

www.02cruise.com/Ships/ is a site with deck plans; and

www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp is the Center for Disease Control's Vessel Sanitation Program, which will provide reports of ships' inspections.

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/drsleep/public/en_gb

how to deal with jetlag

http://www.cruiselineformal.com/ ---tux rental --its in your cabin when you board

Here's one that someone posted on the HAL board...it's info on group cruises so you can possibly avoid selecting a cruise that will either be a "charter" or just about...

http://www.geocities.com/cruise_trubey/

Those are some good ones to have, here's a few more;

http://www.cruisejunkie.com/ lots of interesting cruise info here

http://www.*****/cruise_cams.aspx webcams galore

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/mmm.html?map=wave&animate=1 just how big are the waves out there

This is a GREAT thread. I've bookmarked it. :)

Here's more of my favorites...

http://cruiseclues.com/ Anything about cruising, menus, daily programs, and more here.

http://www.lifeiscruising.com/ Lots of port information and pictures. General cruise information...mostly Carnival and Princess, but still lots of good "general" information. If you click on this site, and it comes up blank, try it again.

So here's one:

What are your favorite internet travel sites (plus link, if you can.) Other than HollandAmerica.com and CruiseCritic.com of course!

Here are mine:

www.mimimus.biz -Tiny travel packets of almost everything. You'll go nuts!.......

FWIW, the first site on your list is actually: http://www.minimus.biz/

Bruce-r:

Right you are! My bad! I tried to edit it and can't. Sorry everybody! It's a great site, too.:o

Cindy

I wouldn't leave home without consulting:

http://www.tripadvisor.com

It has complete reviews on hotels, including personal reviews, and also a forum.

Beth

We have done extensive land tours over the last ten years. My DW is always concerned about the "facilities" available in the various countries. In fact, such considerations sometimes limit the countries she is willing to visit. Therefore the following web sit is extremely useful!:D

www.thebathroomdiaries.com

For travelers who want to avoid the tourist traps and get the real low-down from other travelers.

:D I like the bathroomdiaries.com, too! A good book is, "There is No Toilet Paper On the Road Less Traveled." Doesn't sugar-coat anything!

I also forgot one of my favorite sites:

www.kroooz-cam.com (Note the three "o"s in "kroooz")

Sorry...."cams" has an "s". See corrected link below!

:D I like the bathroomdiaries.com, too! A good book is, "There is No Toilet Paper On the Road Less Traveled. Doesn't suger-coat anything!

I also forgot one of my favorite sites:

http://www.kroooz-cams.com (Note the three "o"s in "kroooz")

What fun! Thanks for starting this thread. Lots of good sites.

Bookish Angel:

BookCrossings.com is a great site! Who knew?

if you are looking for a hotel in italy this is a great site http://www.venere.com

Here's a site which offers comparisons of travel insurance companies, among other things:

http://www.insuremytrip.com/

love love love tripadvisor.com also:

http://www.frommers.com great destination information

http://www.maztravel.com all kinds of info on Mazatlan

http://www.travel2vegas.com for everything you need to know about Vegas !

http://www.lonelyplanet.com another great travel site

and gruesome as it may seem, http://www.stormcaribe.com It's a site about Caribbean hurricane info and really came in handy when trying to find out how all the islands and people faired last year

whew, just finished copying and pasting to WORD all these great websites so I can peruse at my convenience thanks for all your wonderful sites.

on another thread the following site was given to look for books for your cruise to read at great discounted prices:

http://www.bookcloseouts.com

I have used it to order several books for our church library and to see how many books I can use for the summer.

Linda

http://www.cheapovegas.com/index.php - Tells all about ALL the hotels!

http://govegas.about.com/ - Good for things to do ( we love Vegas )

http://www.ucantravelforless.com - Saved me over $800 on our upcoming cruise - aft balcony.

Hey Linda, can you post your completed list for us?

Thanks!!

I just found portreviews.com for detailed information about how to do European ports on your own, I think that they have sections on all ports. Sorry don't know how to do the link thing.

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I can add:

For tracking airline flights (so you can know where a flight is at any given time)

Flight Explorer

Flight Tracker

To find out about just about any airline in the world -

Directory of Airline Web Sites

Disability Travel and Recreation Resources

And since our other favorite vacation besides cruising is Disney World –

Deb Wills All Ears

Disney Information Station WDW info

and gruesome as it may seem, www.stormcaribe.com It's a site about Caribbean hurricane info and really came in handy when trying to find out how all the islands and people faired last year

Thanks, jfishe, for providing this link. I've been all around the web trying to find a good site for hurricane info. Mainly because I wanted to find out what islands have suffered severe damage in the past couple years as I plan our next cruise to the Western caribbean. Sidenote: although stormcaribe.com does re-direct you, it is actually www.stormcarib.com (no E at the end). Great link!

And one of my favorites: www.wikipedia.com . This is actually an online encyclopedia, but if you type anything in the search box, i.e., "Tortola", it will bring up a page filled with facts on Tortola, BVI, links to things such as major towns, maps, etc. I've learned quite a bit about the islands I want to visit this way. And its helpful for anything you want to learn about, not just travel. I got some great hurricane info from here recently when I wanted to find out just how badly hit the Cayman islands and Cozumel were. You can really get caught up in this site as you travel from link to link to link....

Great thread - this is the kind of stuff that keeps me addicted to CC!:cool:

AtlantaCruiser

Here is the complete list up until now:

http://www.BookCrossings.com

http://www.tripadvisor.com

http://www.frommers.com

http://www.maztravel.com all kinds of information on Mazatlan

http://www.travel2vegas.com

http://www.lonelyplanet.com

http://www.stormcaribe.com info on hurricanes

http://www.insuremytrip.com for different trip insurance quotes

http://www.venere.com for hotels in Italy

http://www.bathroomdiaries.com

http://www.minimus.biz

http://wwwcruiseclues.com

http://www.lifeiscruising.com

http://www.cruisejunkie.com

http://www.*****/cruise_cams.aspx

http://www.geocities.com/cruise_trubey

http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn/

http://www.02cruise.com/Ships/

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp

http://eBags.com

http://longitudebooks.com

http://flightview.com

http://seatguru.com

http://sleepinginairports.com

http://magellans.com

http://www.TravelSmith.com

http://www.cheapovegas.com/index.php

http://www.govgas.about.com/

http://www.cantravelforless.com

Linda

I guess Linda didn't like my links.