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Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
New Delhi ,Mussoorie and Haridwar
Background of New Delhi: The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in the 12th were followed by those of European traders, beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Indian armed forces in the British army played a vital role in both World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU brought independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. Despite impressive gains in economic investment and output, India faces pressing problems such as the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife.
I went to New Delhi last year and I stayed in Mandakini Hotels .the Hotel is in prime location and it is hardly 2 minutes at the walking distance.The Staff was very courteous and Helpful.i really enjoyed my trip.They Helped me To check intresting places of New Delhi.i remember I forget to collect my handy camera from the hotel room and suddenly I shocked to see the camera is not with me,I called to the Hotel and I told them the Whole story The manager Assured me the camera is with them and you will get it in the Hotel in Haridwar,Hotel Merriment.i relaxed a bit,I was panicked because the most intresting pictures which I took all in the camera, I reached to Haridwar and thanks to Hotel management team that I got the Camera Next day I can add that it is the Strong Management Team,. I stayed Haridwar for couple of days.I have visited Rishikesh,Mussourie in Hotel Mandakini Pearl,Dehradoon from Haridwar.Then came back to delhi and visited Tajmahal and I stayed in Hotel Manadakini Villas.I went to almost all the famous Hotels in Delhi.My Friends showed me all the places in delhi which produces delicious food except from one. Could get a chance to Visit New Delhi,Haridwar,Mussoorie,Mandakini Group Of Hotels Have Hotels in different Major Cities and Hot spot Places and also in Golden Triangle Cities in India Like New Delhi,jaipur and Agra.
.So may be next time I get a chance I will Definitely choose Mandakini Group of hotels to plan my Trip to Golden Triangle Cities in India and other locatinon.But I had a great time there in delhi,Haridwar,Mussoorie and Agra and once again at last thanks to management Team of Mandakini Hotel Group.
I went to New Delhi last year and I stayed in Mandakini Hotels .the Hotel is in prime location and it is hardly 2 minutes at the walking distance.The Staff was very courteous and Helpful.i really enjoyed my trip.They Helped me To check intresting places of New Delhi.i remember I forget to collect my handy camera from the hotel room and suddenly I shocked to see the camera is not with me,I called to the Hotel and I told them the Whole story The manager Assured me the camera is with them and you will get it in the Hotel in Haridwar,Hotel Merriment.i relaxed a bit,I was panicked because the most intresting pictures which I took all in the camera, I reached to Haridwar and thanks to Hotel management team that I got the Camera Next day I can add that it is the Strong Management Team,. I stayed Haridwar for couple of days.I have visited Rishikesh,Mussourie in Hotel Mandakini Pearl,Dehradoon from Haridwar.Then came back to delhi and visited Tajmahal and I stayed in Hotel Manadakini Villas.I went to almost all the famous Hotels in Delhi.My Friends showed me all the places in delhi which produces delicious food except from one. Could get a chance to Visit New Delhi,Haridwar,Mussoorie,Mandakini Group Of Hotels Have Hotels in different Major Cities and Hot spot Places and also in Golden Triangle Cities in India Like New Delhi,jaipur and Agra.
.So may be next time I get a chance I will Definitely choose Mandakini Group of hotels to plan my Trip to Golden Triangle Cities in India and other locatinon.But I had a great time there in delhi,Haridwar,Mussoorie and Agra and once again at last thanks to management Team of Mandakini Hotel Group.
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Collection of Internet Bookmarked Travel-Related Websites
Many of us bookmark our favorite travel-related websites. As these lists can be exported/downloaded from Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Netscape, Safari, etc, I decided to do the same.
Well, here's a list of my bookmarked sites & links (and a brief description of some of the websites) which I rely upon for my travel-related needs:
Auction-Style Booking-Related Sites:
http://www.priceline.com — bid and press your luck; best combined with information from
http://biddingfortravel.com and betterbidding.com
http://www.hotwire.com — not always as great a deal as Priceline but takes the price guess work away a
bit; best combined with info from http://betterbidding.com
http://www.biddingfortravel.com — information on Priceline bookings
http://www.betterbidding.com — information on Priceline and Hotwire bookings
http://www.skyauction.com — Travel auctions and buy it now deals
Comparison sites for travel products:
http://www.mandakinihotels.com (Best Travel portal for india's Hotel Booking,Tours,Packages,flight Booking,Honeymoon packages,car rental,bus Ticktes & Rail Tickets)
http://www.godwindeluxe.com — one of the best hotels in Delhi India- Hotel Offers Free Pickup from the Airport As well as Railway Station.
http://www.travelsupermarket.com — flights, hire cars and (from May) hotels.
http://www.traveljungle.co.uk — strong on flights, hotels and cars. Sponsors
appear at the top of the results page, so scroll down to find the
cheapest.
http://www.skyscanner.net — a clever site comparing air fares to Europe,
though not every airline is shown.
http://www.cheapflights.com — the UK's biggest travel comparison website,
with acres of coverage. However, prices are not live.
http://www.kelkoo.co.uk — flights, hotels and hire cars. Some results are
manipulated to favour paying clients.
http://www.uk.nextag.com — hotels only, but the site is neat and easy to use.
http://www.whichbudget.com — search for low cost carriers
http://www.opodo.com — ( www.opodo.co.uk , www.opodo.de , and related sites)
http://www.octopustravel.com — good for accomodation bookings
http://www.kayak.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine
http://www.mobissimo.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine
http://www.traveljungle.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine for low airfares, hotels, packages
http://www.dohop.com — search for low cost flights
http://www.easylow.com — search for low cost flights
http://www.air-fare.com/allsav.htm — daily posts of fare cuts by city
http://www.pricegrabber.com/home_travel.php —
http://www.airlineconsolidator.com —
http://beta.itasoftware.com — Allows you to search for lowest fare between two cities without a lot of the junk and distractions found on more mainstream sites. You can also run a weekend or 30 day search to find the least expensive days, and tell it how many segments you want for mileage runs. For example, you could enter in the from box bos :: ua iad ua ua ua which would search for a 4 segment itin from BOS to OAK on UA with the first top being at IAD. That is of course if you enter OAK in the return from box. More about this site in the Mileage Run FAQ.
http://www.expertflyer.com — This is a paid service that allows access to flight availability (including the booking codes, e.g. f9c9y9h9m9q9s9, etc. This can be useful for finding specific fare classes on flights, for checking standby options, or ofr keeping track on your upgrade chances. The site saved me $100 tonight because I found a Q seat opened up on a UA flight I had on hold, and then I called UA and they changed it from U to Q. Also the site displays full fare rules, seat maps, flifo, etc. It is new so they may add more bells and whistles.
http://www.joesentme.com — Provides a number of travel commentators. Subscription site. You get discounts on certain travel items when you join at various subscription levels. All kinds of commentary about travel and travel technology.
http://www.farecompare.com/search/fl...?departure=DCA — great Mileage Run tool that allows to search for the lowest cents per mile fares available from your choice of US or Canadian airport.
http://travel.travelocity.com/releva...owLowFares.do# — sort of a successor to Travelocity's Dream Maps tool
http://www.mandakinihotels.com
http://www.destiny-travels.com
http://www.kukrejagrouphotels.com
http://www.budgetaccommodationdelhi.com
http://www.hotelsinpune.co
http://haridwarhotel.in
http://www.airbrokers.com —
http://www.airlineconsolidator.com —
http://www.angeltravel.com —
http://www.asiaairfare.com —
http://www.CheapTickets.com —
http://www.economytravel.com —
http://www.expedia.com —
http://www.his-usa.com —
https://www.iace-usa.com —
http://www.jtbgmt.com —
http://www.justfares.com —
http://www.kintetsu.com —
http://www.lowestfare.com —
http://www.onetravel.com —
http://forms.planetamex.com —
http://www.savvyonlinetravel.com —
http://www.smartertravel.com —
http://www.statravel.com —
http://svc.Travelocity.com —
http://www.tripmania.com —
http://68.178.219.209/skypasstravel/index.html
http://local.google.com — You may know about this, but for instance, you can enter address of your hotel, and pizza, and see nearest pizza places. Quick clean google like interface as well, much cleaner and faster loading then e.g. Mapquest or Yahoo.
http://www.travelite.org/index.html — Another website w/ advice for packing light
http://www.InternetTravelTips.com — Useful travel tips
Visa-related information:
http://www.delta.com/planning_reserv...tion/index.jsp — useful to check visa-, passport-rules/requirements to visit or transit a country. (It never hurts to double-check by contacting the consulate/embassy of the country which you will be visiting)
http://www.klm.com/travel/ch_en/trav...c/visaform.htm — also useful for checking visa/travel requirements
Checking itineraries:
https://www.checkmytrip.com/ITN/Logi...TN&LANGUAGE=US
https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/h...Finali=0&res=0
http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/en/flifo_en.htm
https://wftc3.e-travel.com/PL/thai5/...GHT_NUMBER=902 (just adjust airline and flight number)
https://wftc3.e-travel.com/PL/thai5/...HT_NUMBER=3022 (just adjust airline and flight number)
http://www.viewtrip.com
https://www.viewtrip.com/en-US/ViewTrip.asp
https://mytripandmore.com/ — useful to check Worldspan reservations
http://eitr.amadeusasia.com/ — useful to check eticket receipt info
http://www.tripit.com — useful to manage multiple itineraries from airlines, hotels, rental car companies, etc.
Taxes, fees and charges information (by airport or airline):
http://www.consolidatedtravel.com.au/qf/taxes.asp — look up information about taxes, fees and charges
http://www.iata.org/WHIP/_Files/WgId...ax%20Codes.pdf -- list of codes that show up in the fare calculation on tickets.
World Clocks
http://worldtimeserver.com/
http://www.timeanddate.com/
General travel:
http://www.wikitravel.org — a great wikipedia-type arrangement for travel destinations
www.johnnyjet.com —
www.viamichelin.com — maps and directions in Europe.
www.virtualtourist.com — Good for information on many destinations around the world
www.seatguru.com — for finding the best seats on the plane.
www.seatexpert.com — for finding the best seats on the plane.
www.hopstop.com — great for getting around the NYC subways if you aren't sure where you are going.
For some of the major cities, though not really a travel site -
www.kinteramasterplanner.com - a master list of many of the charity benefits and non profit events in several major cities. Sometimes this can result in a hotel discount if you call and say you are attending such on-site function.
http://www.quickaid.com/airports/ — quick aid airport information, great for ground transportation options, parking, terminal maps,
etc.
www.sendthisfile.com — another place for sending huge files online, when they are too big to go via e-mail. Free and pay services available.
www.gotomypc.com — remote access to your various PCs when you are on the road
www.foldershare.com — Love this one, again free and paid versions available. You install it on each machine you want to share with and tell it to share the files in that folder with the other machines. As soon as one of the machines comes online it synchs the files with all the other machines in the background. If I have to send a file or get one from the office, I just have it dropped into the shared folder, and the next time the laptop is online, the file will be transferred over. I also keep my palm data in a shared folder, so that it's always updated at work and home without synching to both machines.
www.flyertalk.com — information about frequent flyer miles & hotel points and many other things travel related.
http://www.fly.faa.gov — airport/flight delays and status
http://www.flightaware.com/live — tracking flights/airports
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KDCA — tracking flights/airports
http://www.fboweb.com — tracking flights
http://www.subwaynavigator.com/ — Lots of subway system information for a dozen or so cities
www.hemispheresmagazine.com — UA’s ”three perfect days” series when visiting a city to see what the must see things might be.
www.travelaxe.com — searches most internet sites and displays results.
www.asiatravel.com — good especially for hotels in South East Asia
European LCCs (e.g.)
www.easyjet.com
www.skyeurope.com
www.wizzair.com
www.transavia.com
http://www.virgin-express.com
www.flybe.com
http://www.gexx.de
www.germanwings.com
http://www.hlx.com
www.applefares.com
www.whichbudget.com — listing of LCCs by country
www.dohop.com — search for low cost flights
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www.cheap0.com — sorts by route, airport, airline
http://www.airberlin.com —
http://openjet.com/public/index.jsp —
http://www.skyscanner.net/ — is a good one - it also compares with full-service carriers, whose fares can often be cheaper.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
http://www.mandakinihotels.com
http://www.precisionreservations.com/default.aspx — better hotel rates than the major household-name online travel sites
www.hotelclub.com
www.ratestogo.com
www.octopustravel.com
www.gtahotels.com
http://www.mtbeds.co.za/
www.fly.faa.gov —
www.aeroseek.com —
www.flightlevel350.com —
www.tripadvisor.com — good for hotel reviews, amongst other travel advice
www.micom.net/oops/ —
TRAIN TRAVEL
http://www.seat61.com/index.html — site for researching rail travel
http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html — site for researching rail travel options across Europe
http://www.bahn.de — site for researching rail travel options across Europe
http://www.ns.nl/servlet/Satellite?c...lang=en&c=Page — site for getting great prices for trains originating in the Netherlands to most of the big destinations around (Germany, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland).
www.toandfrom.org/airport (www.toandfromtheairport.com) — transport information to/from many airports
http://www.iaro.com/arc_en.shtml — airport rail/train/subway transport info
http://www.indiakane.com/ff/ff.jsp —
http://dps1.travelocity.com/lognlogi...tr_module=FARE — look up various fare basis available on a particular route
http://www.flyaow.com/classcwt.htm — The old american express travel interface, allows looking at inventory
http://farechase.yahoo.com —
www.airportparkingreservations.com — airport parking reservation site
www.hotelzon.fi/portalHZO_eng.jsp — Booking engine for Finland
www.onebag.com — Tips on traveling light
www.placestostay.com — Booking engine for independent hotels
www.zuji.com —
http://www.airwise.com — flights schedules, airport guides, etc.
www.smartertravel.com —
www.smarterliving.com —
www.travelzoo.com — good for daily travel deals
www.Flyte.com —
www.laterooms.com —
www.orbitz.com —
www.hotels.com —
www.travelocity.com —
www.expedia.com —
www.cheaptickets.com —
www.cheaptravel.com —
www.hrs.de — hotel reservation service
www.destiny-travels.com
Communication-Related Websites:
http://www.textmefree.com/ — guide to free international text messaging with 185 free international SMS sites
http://smsonline.proximus.be/smsonl...customer&lan=en
http://smsonline.proximus.be/smsonli...ustomer&lan=en —
http://www.sms.ac/ —
www.teleflip.com — For US cellphone users whom you’d like to message, just send the message to [PHONENUMBER]@teleflip.com . (e.g., 6465551111@teleflip.com for a US cell phone number 646-555-1111)
Teleflip figures out the cell phone providers and currently only supports valid North American numbers.
www.bigfoot.com — Bigfoot SMS international SMS provider, but there’s a cost involved.
www.telemessage.com — cost is 10 cents per SMS with delivered very fast and reliable; have Outlook plug-in but web interface works fine too.
www.freemailguide.com/free_sms.html — akin to textmefree.com
http://www.i2roam.com — ISP for roaming. Uses software called Ipass. Phone modem dial -ups in most all countries/cities. Some support of wired & wireless broadband. Allows "roaming" on T-Mobile WiFi Hot Spots.
Travel Technology-Related Websites:
http://www.jiwire.com/search-hotspot-locations.htm — Great site to look up Wi-Fi internet hotspots around the world. (It helped me find some around even India.)
www.logmein.com — a free alternative to GoToMyPC
http://www.onlinefavourites.com/index.html — put your bookmarks online
www.yousendit.com — send or receive large files up to 1 gigabyte that may not be sent by your email/ISP provider.
http://www.calligator.com/en/index.html — send faxes from your pc with the "Calligator Fax Printer Driver. Get a fax number and receive faxes as pdf on your own pc.
Many of us bookmark our favorite travel-related websites. As these lists can be exported/downloaded from Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Netscape, Safari, etc, I decided to do the same.
Well, here's a list of my bookmarked sites & links (and a brief description of some of the websites) which I rely upon for my travel-related needs:
Auction-Style Booking-Related Sites:
http://www.priceline.com — bid and press your luck; best combined with information from
http://biddingfortravel.com and betterbidding.com
http://www.hotwire.com — not always as great a deal as Priceline but takes the price guess work away a
bit; best combined with info from http://betterbidding.com
http://www.biddingfortravel.com — information on Priceline bookings
http://www.betterbidding.com — information on Priceline and Hotwire bookings
http://www.skyauction.com — Travel auctions and buy it now deals
Comparison sites for travel products:
http://www.mandakinihotels.com (Best Travel portal for india's Hotel Booking,Tours,Packages,flight Booking,Honeymoon packages,car rental,bus Ticktes & Rail Tickets)
http://www.godwindeluxe.com — one of the best hotels in Delhi India- Hotel Offers Free Pickup from the Airport As well as Railway Station.
http://www.travelsupermarket.com — flights, hire cars and (from May) hotels.
http://www.traveljungle.co.uk — strong on flights, hotels and cars. Sponsors
appear at the top of the results page, so scroll down to find the
cheapest.
http://www.skyscanner.net — a clever site comparing air fares to Europe,
though not every airline is shown.
http://www.cheapflights.com — the UK's biggest travel comparison website,
with acres of coverage. However, prices are not live.
http://www.kelkoo.co.uk — flights, hotels and hire cars. Some results are
manipulated to favour paying clients.
http://www.uk.nextag.com — hotels only, but the site is neat and easy to use.
http://www.whichbudget.com — search for low cost carriers
http://www.opodo.com — ( www.opodo.co.uk , www.opodo.de , and related sites)
http://www.octopustravel.com — good for accomodation bookings
http://www.kayak.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine
http://www.mobissimo.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine
http://www.traveljungle.com — simultaneous multi-site searching engine for low airfares, hotels, packages
http://www.dohop.com — search for low cost flights
http://www.easylow.com — search for low cost flights
http://www.air-fare.com/allsav.htm — daily posts of fare cuts by city
http://www.pricegrabber.com/home_travel.php —
http://www.airlineconsolidator.com —
http://beta.itasoftware.com — Allows you to search for lowest fare between two cities without a lot of the junk and distractions found on more mainstream sites. You can also run a weekend or 30 day search to find the least expensive days, and tell it how many segments you want for mileage runs. For example, you could enter in the from box bos :: ua iad ua ua ua which would search for a 4 segment itin from BOS to OAK on UA with the first top being at IAD. That is of course if you enter OAK in the return from box. More about this site in the Mileage Run FAQ.
http://www.expertflyer.com — This is a paid service that allows access to flight availability (including the booking codes, e.g. f9c9y9h9m9q9s9, etc. This can be useful for finding specific fare classes on flights, for checking standby options, or ofr keeping track on your upgrade chances. The site saved me $100 tonight because I found a Q seat opened up on a UA flight I had on hold, and then I called UA and they changed it from U to Q. Also the site displays full fare rules, seat maps, flifo, etc. It is new so they may add more bells and whistles.
http://www.joesentme.com — Provides a number of travel commentators. Subscription site. You get discounts on certain travel items when you join at various subscription levels. All kinds of commentary about travel and travel technology.
http://www.farecompare.com/search/fl...?departure=DCA — great Mileage Run tool that allows to search for the lowest cents per mile fares available from your choice of US or Canadian airport.
http://travel.travelocity.com/releva...owLowFares.do# — sort of a successor to Travelocity's Dream Maps tool
http://www.mandakinihotels.com
http://www.destiny-travels.com
http://www.kukrejagrouphotels.com
http://www.budgetaccommodationdelhi.com
http://www.hotelsinpune.co
http://haridwarhotel.in
http://www.airbrokers.com —
http://www.airlineconsolidator.com —
http://www.angeltravel.com —
http://www.asiaairfare.com —
http://www.CheapTickets.com —
http://www.economytravel.com —
http://www.expedia.com —
http://www.his-usa.com —
https://www.iace-usa.com —
http://www.jtbgmt.com —
http://www.justfares.com —
http://www.kintetsu.com —
http://www.lowestfare.com —
http://www.onetravel.com —
http://forms.planetamex.com —
http://www.savvyonlinetravel.com —
http://www.smartertravel.com —
http://www.statravel.com —
http://svc.Travelocity.com —
http://www.tripmania.com —
http://68.178.219.209/skypasstravel/index.html
http://local.google.com — You may know about this, but for instance, you can enter address of your hotel, and pizza, and see nearest pizza places. Quick clean google like interface as well, much cleaner and faster loading then e.g. Mapquest or Yahoo.
http://www.travelite.org/index.html — Another website w/ advice for packing light
http://www.InternetTravelTips.com — Useful travel tips
Visa-related information:
http://www.delta.com/planning_reserv...tion/index.jsp — useful to check visa-, passport-rules/requirements to visit or transit a country. (It never hurts to double-check by contacting the consulate/embassy of the country which you will be visiting)
http://www.klm.com/travel/ch_en/trav...c/visaform.htm — also useful for checking visa/travel requirements
Checking itineraries:
https://www.checkmytrip.com/ITN/Logi...TN&LANGUAGE=US
https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/h...Finali=0&res=0
http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/en/flifo_en.htm
https://wftc3.e-travel.com/PL/thai5/...GHT_NUMBER=902 (just adjust airline and flight number)
https://wftc3.e-travel.com/PL/thai5/...HT_NUMBER=3022 (just adjust airline and flight number)
http://www.viewtrip.com
https://www.viewtrip.com/en-US/ViewTrip.asp
https://mytripandmore.com/ — useful to check Worldspan reservations
http://eitr.amadeusasia.com/ — useful to check eticket receipt info
http://www.tripit.com — useful to manage multiple itineraries from airlines, hotels, rental car companies, etc.
Taxes, fees and charges information (by airport or airline):
http://www.consolidatedtravel.com.au/qf/taxes.asp — look up information about taxes, fees and charges
http://www.iata.org/WHIP/_Files/WgId...ax%20Codes.pdf -- list of codes that show up in the fare calculation on tickets.
World Clocks
http://worldtimeserver.com/
http://www.timeanddate.com/
General travel:
http://www.wikitravel.org — a great wikipedia-type arrangement for travel destinations
www.johnnyjet.com —
www.viamichelin.com — maps and directions in Europe.
www.virtualtourist.com — Good for information on many destinations around the world
www.seatguru.com — for finding the best seats on the plane.
www.seatexpert.com — for finding the best seats on the plane.
www.hopstop.com — great for getting around the NYC subways if you aren't sure where you are going.
For some of the major cities, though not really a travel site -
www.kinteramasterplanner.com - a master list of many of the charity benefits and non profit events in several major cities. Sometimes this can result in a hotel discount if you call and say you are attending such on-site function.
http://www.quickaid.com/airports/ — quick aid airport information, great for ground transportation options, parking, terminal maps,
etc.
www.sendthisfile.com — another place for sending huge files online, when they are too big to go via e-mail. Free and pay services available.
www.gotomypc.com — remote access to your various PCs when you are on the road
www.foldershare.com — Love this one, again free and paid versions available. You install it on each machine you want to share with and tell it to share the files in that folder with the other machines. As soon as one of the machines comes online it synchs the files with all the other machines in the background. If I have to send a file or get one from the office, I just have it dropped into the shared folder, and the next time the laptop is online, the file will be transferred over. I also keep my palm data in a shared folder, so that it's always updated at work and home without synching to both machines.
www.flyertalk.com — information about frequent flyer miles & hotel points and many other things travel related.
http://www.fly.faa.gov — airport/flight delays and status
http://www.flightaware.com/live — tracking flights/airports
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KDCA — tracking flights/airports
http://www.fboweb.com — tracking flights
http://www.subwaynavigator.com/ — Lots of subway system information for a dozen or so cities
www.hemispheresmagazine.com — UA’s ”three perfect days” series when visiting a city to see what the must see things might be.
www.travelaxe.com — searches most internet sites and displays results.
www.asiatravel.com — good especially for hotels in South East Asia
European LCCs (e.g.)
www.easyjet.com
www.skyeurope.com
www.wizzair.com
www.transavia.com
http://www.virgin-express.com
www.flybe.com
http://www.gexx.de
www.germanwings.com
http://www.hlx.com
www.applefares.com
www.whichbudget.com — listing of LCCs by country
www.dohop.com — search for low cost flights
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www.cheap0.com — sorts by route, airport, airline
http://www.airberlin.com —
http://openjet.com/public/index.jsp —
http://www.skyscanner.net/ — is a good one - it also compares with full-service carriers, whose fares can often be cheaper.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
http://www.mandakinihotels.com
http://www.precisionreservations.com/default.aspx — better hotel rates than the major household-name online travel sites
www.hotelclub.com
www.ratestogo.com
www.octopustravel.com
www.gtahotels.com
http://www.mtbeds.co.za/
www.fly.faa.gov —
www.aeroseek.com —
www.flightlevel350.com —
www.tripadvisor.com — good for hotel reviews, amongst other travel advice
www.micom.net/oops/ —
TRAIN TRAVEL
http://www.seat61.com/index.html — site for researching rail travel
http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html — site for researching rail travel options across Europe
http://www.bahn.de — site for researching rail travel options across Europe
http://www.ns.nl/servlet/Satellite?c...lang=en&c=Page — site for getting great prices for trains originating in the Netherlands to most of the big destinations around (Germany, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland).
www.toandfrom.org/airport (www.toandfromtheairport.com) — transport information to/from many airports
http://www.iaro.com/arc_en.shtml — airport rail/train/subway transport info
http://www.indiakane.com/ff/ff.jsp —
http://dps1.travelocity.com/lognlogi...tr_module=FARE — look up various fare basis available on a particular route
http://www.flyaow.com/classcwt.htm — The old american express travel interface, allows looking at inventory
http://farechase.yahoo.com —
www.airportparkingreservations.com — airport parking reservation site
www.hotelzon.fi/portalHZO_eng.jsp — Booking engine for Finland
www.onebag.com — Tips on traveling light
www.placestostay.com — Booking engine for independent hotels
www.zuji.com —
http://www.airwise.com — flights schedules, airport guides, etc.
www.smartertravel.com —
www.smarterliving.com —
www.travelzoo.com — good for daily travel deals
www.Flyte.com —
www.laterooms.com —
www.orbitz.com —
www.hotels.com —
www.travelocity.com —
www.expedia.com —
www.cheaptickets.com —
www.cheaptravel.com —
www.hrs.de — hotel reservation service
www.destiny-travels.com
Communication-Related Websites:
http://www.textmefree.com/ — guide to free international text messaging with 185 free international SMS sites
http://smsonline.proximus.be/smsonl...customer&lan=en
http://smsonline.proximus.be/smsonli...ustomer&lan=en —
http://www.sms.ac/ —
www.teleflip.com — For US cellphone users whom you’d like to message, just send the message to [PHONENUMBER]@teleflip.com . (e.g., 6465551111@teleflip.com for a US cell phone number 646-555-1111)
Teleflip figures out the cell phone providers and currently only supports valid North American numbers.
www.bigfoot.com — Bigfoot SMS international SMS provider, but there’s a cost involved.
www.telemessage.com — cost is 10 cents per SMS with delivered very fast and reliable; have Outlook plug-in but web interface works fine too.
www.freemailguide.com/free_sms.html — akin to textmefree.com
http://www.i2roam.com — ISP for roaming. Uses software called Ipass. Phone modem dial -ups in most all countries/cities. Some support of wired & wireless broadband. Allows "roaming" on T-Mobile WiFi Hot Spots.
Travel Technology-Related Websites:
http://www.jiwire.com/search-hotspot-locations.htm — Great site to look up Wi-Fi internet hotspots around the world. (It helped me find some around even India.)
www.logmein.com — a free alternative to GoToMyPC
http://www.onlinefavourites.com/index.html — put your bookmarks online
www.yousendit.com — send or receive large files up to 1 gigabyte that may not be sent by your email/ISP provider.
http://www.calligator.com/en/index.html — send faxes from your pc with the "Calligator Fax Printer Driver. Get a fax number and receive faxes as pdf on your own pc.
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