Travel inspiration:
- The New York Time’s Frugal Traveler blog–great advice for general advice and inspiration for traveling on a budget.
- Great advice from fellow travelers on hotels, restaurants, and more can be found at Trip Advisor. I always leave reviews of hotels I stay at all over the world!
- National Geographic’s Traveler Magazine has amazing photography and offers great advice for places you never knew you wanted to go to.
- Do it While You’re Young offers 18-35 year old women an online travel community with blogs, destination details, and everything else a girl needs to get traveling.
- If you’re looking for travel blogs, WorldHum features some excellent travel writing.
- An amazing resource for South East Asia travel is Travelfish, who produce very-well researched mini-guides to each region.
- Bing’s travel site offers a farecaster feature which tells you whether the flight you want is going up or down in price.
- A great site for all things travel related is Dave’s Travel Corner–travelers resources, tips, blogs, and journals.
- Possibly the best online travel network, BootsnAll is where independent travelers can go to learn and share advice. Their forums are especially useful.
Health and safety:
- Health advisory and updates: check what vaccinations or medications you need with the Center for Disease Control’s travel page.
