Websites and downloadable content related to travel online.
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Visa for US citizen visiting Nicaragua
When a US citizen travels to Nicaragua, what does it cost to enter the country? How long can the stay be without having a visa or paying a fine? Is there a resource online where up-to-date answers to ...
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List with events in Rome
In June I'm going to visit Rome. Is there a (good) website where I can find events, concerts, etc. that take place in Rome?
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Are hospitality-exchange services reasonably safe to use in first-world countries?
Are hospitality-exchange services like CouchSurfing and warmshowers.org reasonably safe to use? I mean both for hosts and for guests, and both for men and women, in first-world countries.
What ...
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Cheaper flights on non-airline sites?
When searching through kayak.com, I've seen tickets listed through sites like Airfare.com and Vayama that are cheaper than those listed by the airline themselves (see circled prices in image below).
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How to systematically find a place to go to for newbies [closed]
I haven't travelled much and now I'm trying to figure out what would be a nice place for holidays. I like systematic approaches and maybe you have some suggestions what I should look out for and where ...
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Do low-cost airlines treat their staff worse than full-service ones? [closed]
Do low-cost airlines have worse labour rights than full-service airlines?
Jetstar, a low-cost airline that's mainly based in Australia, has been accused of having bad labour rights. For example, the ...
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What is a good app for tracking, sharing plans, and creating visualizations of travel?
I'm a long time Dopplr user and I really love the travel visualizations that they make available. Since they were acquired by Nokia all development has stopped and they've stopped issuing the ...
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Resources to find overseas volunteer opportunities with technical skills?
I'm a software engineer, and I want to volunteer my abilities in a foreign country for a month or two, preferably for a charitable organization. I previously did some work for the Grameen Foundation ...
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Which website to use when choosing local US flights?
Could you recommend a good website that allows comparing prices across different airlines for local US flights?
I have been using Kayak for a long time but I am wondering if there is a resource for ...
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What's wrong with IRCTC [INDIAN RAILWAY TICKET BOOKING SITE] [closed]
I am able to view all the websites in my laptop but not this one. What's wrong?
The link to the site is: www.irctc.co.in
I am able to view the home page, but logging in is very difficult, even if I ...
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Is there a site where I can subscribe for cheap flight for a specific place?
I currently spend a while outside my hometown and many people advise me to get my ticket for spending my vacation a month in advance, but I don't want to keep looking each day. Is there an online ...
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Is there any website or app to lookup flight paths?
Is there any website or mobile phone app that allows me to look up the flight path, given a specific flight number? (I'm thinking 'SeatGuru for flight paths' here.)
PS - I do know flight paths can ...
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Searching a specific “trip-generator” website [closed]
I am aware of Happy Tellus, but I am searching a similar site. Months ago I used this site where one could set parameters as in Happy Tellus but only in Europe. Its language is English. All of my ...
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Accommodation for a large group in Cairns in November 2012
I'm organising a largish group (around 10, hopefully) to go to Cairns in November for the total solar eclipse on the 14th.
With a group that size, it'd be nice if we could have a place to ourselves - ...
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What is the best source of information for ATM availability?
From Wikitravel:
Some developing countries either have no ATMs, very limited ATMs, or
are not connected to the international networks. This includes Myanmar
in Southeast Asia, as well as parts ...
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Is there a definitive reference guide to cell phone standards by country?
I have an AT&T iPhone 3GS, and am wondering if I should switch to something else for use when visiting other countries.
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What online communities exist to help solo travellers meet up?
I've done a few long-termish mostly solo trips now, and you hear about communities like Couchsurfing and Warm Showers (for cyclists). However I also really enjoy staying in hostels. Oddly, there ...
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How can I get a US passport photo mailed to me based on an existing digital picture?
I'm in the process of renewing my US passport, which requires that I submit a new, hard-copy passport photo. I don't want to have to drive to a store that's going to charge $10-20 to take and print a ...
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Where can one report bad experience with a landlord/place to stay?
Is there an online web service where people can report other people of bad landlords/places to stay? It might not be directly connected to fast traveling (in my case at least), but rather something ...
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Modifying online flights to include stopovers
I'm trying to get a visa for Canada, but that's beside the point. While I wait, I play with flights online, looking at prices. I found that occasionally there's this weird multi-stop flight that ...
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What is some useful software for brainstorming/planning long trips?
I'm planning on taking my partner and his family on a trip around the UK next year, and I have a ton of ideas in my head that I want to have written down in some form that makes it easy to edit and ...
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Good (up-to-date and reliable) source of information about travel destinations
For my past trips I was learning about my destination from a book and then was picking up updated tips from the Internet. For my next trip to Thailand I decided to plan it using only online sources.
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How reliable are hotels' information on their websites?
I want to book a room in a hotel in Germany, But I'm not sure how trustworthy the information on their websites is.
Have you ever booked a room in a hotel online? If so, did it come across as ...
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Accommodation search engine that allows setting an approximate price range without a date?
While looking for accommodation for my vacation, I have become rather frustrated with sites like booking.com where you have to set the check-in and check-out dates before you see any prices. ...
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Online travel agent leaving and returning with different airlines
I have noticed that with all online travel sites, you have to leave and return on the same airline (or partner) for international trips. Is there a way around this? It seems as though when you try ...
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Downloadable maps of China
Have met travellers cycling in Tajikistan, and they're hoping they can download maps of China - either road or cycle tracks (or both). They've searched high and low, and haven't found decent ...
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Current snow depth in Tromsø
I'm going to Tromsø, Norway and am concerned about the snow depth and how it will affect my ability to get around - how can I find out where to get the current depth online?
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Any websites or resources for planning my trip around Europe?
I have been looking around the internet for sites that will help you plan your route around the world. Apart from Google maps or Bing maps who only work from A->B i have been unable to find anything ...
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Historical flight data
Where can I find historical data on flights, specifically Delta international flights?
I need to find out about cancellations, diversions and any other flight data pertaining to a particular route ...
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Cheapest place to buy a JR Pass
I realize that the cost of the pass itself is fixed, in yen. However, I see that travel agents often add extra costs, in the form of "delivery fees" and "processing fees" etc ($15 for delivering a ...
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How can I book deck ferry tickets from Piraeus, Athens to Naxos?
A group of friends is travelling to Greece soon and wants to take a ferry from Piraeus, Athens to the island of Naxos.
They've tried to book tickets through http://greeceferries.com/ (which uses ...
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Is there any service to make budget bookings on Internet?
Some people ask me to help booking their trips. They ask me because usually I found cheaper flights and hotels. So the question is not if exists any flight or hotel booking site as Kayak, Trivago or ...
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Is there a feasible way to combine hitchhiking and couch surfing?
On my previous trip I tried hitchhiking for the first time and became addicted so this year I'm spending six to twelve months traveling in East Asia and Eastern Europe.
I also tried couch surfing for ...
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Is there an equivalent to “The Man in Seat Sixty-One” for bus travel?
Whenever I want to learn about train travel for a specific country of region I first go to the site The Man in seat sixty-one. It lists the major routes, railway companies and describes rolling stock ...
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What's a good alternative to Dopplr?
From the Dopplr website:
Dopplr is a service for smart
international travellers. Dopplr
members share personal and business
travel plans privately with their
networks, and exchange tips on ...
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Generic but individual web-based packing list?
I'm looking for an interactive web based packing list that list general items that you should put in your suitcase when traveling. I want to be able to check each item when I've sucessfully put it ...
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Backpacker 'social groups' for Hippie trail, Gringo trail etc
It just occurred to me while reading a blog about a backpacker travelling alone in Somalia, that backpackers might benefit from a website or similar where they could find others doing a similar trip ...
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How can I find out whether I can buy medication without a prescription in a certain country?
I have to take some medication every day, so when I go travelling I take a whole bunch of pills with me but eventually after a few months I run out. In Western Europe and North America I need a ...
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Searching for flights to destinations matching weather / flight time conditions
easyJet has a neat little feature on the route map they show on their website: you can set criteria such as maximum flight time and minimum temperature for the month you plan to fly from any airport, ...
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How to choose a good restaurant in Switzerland?
I am making a spontaneous day trip to Basel tomorrow, and there is the problem of choosing a nice restaurant for lunch. I don't want a famous place where you need reservations a month in advance to ...
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Is there a travel search engine that allows me to select many different destinations or a general type of destination? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find and book plane tickets on date not on destination?
I often find myself wanting to go away, but not being exactly sure where I want to go (or, I want to ...
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How do I cancel a ticket bought from Czech Airlines webpage?
Due to changes of plans I won't be able to use a ticket I´ve booked it online from CSA Czech Airlines homepage. I´ve tried finding out how to cancel the ticket and have emailed them without answer.
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Is there a website or list somewhere of which countries need a full page of a passport to issue a visa?
I'm on a huge trip at the moment and have some big plans for after winter if I manage not to spend all my money.
But several of the countries I'm thinking of going to require me to get a visa and I'm ...
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Making Restaurant Reservations in Paris from America
Is there a service that makes reservations at restaurants on your behalf? I'm not a fluent French speaker so I'd rather not spend the money calling long distance from America only to not be able to ...
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Overview of wireless in airports?
This summer I travelled by plane a lot. At some airports there was Internet available, but at many I couldn't find any free Internet access. Is there something like an overview available that lists as ...
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Are there any tour group comparison websites?
After having good experiences with the various websites for comparing flight prices (Expedia, Orbitz, etc), I was wondering whether there's anything similar for tours that compares times, prices, ...
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Can Hostelworld Gold membership numbers be shared among multiple accounts?
Is a Hostelworld Gold membership locked to one particular account, or can it be used when make booking from separate accounts to get a discount? If the latter, then does Hostelworld invalidate cards ...
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Is there a resource to find free, open wifi hotspots?
It would be great to know where free, publicly accessible (municipal or otherwise) hotspots are when travelling in foreign cities. Does such a utility exist (website/app etc.)?
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Is there a routes site that works properly for the Republic of Georgia?
We do have a question about alternatives to Google Maps, but it seems to focus on Eastern Europe and even though Georgia is culturally like Europe it's technically in either Western Asia, the Middle ...
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Is there a site like Jetsetter for France/Europe?
I use Jetsetter frequently for hotel deals in the US and sometimes abroad. I know Gilt (Jetsetter's owner) is loosely based on Vente Privee, according to this NY Times article anyway.
Its ...
