Websites and downloadable content related to travel online.
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Where does Google Flights get its data from?
Has anyone ever booked a flight with Google Flights? I am just wondering where they get their prices and data from, and if I might find a cheaper flight by using something like Expedia or ...
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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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Which Lastminute.com local site has lowest prices / best selection?
Which Lastminute.com local site provides the lowest prices and best selection of routes? Is there any system? (possibly depending on region)
Background: I noticed that the localized Lastminute.com ...
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What are the most effective rideshare sites in the US?
Recently, I have been traveling from upstate New York to NYC quite frequently and would like to find a site that is more effective than craigslist in attracting reliable rideshares for splitting gas ...
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How can I do a “broad” search for flights?
Several airline and trip planning sites will allow you to check "I am flexible with my dates" or a similar option. Is there any way to also search more broadly for location?
For example, if you ...
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When booking through online travel websites, how do I know if the airline will treat multi-flights as separate trips or a single trip?
For example, this is one of the search result in Expedia for SIN-SFO flight in September:
The proposed trip will have two flights, Singapore to Manila and Manila to SF. How do I know if the airline ...
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How do I get a free Hostelworld Gold card?
I heard that Hostelworld gives out regularly free Gold Cards. But how can I get such a card? I couldn't find anything one their homepage.
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Is there a tool to find all nonstop flights to one destination?
Assume that you want to go to Oslo. You want to aggregate all airports that are 100 kilometres from Oslo. This includes at least Gardemoen, Rygge and some others probably.
Is there any service that ...
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Apartment in Berlin for long stay (Two months) [duplicate]
I am looking for a good apartment in Berlin for a family of two, can anyone provide site where I can find such options(I would prefer direct contacts rather than some booking sites).
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Interactive map for mixed bus-and-walking journeys in Greater London
I need to plan a travel in Greater London (within the M25) over multiple destinations via buses and by walking.
Many online tools, including Google Maps and TFL website, enable finding the best ...
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FIltering out change of airport flights in Google Flights
Is there an easy way to filter out flights that require a change of airport when searching using Google Flights?
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Low cost airlines search engine?
With wheretowhen.com dying a few years ago and, now, airninja.com having become a regular (non-budget) flight search engine, is there any website left which lists the routes of budget airlines and ...
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Search engine for bicycle rentals
Many websites compare car rental prices.
Are there any such websites for bicycle rental?
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Best world destinations for dating - a website? [closed]
During a recent trip to Zacatecas, Mexico, I noticed many people (particularly women) staring at me. There was also a notable lack of other Caucasians around, even in comparison to Guadalajara, ...
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Web 2.0 style tourism bucket list sites
I'm in the early stages of planning a three week trip to Japan, and I'm still working out where to go. There's a couple of things on my "to do" list, but I want to find out if there's any activities ...
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Is there a site with a list of active airline discount/coupon codes?
Ideally I'm after one with an alphabetical list of airlines, and available discount codes, with descriptions, without having to click through and manually check the conditions of each one, or test out ...
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How can I calculate the sun rising time for a specific point on earth?
I'm looking for a tool, application, etc. that allows me to calculate the sun rising time for any specific point on the earth. I've found a lot of such tools, but all of them do not take mountains, ...
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Road trip planner online
I'm considering a cross-country (USA) road trip sometime in the near future -- the consideration of it keeps me alive until I can get out on the road... I messed around on Google Maps, but it stopped ...
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Is there any travel management software / webportal available?
All my sportive trips such as biking or hiking, I enter in an online portal called www.hikr.org. This portal allows to enter tour description, mark waypoints, and share the tour with others. ...
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Public transport journey planner for Lille?
Normally when I'm looking for a public transport trip planner, I try google maps first. If Google have coverage for the city, it's often a good start, and I can find out the official one later (eg by ...
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Weather map for India including monthly averages?
Where can one find an online weather map of India, including monthly averages of temp & rain, as well as live forecast?
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What is the difference between i-ticket and e-ticket in India's online train ticket reservation?
What is the difference between i-ticket and e-ticket in India's online ticket booking?
When we book online train tickets in India through the Government website of www.irctc.co.in, we have a option ...
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Does browsing ticket sites in incognito mode and/or from different IP's result in cheaper ticket prices?
I stumbled across a discussion yesterday where industry insiders share tips relating to their respective fields. Someone who works in e-commerce stated :
"When purchasing items on the internet ...
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Why is buying an airline ticket from the company more expensive than from an aggregator like Skyscanner? [duplicate]
I mostly travel with StarAlliance - SAS since its offers fit my business needs the best. I have been using the Skyscanner website, but yesterday, I bought my ticket directly from the SAS website.
I ...
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Is it possible to aggregate different hotel bookings in one search?
When you search for a hotel in a given period and for some reason that period is a special period, finding a hotel can be tedious. If for example the first day a hotel is full, you often will get a ...
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Where to book Indian train tickets online?
I've read that trains in India are very busy and its best to book in advance. So where is the best website to book online? I've found the site www.cleartrip.com and www.makemytrip.com - both of which ...
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Why are Moroccan HI hostels not listed on hostel sites?
I stay almost exclusively in hostels when available and use sites such as hostelworld.com or hostelbookers.com to find hostels.
When looking for a hostel in Casablanca no hostels could be found on ...
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When I purchase flights with an online travel agent, is there an “e-ticket” I must print out?
I've always bought my tickets through travel agents in the past but this time I've bought two flights on two different websites.
Now in the emails they've sent me there is my itinerary but also quite ...
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How does rideship.com work? [closed]
My son is a junior at a state university in New York. He flew to miami for spring break. he returned home utilizing a ridesharing site called rideship.com. What are the experiences that people have ...
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Is there a centralised website for bus travel in Brazil?
In Argentina, for example, plataforma10 was generally the go-to website for travellers for bus companies - while it didn't do every company, it had most of the big ones, and to all destinations in ...
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Why airline websites charge more money than discount travel websites
What is the reason that when you book a flight between 2 destinations from an airline website (aircanada.com), the prices are much more than when you book the same through a discount website like ...
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Is there a list of online public transportation planners?
For Oslo in Norway you can go to ruter.no, punch in where you are and where you want to go. It then gives you options on how to get from point A to point B using various public transportation (and ...
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How to safely find an holiday apartment for renting in NYC?
We get horror stories about apartment renting in the US in the papers here in Australia periodically. However we're potentially looking to stay in NYC over New Year's with a few friends, so apartment ...
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a webservice for finding the flights by country [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I do a “broad” search for flights?
Do you know any webapplication/service which allow me to specify the contry/state for destinations and arivals and ...
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Is there any common website for Spanish intercity bus timetables?
As I wrote in an answer some time ago, there are, in my opinion, very good bus connections in Andalusia (and elsewhere in Spain). But I don't know of a single site where you could easily check the ...
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What causes experts at sites like FlightFox to be so much cheaper than search engines?
I was looking at this: https://flightfox.com/contest/57321
And I checked the dates on Momondo, and it cost around $1400. (I only checked one set of dates though)
The searcher expressed that they'd ...
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How can I participate in group travel?
Are there any online resources that help in organizing group travels? Perhaps a site with a bunch of trips that people can join and if they join they are going to travel with the company of new ...
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How can I find the maximum permitted mileage (MPM) between two cities?
Apparently the IATA publishes a list of the "maximum permitted mileage" (MPM) between a large set of city pairs. This mileage is referenced in airline fares.
For example, in order to get an award ...
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Are there any sites that let me book 7 or more multi-city flights?
I have a project that is requiring me to travel to seven different locations and I need to find a travel site that will allow me to book more than six multi-flights in order to accommodate for this ...
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How trustworthy are government travel advice sites? Are there alternatives?
In How do I know if it's safe to travel to a country at a specific time? , the main suggestion for determining the safety of travel to a certain country are travel advice agencies run by ...
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Is there a list of free accomodation resources?
I want to travel abroad cheap, and I would prefer to find some place to stay through a person or website, rather than book a hotel or hostel. There is couchsurfing.com, which I know about. Can you ...
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Where can I find Up-to-date information about roadblocks and strikes in Peru and Bolivia?
I need to travel from Cusco, Peru to La Paz, Bolivia next month but people in both countries have a habit of blocking roads quite frequently.
Every now and then I see news-articles in the regular ...
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Is there a good website to plan a trip via trains in Europe?
My wife and I have decided to move across Europe by train.
Do you know of any good sites for planning a trip via train (schedule and maybe prices)?
We're going to go across Europe from east (Russia ...
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What's the difference between WikiTravel and WikiVoyage? [closed]
Recently I've discovered WikiVoyage. After some researching, I've not found any difference between this and WikiTravel (a part of the new interface). Why two pages that offer exactly the same content? ...
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If I want to make a website of a long bike tour, should I make my own website or pay some one to do it for me?
I am planning on going on a long distance bike tour, and I want to have a good website to blog on, post photos, twitter tweets, and videos. Does anyone have any advice for whether I should build it ...
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Should i book now, Price has been the same for weeks? [closed]
I am in bit of a situation. I am flying from Melbourne Aus to Fayetteville NC during December and returning January.
i have been monitoring the sites for weeks now. I have my dates I want/need to ...
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Is there any visibility and currents database/website for scuba divers?
I am looking for a database/website that allows looking up currents and visibility information for global (or at least Asian) dive sites.
To find this information without such a site is a true ...
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Real-world Cheap Flight Tickets [closed]
Is there a website or other online community where people post the actual price they received for plane tickets, with dates?
If such a site does exist, what about one where each person also posts a ...
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How can I find out what the typical fast food is for a particular country?
Everyone has to eat and travelers are no exception. When arriving to a new destination sometimes it's not easy to find a place and one just chooses a quick and known McDs place or Burger something.
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Is there a resource with the average load factor on a specific flight?
I almost always seem to be traveling on full flights. So almost never have the luxury to be able to change seats or even rows. Is there any way to find out beforehand if a specific flight is on ...
