Questions tagged [online-resources]
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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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How to spot fake reviews on TripAdvisor?
I know that review sites like TripAdvisor have fake reviews (some hotels more than others) - how can I make sure I am looking at the 'real' reviews as using TripAdvisor can be very tricky to filter ...
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What is the purpose of check-in before flying?
A few years ago, to do the check in, we would go to the airport and do it directly at the counter.
I always thought the function of the check-in for the airline company would be to tell the company "...
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My online friend is asking for money in order to visit my home country. Is this a legit request or a scam?
On Travel.SE we often see questions about a person (usually a love interest) asking for money to pay for airfare, visas, permits and other expenses. For example
Visitor requesting a cash advance to ...
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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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How to spend a night in an unknown city without a hotel? Is there a guide or resource online?
I had a late flight recently and due to a delay on the flight I was not able to get my transport to the city where I had my accommodation.
Staying in the airport was not an option either since it's a ...
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Is there a website listing the location of all the Windows 10 lock screens?
Windows 10 has an extensive collection of lock screen photos, many of which have prompted a question here on Travel.SE.
Is there a website which lists the location of all of these photos? I imagine ...
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When to book tickets from travel sites rather than airline sites?
When booking plane tickets, I generally buy directly from the airline's website (as it is often the lowest or near-lowest price for the destinations I travel between). However, I know there are many ...
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UAE now banning VPN access - fines of up to $545,000? Any workarounds?
According to a few news articles, the UAE is passing a new law with heavy penalties for using a VPN.
Another report says:
Travelers also come under this law and if caught using any VPNs could
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Flight Search from anywhere to a specific destination
Many flight search engines allow you to pick a departure airport and search for flights to anywhere. E.g. Google flights gives you a nice map with prices next to destinations for a set of dates and an ...
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Is there any list of countries I should not visit if I want to go to the US?
I have heard that if I have been to some countries I might be refused entry to the US. I'm planning to travel (vacation) a bit in the Middle East; that will include Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman and ...
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Ordinary Traveller: How to use/access Timatic?
I have read that Timatic is widely used by many Airlines to check what document requirements passengers have to fulfil to board international flights.
The Demo link on Timatic web is broken but I ...
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How can I book a flight plan found on Matrix Airfare Search?
When I find a flight I like on the Matrix Airfare Search, it spits out a bunch of travel agent secret codes™. If I look for the same flight on the airline's web site, I often get much higher rates. ...
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Are there any flight price search engines with baggage allowance included?
I am looking for a flight search engine that includes a luggage calculator in the price. I recently booked a trip and had the choice between two carriers at the time, and not feeling very stupid I ...
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What does the (+1) mean in flight search engines?
In Skyscanner results, when I click on details, it shows the arrival time, then (+1), but it doesn't do this for return time. What does (+1) mean?
I thought it might mean up to an hour delay, but I ...
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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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Where can I find historical data on arrival and departure times of a particular flight?
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 on particular route at a ...
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How do I find the cheapest date to book a given hotel?
I am looking for a site or service that allows me to search a hotel (or hotels, or a specific beach/location) for the cheapest date.
Most sites want you to tell them when you plan to visit.
I WANT ...
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Google Maps: Directions: Are time zones my local browser, or local to where I am searching?
I am in the Pacific time zone, looking at driving times in Ontario, Canada. I heard that traffic can be bad, so I want to figure out expected driving time to the Toronto airport.
But when I dial up ...
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Is there a booking app or site that lets you specify your gender for shared dormitories?
I've noticed that on booking sites and apps such as Agoda and Booking.com that let you book a bed in a shared room in a hostel, guesthouse, etc, have a kind of way to game the system that more ...
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How up to date is the Man from seat 61?
The man from seat 61 is an amazing website. It's even hard to think someone compiled all that information with details that go well beyond the schedules. Which makes me wonder how it keeps updated.
I ...
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Is there a practical way to change the phone number in Uber app when arriving at a country?
I use Uber app heavily to get taxis basically in any country that has Uber, and I also get a local sim card sometimes.
I always have my roaming turned on but the problem is in receiving calls, I don'...
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Is there any online resource that can tell me what visa rules are for passport holders of a specific country?
When thinking about travelling, I often have to think about a place to visit, and then look up visa rules for that particular country. This can be a fairly painful process because official government ...
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How to plan a UK train route avoiding the tube?
Planning a train journey in the UK using any of the major booking services allows you to specify stations to avoid or travel via. I would like to avoid taking the tube. In this case it is only a ...
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How to figure if it is safe to travel to the area I am interested in?
When planning a trip, I like to make sure I will feel safe enough (I am talking about war/terrorism risk, not pickpockets), or at least I like to have an idea about the risks. I know the risk could be ...
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Is there a list of free accommodation resources?
I want to travel abroad cheaply 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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Is there a website/tool which can generate a reachability map from a given point?
I'm currently planning a four-day holiday with friends of mine who live in different regions of Germany. Now we're trying to find a holiday home that everyone of us can reach in less then 3.5h by car. ...
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Airline won't let me pay to upgrade due to purchasing original economy ticket via low-fares site - what's the logic in this?
Tomorrow I fly long-haul on a TAM (theoretically now LATAM) flight. To my surprise eventually after chasing and chasing them on the cost of an upgrade to business I was told that it wasn't possible ...
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How to find and compare flights carried out by a specific type of plane?
I'd really like to fly with an Airbus A380. But how do I find and compare the price of flights that are carried out by specific kind of plane? I don't want to fly just anywhere; I plan to go from ...
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Why do hotel booking sites ask for the number of people? Does it matter how many I say?
I was planning a stay at a hotel in Chicago for an overnight layover and checking prices on the hotel's booking site (in this case the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport) for a room with 2 double beds. The ...
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How to tell if a travel location is "affordable"?
Disclaimer: The locations are just examples to set up the question and all prices are made up for the sake of the example and question.
Background: Let's say I want to visit London or Busan, and my ...
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How is it possible for a hotel to have Wifi but no internet access?
I have been looking at a few hotel aggregators (hotels.com, trivago.com & hostelworld.com) & have noticed that many of them have separate options for "Free Wifi" & "Free internet access". ...
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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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Is there a flight search engine that combines flights from different airlines?
Is there a search engine that considers "mix&match" flight combinations?
My current problem: I need to go from FRA to YLW (Frankfurt/Germany to Kelowna/Canada) on July 29th, and arrive no later ...
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Why does Kayak have a a 'secret carrier' option for a flight?
When searching for a flight on kayak.com (not for me, I don't fly business), it shows a "Secret Carrier" option.
What gives? Why are they unable to tell us even the code-share partner? What if you ...
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Is there a website to find points to get tap water at airports?
We now have two questions about drinking water taps/fountains in airports, but they are very specific, one to one the terminal of a single airport, the other as wide to cover both airports in a ...
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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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How does Booking.com enforce cancellation fees when booking without a credit card?
Booking.com lets you book accommodation without a credit card in some cases:
But what happens if I cancel my reservation or simply don't show up on the day of the booking? Would they send me a bill ...
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Where can I find delay/cancelation statistics for a given airline route?
My flight got canceled yesterday and I am currently waiting for the delayed next flight.
Is there any website that keeps records of airlines being delayed/canceled? I would like to know my chances. ...
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Getting into a fully booked hotel?
Perchance where I'm travelling to has really crappy availability in terms of vacancies for when I'm going. All of the hotels near the area are fully booked for the weekend. I called the front desk for ...
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The most difficult countries to travel in?
Now at first sight that's a subjective question. But I'll explain now that it's not. So please don't answer subjectively either!
Pamir Highway between Dushanbe and Khorog, Tajikistan
When papers ...
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Is Canadian Visa Expert a legitimate company or a scam?
I came across these guys: Canadian Visa Expert,
who claim to be able to process visas to Canada, for work or study,
for a fee of $467 (four hundred and sixty-seven dollars), and to carry out some ...
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Can tourists or other travellers in China get in trouble for using a VPN or other method to get around the "Great Firewall"?
The People's Republic of China blocks some very popular websites used throughout the rest of the world including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. This is known colloquially as the "Great Firewall of ...
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How to track my travels nicely?
They are online services for everything and anything. I can track my health, the distances I'd run, even for my banking account are cloud services avaible.
While I don't need any cloud service per ...
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An online map indicating the status of all open and closed international borders
I like to make up my own interesting international routes on my longer trips rather than always following conventional routes.
But often it's tricky to plan a route in lesser-known parts of the world ...
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How can I purchase Greyhound tickets online if I'm a non-American?
I want to travel from Seattle to Vancouver by Greyhound. I'm german and will travel to Seattle by plane and after a one night stay take the bus to Vancouver. As booking bus tickets in advance is much ...
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Where can I find a global heat map of travel spots?
For example, if I were to plan a trip between Munich and Berlin by car, it'd be great to have a quick glance at a map that would give me a quick idea on where the interesting spots are. That way there'...
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How to tell if a travel site is legit?
Tonight I tried to book a long trip for 4 through justairticket.com.
I found they had the lowest prices by far - international. So I booked. Was happy. 10 mins later. Cell phone rings.
Brian (...
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Sudden cheap travel?
I was watching an episode of Modern Family (episode 12 of season 7, "Express Yourself"), in which Phil and Claire got a sudden offer for a weekend trip with a room to Paris for really cheap.
I have ...
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Is there a website for searching/booking European trains?
Is there a website to search for European train tickets? I mean something like kayak.com, expedia.com, airfare.com, etc for trains? I know there are specific countries' website like bahn.de, sbb.ch, ...
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