Links to Other Travel Resources
Below you will find a collection of other travel blogs and travel websites that we find informative or useful. Check them out and let us know what you think. If you have a suggestion for a site please send an email to eric AT travbuddy.com. We only add sites that have high quality content and that our members might find interesting. We are very selective about which sites we include here.
Travel Blogs
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Gadling
The traveler's weblog. A daily dose of travel tips, information, ideas and inspiration.
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elliott.org | The Travel Troubleshooter
Travel tips, advice, and blog by Christopher Elliott, author of the syndicated Travel Troubleshooter column.
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Nerd's Eye View
Intelligent, interesting blog about travel, local culture, food, and travel writing.
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Old World Wandering: London to Shanghai, overland
A travelogue documenting an eighteen month journey, through twenty countries, from London to Shanghai, by land.
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London Underground Tube Diary
Annie Mole's award winning urban blog features musings about travelling on the London Underground, Tube etiquette, funny stories & photos and insider's guide to the Tube.
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The Informed Traveler
Cal Simmons' Guide to Upscale Travel, features daily articles and exclusive deals on upscale travel, luxury hotels and hot dining destinations worldwide.
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Everything Everywhere Travel Blog
Gary Arndt has been traveling around the world since March 2007. Check out his travel blog for some great photos and stories.
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Colliding Continents
The latest in travel news and stories from world travelers Seb, Tara, and Nolan.
Destinations
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Holiday Fu: A China Destination Guide
Part travel blog, part destination guide, Holiday Fu is about Asia, with a focus on China. It uses up-to-the-minute, user updated listings to make navigating new places much easier.
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Maldives
Maldives travel guide, including history, maps, surfing, hotels, and tourist attractions.
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Myrtle Beach Vacation Rentals
With Myrtle Beach lodging options ranging from seaside cottages to condos to family-sized vacation homes, you're sure to find the perfect Myrtle Beach vacation rental for a memorable vacation.
Planning
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HotelsCombined.com – Compare Hotel Rates
Search over 30 major accommodation websites at once. View detailed hotel information and user reviews. HotelsCombined also helps power the hotel search functionality on TravBuddy.
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Flights
For over ten years, Flights.com has been providing cheap flights to every location throughout the world. Offers specialized airline tickets online, including great deals with the major airlines and low cost carriers.
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Uptake
UpTake is a travel search and discovery site – the first step for travelers to decide where to go, where to stay or what to do. We help users make informed decisions about what best fits their travel preferences. We scoured more than 1,000 sites to collect 400,000 places to go, things to do and places to stay in the U.S. Then we analyzed and organized over 20 million travelers' opinions to enable search based on exact travel requirements and preferences.
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Flights from Europe
Flights.eu is a pan-European travel site providing discount flights and travel deals from every country in Europe to anywhere in the world.
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Hotel Deals – DealBase.com
Travel deals rated by how much money they actually save you. Over 12,000 deals.
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Discount Travel
Tiss is constantly trying to improve the travel booking process by creating innovative software and useful tools for the travel industry. We are always looking to enhance our user experience and provide you with the best travel options with minimal effort.
Non-Profit Organizations
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Cross Cultural Solutions
CCS offers international volunteer programs in 12 countries which range from 1-12 weeks long. Numerous TravBuddies have already chronicled their experiences abroad with CCS, including Lisa in Ghana and worldcitizen in Brazil.
Misc. Links
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Icon Drawer
Icons and graphics design. Some of the icons on TravBuddy are from here, so this link is provided as a courtesy. Check out their work!