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General Travel Resources
AT&T Travelguide 
The Civilized Explorer (travel zine)
Fodor's NetTravel (Fodor's/Michael Wolff & Company, Inc.)
GNN Travel Center Homepage 
Hotels and Travel on the Net (hotels, resorts, cruise lines, airlines, tour operators, etc.)
Industrial Strength Travel (travel metapage with excerpts from travel writing)
Introspect's Guide to Cheap or Free Travel (Deanna Brown)
Microsoft Expedia (sophisticated booking agent for travel around the world; also includes hotel, ground transport, weather, currency, and other resources)
Neptune Travel Web 
Preview Travel (Preview Travel, Inc.)
Rec.Travel Library: Worldwide Travel and Tourism (searchable)
rec.travel.misc (newsgroup)
rec.travel.marketplace (newsgroup)
Travel Weekly (site for the industry magazine, with links to more than 500 travel-related sites)
Travelocity (all-in-one travel info and booking site) (SABRE Interactive)
travlang 
Webcrawler Travel (Excite, Inc.)
Yahoo - Business: Corporations: Travel 
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Airlines
Airline Info (International Business Kiosk)
American Airlines Information 
The Information Skyway: Commercial Airlines On The Internet (extensive metapage of airline home pages organized by nation and carrier) (Gordon K. Werner)
Microsoft Expedia (sophisticated booking agent for travel around the world; also includes hotel, ground transport, weather, currency, and other resources)
Period.Com: Airlines 
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Travel Agencies
4 Seasons Online Travel Agency (VGS NetMedia Corporation)
All Travel Home Page (travel agency)
American Travel Foundation (travel agency)
AmeriSource Travel (U.S. travel) (SoftWest Inc.)
Going Places Home Page (NETravel Services)
International Travel Network (travel agencies)
International Business Kiosk 
Intertrek 
Microsoft Expedia (sophisticated booking agent for travel around the world; also includes hotel, ground transport, weather, currency, and other resources)
Online Vacation Mall ("the interactive, secure, vacation reservation system") (Mark Net World)
PCTravel (airline reservation/ticketing service)
Student Travel USA (travel agency) (STA Travel Group)
The Travel Niche (travel agency)
Travelocity (all-in-one travel info and booking site) (SABRE Interactive)
Vacation Ideas by the Internet Themes Company 
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Travel Destinations: Countries & Cities (Including Hotel Information)
General Destination Information
CIA World Factbook 1994 
City Net 
Destinations On-Line 
Gazeteers 
GENinc Travel Info: Country List 
Africa
Americas
Canada
Toronto 
Vancouver OnLine 
Mexico
Other Americas (info on Mexico)
U. S.
Appalachian Trail Home Page (Kathy Bilton)
California [Show]
Hawaii [Show]
Illinois [Show]
Louisiana [Show]
Massachusetts [Show]
New York [Show]
Texas [Show]
USA CityLink 
U.S. Geography Names Database (searchable) 
Washington, D. C. [Show]
West Coast Bed and Breakfast Page 
Carribean
Aruba On-Line 
Bahamas Travel Office 
Barbados Board of Tourism 
St. Maarten / St. Martin 
Europe
Beautiful Cultural European Home Pages (Jose Miranda)
Belgium
Luxembourg 
France
French Travel Gallery & Hotel Reservation Center 
Hotels in Paris Index 
Normandie Web (info on Normandy, France; in French) (Karl Dubost)
Paris Page 
Germany
German City Guides (City Net)
München OnLine 
Greece
Tourism in Greece (Plus Network Services S.A.)
Italy
TrADE-Net (Enrico Talin)
Windows on Italy 
rec.travel.europe 
U. K.
Dr. Dave's U. K. Pages [Show]
England [Show]
Ireland [Show]
Planning the Research Trip (practical travel guide written specifically for scholars going to the U. K..; includes links) (Patrick Leary, Indiana U. / Victoria Research Web)
Scotland [Show]
UK Hotel & Guest House Directory (SHS)
Wales [Show]
Far East
China
Shanghai Home Page (Ye He, Swarthmore College)
Japan
Images from Japan 
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Hotels, Resorts, & Rentals
All the Hotels on the Web (6,400+ hotels indexed by locale) (Internet Marketing Services)
Hotel Anywhere!, The Internet Travel Grid (extensive travel metapage: links to info on hotels, air carriers, car rental agencies, tour groups, etc.) (BK Internet Development Group)
Hotels (International Business Kiosk)
Hotels and Travel on the Net (hotels, resorts, cruise lines, airlines, tour operators, etc.)
Microsoft Expedia: Hotel Directory ("listings of more than 25,000 properties around the globe. You can search for, select, and reserve a hotel based on location, price, amenities, and proximity to airport or attractions")
Notable Bed & Breakfast Directories on the Web 
Resorts on the Web (Travel Niche)
Specific Locales
California Bed & Breakfast 
EUROPE:  
French Travel Gallery & Hotel Reservation Center 
Hotels in Paris Index 
UK Hotel & Guest House Directory (SHS)
U.S.:  
West Coast Bed and Breakfast Page 
WWW Vacation Homes (Axis Consulting)
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Restaurant Guides
Bay Area Restaurant Guide 
bostondine.com (guide to over 3500 restaurants in the Boston area; includes menus and reviews)
Boston Restaurant List 
Chicago Area Restaurant Guide 
Dining Out on the Web (John Troyer; large page of restaurant guides by locality and other food-related info)
Epicurious (classy restaurant, recipe, and general life-is-eating zine) (CondéNet)
Santa Barbara Restaurants (CityGuide, Santa Barbara)
Stratford-upon-Avon Restaurants 
Triangle Area Restaurant Reviews (Raleigh, N.C., News and Observer)
Washington D.C. Restaurants (Washingtonian Online)
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Parks, Forests, Wilderness
Grand Canyon National Park 
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) (national parks, hiking, etc.)
L. L. Bean's Park Search (searchable database of 900+ national parks and other outdoor sites)
National Forests in the U.S. 
National Parks in the U.S. 
National Park Photos (hi-res jpegs of parks in the U.S., organized by states) (John Donohue)
U. S. National Park Service Home Page 
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Travelogues
Antartica Expedition 
Industrial Strength Travel (travel metapage with excerpts from travel writing)
Journal of African Travel-Writing ("travelogues, memoirs of time spent in Africa, fiction, reviews of materials about Africa"; selected texts are online)
Journey to Beijing--A Personal Account 
MayaQuest '96 ("Armed with hi-tech team equipment, the explorers will link to classrooms and computers around the world. Aimed particularly at grades 4-8 (with high school and family applications), this online interactive experience will, among other things,
MONK ... Travel with a Twist (zine; "Monk is the never-ending story of two grown men who quit their jobs, sold everything they owned and hit the road with their cats, Nurse and Nurse's Aide. For eight years they argued across America, publishing the world's only mobilemaga
Mungo Park (Microsoft's travel adventure page; includes "live" uploads of images and other info from world travelers)
On the Road: A Trip Through Your Eire 
Travels with Samantha 
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Travelers' Advisory
ATM Locations Worldwide (International Business Kiosk)
Car Rentals (International Business Kiosk)
Diplomatic & Consular (International Business Kiosk)
Duty Free/Tax Free Shopping (International Business Kiosk)
Electrical Appliances & Telecommunications (International Business Kiosk)
The Electronic Embassy (info and links to foreign embassies in Washington D. C.)
European Traffic Signs and Road Rules (travlang)
Foreign Exchange Rates (Kurt Swanson, Lund U.)
Health & Travel (International Business Kiosk)
How Far Is It? (calculates the distance between two sites, mainly in U. S.) (Darrell Kindred)
K i d s T r a v e l (resources to keep kids busy during trips)
Local Times Around the World 
Mail & Package Delivery (International Business Kiosk)
Net on the Road ("Our goal is to help travelers from all over the world to have access to the net while traveling . . . lists all the places of access [cybercafes, hotels, libraries, universities etc.] and the phone numbers of access for local and internationa
Per-Diem Rates (International Business Kiosk)
Regulations in Trade & Travel (International Business Kiosk)
Steve Kropla's Help For World Travelers! ("worldwide electrical and telephone information")
Subway & Train Systems (International Business Kiosk)
Subway Navigator (maps of subways in major cities around the world; uses forms to chart routes from start to stop locations)
Time Around the World (International Business Kiosk)
Timex World Time (image-map reference of local times and web sites around the world) (VIBE Magazine)
Timezone Converter (form that converts times between time zones) (Paul Stewart)
Tips & Planning for Travelers (International Business Kiosk)
Travel Tips Related to Aircraft Lavatories (ASIASPIRIT Co. Ltd.)
Travel Tips Related to Electricity (ASIASPIRIT Co. Ltd.)
Travel Tips Related to Modems (ASIASPIRIT Co. Ltd.)
The Universal Currency Converter xe.com
Visas (International Business Kiosk)
Web of Culture ("our mission is to educate corporate personnel of North American businesses about the value of globally-focused website design and execution, and to promote the growth of this practice throughout the U.S.")
Weight, Measurement, & Temp (International Business Kiosk)
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Maps
General
Association of Research Libraries Electronic Atlas 
Geographic Information Systems (metapage of geography-related resources) (U. Michigan Engineering Library)
Map-Related Web Sites 
Virtual Tourist World Map 
World Cities (U.S. Dept. of State) (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Africa
Africa (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Americas (See Also U. S.)
Americas (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Asia
Asia (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Japan
Kobe (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Caribbean
Haiti (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Europe
Europe (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Middle East
Gaza Strip (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Middle East and Asia (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Middle East (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Russia, Baltics, Former Ussr
Chechen region (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Commonwealth of Independent States (former U.S.S.R.) (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
Former Yugoslavia (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
U. S.
Maps of States (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
TIGER Mapping Service ("public resource for generating high-quality detailed maps of anywhere in the U. S.") (U. S. Census Bureau)
United States (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
United States History Maps (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) 
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Weather
Boston Weather 
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 
Interactive Weather Browser (with clickable weather map)
The Lighthouse Weather Server 
Santa Barbara Weather 
U. Illinois Weather Gopher 
Washington DC Weather 
Weather Information Superhighway (David Faciane)
Weather Around the World (International Business Kiosk)
WeatherNet (Michael A. MacDonald)
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Real Estate (Emphasis On Academic Locales)
General Real-Estate
Home Exchange International ("a travel and vacation 'home exchange' listing and search service")
National Real Estate Exchange Network (U. S. property exchange service) (Que Martyn)
Real Estate On Line (maxm Consulting)
WRENet - World Real Estate Network 
Boston Area
Boston Apartments.com 
Boston Residential Sales, Rentals, Apartments, Townhouses, Condominiums & Roommates (agency)
The Roommate Connection (New England) (referral agency)
California
California Living Network (real estate, education, community and other info) (Calif. Assoc. of Realtors)
Stanford Area Real Estate Guide 
Rachel Widder (Long and Foster) - Washington Metro Real Estate 
The Texas Real Estate Directory (Lokke Advertising)


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