Info on travel
See also:
web/servers.html
info/addresses (travel agent)
home/travel/ (including short-term offers)
talks/hotels
-------------------------------------
Organization of this file:
local info (Seattle)
air travel
airfare brokers
meta-search
discount travel
auction travel
airlines
airline hubs
city codes
Tips for booking air
Europe
Hotels
General travel
Local info (all cities & places)
Washington D.C.
New York
London
Misc
Unsorted
Web sites may be listed various places: air, hotel, general
--------------------------------------------------
Local info (Seattle)
bus tracking http://busview.its.washington.edu/busview_help.html
King County Metro bus http://transit.metrokc.gov/bus
google transit www.google.com/transit
parks http://www.llbean.com/parksearch/ need Netscape
visitor guide http://www.seattle-pi.com/getaways/visitguide/
www.wsdot.wa.gov/PugetSoundTraffic comprehensive current traffic
Seattle, the city
wnar99_local.html#City Seattle, the city
wnar99_local.html#Weather Seattle weather in June
www.washington.edu University of Washington
www.ohwy.com/wa/m/mtrainie.htm Mount Rainier
www.zoo.org Woodland Park Zoo
www.spaceneedle.com The Space Needle
www.washington.edu/burkemuseum Burke Museum
www.seattleartmuseum.org Seattle Art Museum
www.seattleaquarium.org Seattle Aquarium
www.oz.net/seattle/attraction/underground.html The Underground City
www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/hiking/hik_fw.htm Hiking
Arts & culture
seattle.sidewalk.citysearch.com localized arts, restaurants, cultural scene
seattleweekly.com Seattle arts & cultural scene, reviews
4seattle.4anything.com directory of other sites about Seattle's culture
www.seattle.net/entertain directory of local sites
www.townhallseattle.com
local.yahoo.com local info
seattle.craigslist.org local cities classifieds (people)
www.cairo.com local sales (commercial)
www.ivyout.org
www.seattleactivism.org
--------------------------------------------------
Air travel
----Airfare brokers (password file)
www.orbitz.com
www.expedia.com (Microsoft)
www.travelocity.com (also 1-888-872-8356)
www.hotwire.com (if flexible on time)
www.bestfares.com (mostly for members)
www.itn.com (Internet Travel Network-cheap flights, rec by Charlie)
----meta-search
www.sidestep.com has nice filtering capability
www.kayak.com allows multi-city, slider for OK times
www.onetravel.com allows multi-city
www.qixo.com
farechase.yahoo.com
www.cheapflights.com
www.mobissimo.com (not compelling)
bookingbuddy.com links to other travel sites
www.qizo.com links to other travel sites
www.farecast.com buy now or later?
----discount travel
www.airfarewatchdog.com includes Southwest JetBlue ...
http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/FareSearchResults/tabid/76/AirportId/210/Default.aspx from Seattle
www.airsaver.com
www.cheapfarefinder.com (now referral, download search software)
www.cheaptickets.com (network problem)
www.lowestfare.com
ticketplanet.com
preview travel
LastMinuteDealFinder.com
LastMinuteTravel.com
SmarterTravel.com offers free weekly nwslttr w last-minute fares
site59.com (specializes in weekend getaways, air+travel, 2-week window)
go-today.com (longer-range planning, abroad packages)
cheapseats.com
travelguyairfares.blogspot.com airfare bloopers
lowcostairlines.org lists budget carriers worldwide
airtravel.about.com/od/lastminutedeals last minute deals
www.site59.com last minute weekend packages
www.insideflyer.com $12/year, tips & news alerts
www.flycontinental.com/cool Cheap wkly, gotta register
www.delta.com/specprom/ Cheap wkly
www.nwa.com/travel/cyber/cyber.shtml Cheap wkly
airfarewatchdog.com
----auction travel
www.priceline.com requires you to bid hotel & airfare?
www.travelbids.com (also submit bid?)
www.onsale.com/departments/vacations.htm
www.bid4travel.com
www.goinggoinggone.com
----Airlines (password file)
Alaska www.alaskaair.com 1-800-252-7522
American www.aa.com
American West www.americawest.com
ATA www.ata.com
Continental www.continental.com
www.flycontinental.com/cool Cheap wkly, gotta register
Delta www.delta.com
www.delta.com/specprom/ Cheap wkly
Frontier www.flyfrontier.com
Northwest www.nwa.com
www.nwa.com/travel/cyber/cyber.shtml Cheap wkly
Southwest www.iflyswa.com
Ted www.flyted.com
United www.ual.com
US Airways www.usairways.com
www.usairways.com/travel/fares/esavers2.htm Cheap wkly
Midway www.midwayair.com (No Seattle)
airtran
jetblue
spiritair
Virgin America www.virginamerica.com cheap to SFO.
via SFO to LAS LAX JFK IAD SAN
6/07 Consumer Reports, best to worst: JetBlue, Midwest, Southwest,
Frontier, Hawaiian, Aloha, Alaska, Spirit, Continental, AirTran,
Delta, American, ATA, Northwest, American Eagle, United, America West,
US Airways
Small airlines with low complaints (that fly to Seattle):
Southwest (best), JetBlue (to JFK only), Frontier
Worse: Sun Country (to mpls or Portland), American Trans Air (via midway)
SeatGuru.com detailed seating plans
---- Airline Hubs
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/air/handbook/part2/section-13.html
#=main hub, *=monopolized
Seattle hubs: Alaska, United
Philadelphia & Pittsburg: USAir
MSP: Northwest
Alaska Airlines: Anchorage ANC#, SEA
America West: #Phoenix PHX, Las Vegas LAS, Columbus OH CMH
American Airlines: #Dallas/Ft. Worth DFW, Raleigh/Durham RDU*,
SJC*, SJU, ORD, BNA,
Continental Airlines: #Newark EWR, Cleveland CLE*, IAH, MSY, ?DEN
Delta Airlines: #Atlanta ATL*, Salt Lake City SLC*, DFW, CVG, LAX,
JFK and FRA Frankfurt, FRG, Orlando FL MCO.
Northwest Airlines: #MSP, DTW*, Memphis MEM*,
Milwaukee MKE*, BOS, NRT Tokyo Narita.
Southwest Airlines: Chicago MDW, St. Louis STL, Dallas Love DAL,
Houston Hobby HOU, PHX, ABQ
USAir: #Pittsburgh PIT*, Philadelphia PHL, Charlotte CLT*,
Baltimore BWI*, LAX, SFO, SYR, IND
United Airlines: #Chicago, DEN, Washington Dulles IAD, SEA, SFO,
Raleigh, Tokyo, LHR London Heathrow
----City Codes
http://www.flyaow.com/aptcode.htm sorted by code
http://www.travelersnet.com/Airport%20Codes/ sorted by city
http://www.insidervlv.com/citycodesairportsindex.html sorted by city
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/airport_code_list.htm comprehensive
US composite codes
CHI Chicago MDW Midway, ORD O'Hare
NYC NY JFK, LGA LaGuardia, EWR Neward
WAS Washington IAD Dulles, DCA National, BWI Baltimore
DET Detroit DTW, DTT
My destinations
SEA = Seattle
PHL = Philadelphia
OAK = Oakland
SFO = San Francisco
Other US
ABQ Albuquerque, NM
ARB Ann Arbor, MI
ATL Atlanta, Hartsfield Atlanta Int'l Airport
BWI Baltimore Washington Int'l Airport; MD
BLI Bellingham, WA
BHM Birmingham, AL
BOS Boston - Logan, MA
BUR Burbank, CA
CLT Charlotte, NC
CHA Chattanooga, TN
MDW Chicago, Midway, IL
ORD Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport, IL
CHI Chicago, IL
CVG Cincinnati, OH
BKL Cleveland, Burke Lakefront, OH
CLE Cleveland, Hopkins, OH
CAE Columbia, SC
CMH Columbus, OH
DAL Dallas, Love Field, TX
DFW Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
DEN Denver International Airport, CO
DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI
DTT Detroit Metropolitan Area, MI
DET Detroit City, MI
HAR Harrisburg, PA - Harrisburg Skyport
MDT Harrisburg, PA - Harrisburg Int'l
HOU Houston, Hobby, TX
IAH Houston, Intercontinental, TX
LNS Lancaster, PA
LAS Las Vegas, NV
LAX Los Angeles, CA - Int'l
MEM Memphis, TN
MKE Milwaukee, WI
MSP Minneapolis - St. Paul Int'l Airport, MN
JFK New York - John F. Kennedy, NY
LGA New York - LaGuardia, NY
EWR New York - Newark, NJ
NYC New York, NY
ONT Ontario, CA
SNA Orange County (Santa Ana), CA
ORL Orlando Metropolitan Area, FL
PIT Pittsburgh Int'l Airport, PA
PDX Portland Int'l, OR
SFO San Francisco - Int'l Airport, SA
SJC San Jose, CA
SNA Santa Ana - John Wayne Airport, CA
SBA Santa Barbara, CA
STL St. Louis - Lambert, MO
BWI Washington DC - Baltimore Washington Int'l
IAD Washington DC - Dulles Int'l
DCA Washington DC - Ronald Reagan National
WAS Washington, DC
Canada
YTO Toronto YTZ YYZ
YVR Vancouver - Vancouver Int'l
YYJ Victoria
Europe
PAR Paris ORY CDG LBG
LON London LHR LGW LCY LTN STN
AMS Amsterdam Northwest
BER Berlin SXF TXL THF
MIL Milan LIN MXP BGY
YMQ Montreal YUL YMX
ROM Rome CIA FCO
STO Stockholm ARN BMA
BRU Brussels
ZRH Zurich Kloten
EAP Basel/Mulhouse
BSL Basel/Europairport
MLH Mulhouse France
FRA Frankfurt/Main Delta
AGB Augsburg
CGN Cologne (Koeln)/Bonn
MUC Muenchen (Munich) - Franz Josef Strauss
VIE Wien (Vienna) - Vienna Int'l
----Tips for booking air
use code for whole city, CHI=Chicago, NYC=NY, WAS=Washington
If flexible: Expedia "fare calendar", Travelocity - any date
Discounts start:
charter flight fvacations, 30 days before
airlines & hotel: 2 weeks
Saturday & midweek flights less busy.
Underbid on Priceline
Use consolidator for Asia, Africa, Latin America
---- Europe
ryanair (Europe)
EasyJet (Europe)
Air Berlin (Europe)
SkyEurope (hubs Hungary, Slovakia)
www.attitudetravel.com discount European airlines
Opodo = Europe version of Expedia and Travelocity
nonstops to Europe:
NW BA London
NW Amsterdam
SAS Copenhagen
Air France Paris
Lufthansa Frankfurt
--------------------------------------------------
Hotels
Hotels' own sites
www.travelocity.com shows maps. road distance
www.orbitz.com site OK. No global map, but sort by distance
invisible on Linux (fixed)
hard to figure out how to enter address.
claims shorter distances than travelocity for same hotel
www.hoteldiscounts.com buys blocks of hotel rooms, discounts
www.expedia.com
www.travelweb.com
www.smarterliving.com
hotwire.com can't pick hotel, it picks also airfare?
www.quikbook.com buys blocks of hotel rooms, discounts
no map. Cheap - negotiates. Hard to use site.
hotelbook.com independent hotels
reservemy.com hotels, sort by distance from address
www.laterooms.com focus on Britain
Consumer Reports, ratings 1998 (in order, best to worst)
*** Budget Hotels: Sleep Inn, Budgetel, Red Roof, Super 8, Motel6, Econo Lodges, Days Inn, Travelodge, Knights Inn
*** Moderate: Homewood Suites, Residence Inn, Hampton In, Drury Inns, Courtyard by Marriott, Americinn, Country Inns/Suites by Carlson, Shilo Inns, Fairfield Inn, La Quinta Inns, Best Inns/Suites, Comfort Inn, Clarion, Shoney's Inns, Best Western, Quality Inns, Holiday Inn, Ramada, Howard Johnson
*** Upscale: Embassy Suites, Harrah's, Marriott, Doubletree, Crowne Plaza, Wyndham, Hilton, Sheraton, Omni, Radisson, Adam's Mark
*** Luxury: Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Inter-Continental, Hyatt, Westin
Consumer Reports, ratings 2007 (in order, best to worst)
*** Budget Hotels: Microtel, Extended Stay America, Red Roof, Super 8, Motel 6, Econo Lodge, Days Inn, Travelodge
*** Moderate: Drury Inn/Suites, Hampton Inn, Wingate Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Fairfield Inn, Americinn, Sleep Inn, La Quinta, Holiday Inn, Baymont, Comfort Inn/Suites, Best Wester, Red Lion, Quality Inn, Clarion, Ramada, -Howard Johnson
*** Upscale: Homewood Suites, SpringHill Suites by Mariot, Harrah's, Residence Inn by Marriott, Walt Disney, Hilton Garden Inn, Hawthorn Suites, Courtyard by Marriott, Crowne Plaza, AmeriSuites, Wyndham, Radisson
*** Luxury: Renaissance, Embassy Suites, Westin, Marriott, Omni, DoubleTree, Hyatt, Hilton, Sheraton
--------------------------------------------------
General travel
find.pcworld.com/40673 overview of travel sites
Travel Sites, USA Today Sept 2003
Travelpunk.com budget-minded
WorldHum.com offbeat stories,resources
BootsnAll.com email for people living there,ask them questions
Roadsideamerica.com pencil-sharpener museum, etc.
Bid4vacations.com packages 70% off retail
Skyauction.com
BiddingForTravel.com tips for bidding on Priceline
11thhourvacations.com
www.booktavelboard.com
eurocheapo.com
Travelfleamarket.com compendium of dealson airfare, rental cars, hotels...
Digitalcity.com/travel current lists of weekend web fares, short-term sales
Igougo.com tips from travelers for great deals
TripAdvisor.com gather reviews
Bizrate.com comparison shopping site, tickets, hotels...
Hoteldiscounts.com if get cheaper price they'll match it
SeatGuru.com detailed seating plans
Connectedtraveler.com best sections: sustainable tourism, humor
Traveladventures.org photos from 100 countries
E-vacations.com multi-city vacation planner
ViaMichelin.com info on driving in Europe
travelessentials.com where I bought earphones
travess@mind.net, 800-258-0758
www.gemut.com sister company to travelessentials
can order european rail passes
800-521-6722, www.gemut.com
http://www.interrail-guide.com/time-table-de.html German rail
officialtravelguides.com links to tourist bureaus
travelpost.com scrapbooks, hotel ratings
turnhere.com videos of places
thorntree.lonelyplanet.com newsgroups
fodors.com forums
frommers.com forums
letsgo.com researcher blogs
www.ricksteves.com graffit wall
sss.thetravelzine.com/zine.htm online discussion for Europe & NA
passplanet.com practical info for Asia & Central America
Canadian tour operators:
G.A.P. Adventures 800-465-5600
www.gapadventures.comp
to dig into culture at destination
small guided groups (avg 9), reasonable access to locals
Action Journewys 800-597-5594
www.activejourneys.com
Red Seal Vacations 800-668-4224 www.redsealvacations.com
loger term stays
Premiere Tours www.premieretours.net
Signature Vacations 800-830-1111 www.signaturevacations.com
--------------------------------------------------
Local info (all cities & places)
--travel info--
travel.roughguides.com info on 14K locations
www.mapblast.com maps
www.mapquest.com maps
www.multimap.com maps Europe
maps.google.de, {fr,it,es}
multimap.co.uk
www.metropla.net muni transit maps
www.lonelyplanet.com sightseeing info
--city guides, happenings--
www.usatoday.com/travel city guides, etc
citysearch.com City Guides
digitalcity.com City Guides
upcoming.org event calendar
www.zvents.com event calendar
--food--
www.yelp.com food reviews
www.chowhound.com restaurant reviews
local.yahoo.com food reviews
citysearch.com food reviews
--traffic--
www.mapquest.com includes live traffic reports
--Washington DC (Nov 2005)
IAD Dulles, DCA National, BWI Baltimore
Links from airports to metro:
http://www.commuterpage.com/metroconnect.htm
DCA: National Airport station (blue line)
BWI: (1) Amtrak/MARC, from Metro Union Station stop (red line)
(2) express bus B30 from Metro Greenbelt; $2 (or less w transfer)
http://www.wmata.com/timetables/md/B30.pdf
~every 40 minutes, takes ~35 minutes
IAD: express bus 5A from Rosslyn, $3, http://www.wmata.com/timetables/dc/5a.pdf
~every hour, takes ~40 minutes
Another option is Super Shuttle, www.supershuttle.com
--New York
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1936153,00.asp
Fly into JFK Airport and take the new AirTrain (for just $5), a
brand-new monorail which zips to Jamaica Station in Queens over the
congested Van Wyck Expressway. There you can switch to the subway ($2)
or the slightly plusher LIRR train ($5 to $7) to Manhattan.
Apple Core hotels, rates from $99. tiny. Including La Quinta & Red Roof Inn
www.applecorehotels.com
--Paris
airport to city; RER trains $10-12, Orlybus $8, Rossybus $11.25
single metro or bus ticket 1.4euro, carnet = 10 tickets for 10.9euro
major museums free first Sunday of month
Louve reduced price $8 Wed & Fri night
d'Orsay lower price Sun & Th eveinings
Pariscope 55cent weekly, lists dozens of free cultural events... In French
art or photo exhibit at Hotel de Ville (city hall) 29 rue de Rivoli
group walk with Paris Walks www.paris-walks.com 10 euro
$29.95 for downloadable copy of Adrian Leeds' "Good Value Guide to Paris Restaurants" - 200 places for 3-course meel w wine for $15-$40 www.parlerparis.com
buy at Monoprix, e.g. dark chocoloate large bars $2.25
--London
dorms in London - Summer or Easter
London School of Economics www.lse.ac.uk/collections/vacations
Kings College "summer accommodations" www.kcl.ac.ku
University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/residences
Hostelling Intl www.hihostels.com
reviews - tripadvisor.com
www.visitbritain.com - lodgings &B&B's, apartments
PC Magazine Home>Expert Help>Connected Traveler
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1918086,00.asp
Nashville, Rome, Barcelona, Mpls, Las Vegas, Miami, Philadelphia,
Sydney, Paris,
Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Orlando,
Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Detroit, Boston,
--------------------------------------------------
Misc
Vacation rentals: www.laterooms.com www.vrbo.com or local tourist office.
everything (air, hotel ...) hotwire, priceline, travecuts, travelzoo
air sales: www.digitalcity.com/travel, smarterliving
air/hotel last minute: lastminutetravel, site59
hotels: hotels.com, laterooms, quickbook
www.aaa.com planning car trips
traintravelling.com trains
www.subwaynavigator.net subways
www.seat61.com/Europe.htm travel from London to Europe; lot of info!
www.raileurope.com
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ricksteveseurope/
--------------------------------------------------
Unsorted