Online resources for travelers
Countries and regions
- The CIA World Factbook provides information on countries and regions.
- The U.S. State Department's Country-Specific Pages and Background Notes provide information on countries.
- Lonely Planet publishes travel guides and information online.
- Let’s Go also publishes travel guides and information online.
- Rough Guides publishes travel guides.
Region- and city-specific information sources such as tourism sites, city web sites and the equivalent of the local chamber of commerce are also good online resources.
The U.S. State Department and its Bureau of Consular Affairs (Travel.State.Gov) also provide extensive web resources, including:
- Bureau of Consular Affairs (Travel.State.Gov)
- Tips for traveling abroad
- Travel resources
- Web site for students abroad
- Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts
- Travel Registration
Plane tickets
STA Travel
429 State St., in Madison
(800) 551-1736
Educational Travel Centre
438 N Frances St. in Madison
(608) 256-5551
Unit conversion
Currency conversion
Culture, gender, sexuality
Women
Half the Earth: Women's Experience of Travel Worldwide, eds. Miranda Davies, Laura Longrigg and Lucinda Montefiore
A Journey of One's Own: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler, by Thalia Zepatos
Disability
A World of Options, published by Mobility International USA (MIUSA), P.O. Box 3551, Eugene, OR 97403
The Real Guide: Able to Travel, by Alison Walsh.
Holiday and Travel Abroad: A Guide for Disabled People. Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR), 25 Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AB ENGLAND
Travel for the Disabled: A Handbook of Travel Resources and 500 Worldwide Access Guides, by Helen Hecker. Twin Peaks Press, P.O. Box 129, Vancouver, WA 98666
Sexual identity
The Third Pink Book: A global view of lesbian and gay liberation and oppression, eds. Aart Hendriks, Rob Tielman and Evert van der Veen, 1993
Spartacus: International Gay Guide, pub. Bruno Gmunder, 2001-02 ed.
Out in the World: International Lesbian Organizing, by Shelly Anderson
Out in the World: Gay and lesbian life from Buenos Aires to Bangkok, by Neil Miller
Are you two. . . together? A gay and lesbian travel guide to Europe, by Lindsey Van Gelder and Pamela Brandt
Indiana University's LGBT resource page