Travel Links

I use the following recommendationed travel related references and tools for planning all my trips. I hoep you find them to be useful may be useful when planning your next getaway or holiday. If you have any recommendations, feel free to email your suggestion.

Travel guides

• Culture trip - this is a free online site for travel ideas. Provides some quirky and off the beaten path ideas. I always reference Culture trip for holiday planning. A Culture trip mobile app is also available.
• Fodors
• Frommer's
• Lonely Planet
• Rough Guides
• Trip Advisor - inclduing rewiews from fellow travellers
• Wiki Travel - simple and concise free online resource

HINT: consider purchasing an electonic version to minmise luggage weight

Health and warnings

• Australian Traveler Advice (Links to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the US State Depart)
• World Health Organisation

Online itinerary

• TripIt - one of the best online itinerary managers. It automatically organises your travel plans and adds to your calendar. Online and mobile apps available. Simply forward confirmation emails (from most suppliers) and details are automatically added to the TripIt itinerary.

• Kelvin's free Trello travel planner - while this is not an intinerary, this Trello template is great for planning travel ideas with friends and family.

Reservations

• Expedia - Online reservations for hotels, flights, cars and attractions. Expedia has some very reasonable cancellation policies.

• Trip Advisor - provides a massive listing of traveler reviews and links to many sellers of accommodation, flights and tours. Great for comparing prices between suppliers. This is where I always starting searching.

Security

• Australian Airport Security - New Aviation Security Measures for carry-on baggage at international airports

• Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

• Tamper Tell - Tamper evident security tags

• UK Airport Security - The latest announcement regarding new aviation security arrangements USA Transport Security Administration

Miscellaneous

• Airline Seat Pitch - compare leg room available on airlines
• Airline Ratings by SkyTrax - review airline ratings, including safety
• Airport Ratings by SkyTrax - review ratings for airports around the globe
• Electricity and socket guides - global electricity and socket guide
• Exchange rates - currency exchange rates
• Seat Guru - Not every seat is created equally! Find out everything about your allocated seat.
• Travel Packing List - check out my free Trello travel packing list. To use Trello online or app is free!
• World Meteorological Organization - Forecast and Climatological Information (Max, Min, Rainfall)