Quick Reference: Travel

CDC Travel Information
http://www.cdc.gov/travel
From the Center for Disease Control: Disease outbreaks, vaccination requirements, country health information, and links to other travel information.

FXConverter
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Current exchange rates and currency converter.

GoAbroad.com
http://www.goabroad.com/
A "comprehensive on-line source for study abroad, language schools, overseas internships, international volunteer positions, teach abroad, jobs abroad, US Universities, Eco-Travel around the world..."

Hostels.com
http://www.hostels.com/
Information on hostels from around the world.

Hostelz.com
http://www.hostelz.com/
Reviews of hostels worldwide.

Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Information on destinations worldwide, including maps, a virtual slide show, basic information: currency, languages spoken, history, economics, etc.

Purple Roofs: Your GLBT Key to World Travel
http://www.purpleroofs.com/
An interactive site where Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) travelers can find accommodations, clubs, bars, restaurants, real estate, tour information, home trading, and even inns for sale worldwide.

Rough Guides
http://travel.roughguides.com/
Rough Guides online database of travel information for more than 4,000 destinations around the world.

Student World Traveler
http://www.studenttraveler.com/
Includes links on study and teaching abroad, and "Word of Mouth," where travelers share travel war stories.

World Hum
http://www.worldhum.com/
This online travel magazine publishes "stories that reflect the reasons we like to travel: to see the world in all its beauty and complexity, and sometimes all its horror."

Content editor: John Boyd, boydjd@appstate.edu, Electronic Resources Librarian