Other Travel Resources

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="14e505a1egdyqn.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660099" FACE="Arial" ><B> Tom's Travel Page</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Toms Travel Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="maps.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maps"><U>Maps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="planes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Planes"><U>Planes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="hotels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotels"><U>Hotels</U></A>   |   <A HREF="full_service.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Full Service Travel Sites"><U>Full Service Travel Sites</U></A>   |   <A HREF="government_travel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Government Travel"><U>Government Travel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="travel_guides.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel 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is really worth. </div> <bR> <div> If you are traveling abroad, you'll want to find out what the country you're visiting is like.  The best place to start is the <A HREF="http://usembassy.state.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://usembassy.state.gov/"><U>US </U></A><A HREF="http://usembassy.state.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://usembassy.state.gov/"><U>Embassy Page</U></A>.  Check on the local diseases and what shots you might need at <A HREF="http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm"><U>Center for Disease Control Traveler's Health Page</U></A>.  Brush up on your language skills at the <A HREF="http://www.travlang.com/languages/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.travlang.com/languages/"><U>Foreign Language for Travelers</U></A> page.  And don't forget your <A HREF="http://www.passportexpress.com/home.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.passportexpress.com/home.asp"><U>passport</U></A>.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> You will need the local time, so after you have gotten your <A HREF="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html"><U>watch set correctly</U></A> (or <A HREF="http://www.time.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.time.gov/"><U>set it here</U></A>), head over to the <A HREF="http://www.worldtime.com/cgi-bin/wt.cgi#country" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worldtime.com/cgi-bin/wt.cgi#"><U>World Time page</U></A> or to the <A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/"><U>World Clock</U></A> page.  At the <A HREF="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/"><U>World Clock</U></A> page, you can set the cities you want the times for and set up your own personal page or you can just read the time off this page.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Find Brochures with over 10,000 travel maps, guides, and brochures at <A HREF="http://www.travelinformation.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.travelinformation.com/"><U>TravelInformation.com</U></A>.  Then <A HREF="http://visaatm.infonow.net/bin/findNow?CLIENT_ID=VISA&LOCATOR=VISA_USA&TYPE=PERSONAL" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://visaatm.infonow.net/bin/findNow?C"><U>locate the ATM machine</U></A> so that you can pay for all those things in the brochures.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> If you will have some time off, you might want to check with the <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nps.gov/"><U>National Park Service Home Page</U></A> before you go. </div> <bR> <div> When your travel has nothing to do with work, try <A HREF="http://travel.americanexpress.com/travel/lmt/default.asp?bcid=1&lmt=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://travel.americanexpress.com/travel"><U>American Express</U></A> for last minute travel bargains.  They accept all major credit cards.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> For skiers and snowboarders, I have concocted <A HREF="http://harfordskiclub.org/toms_ski_sites.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://harfordskiclub.org/toms_ski_sites"><U>Tom's Ski Sites</U></A>, a listing of all the necessary sites for riding the snowy slopes.  </div> <div>  </div> <div> Kasbah.com has the <A HREF="http://www.kasbah.com/toolbox/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kasbah.com/toolbox/"><U>Global Travel Toolbox</U></A>.  In the Toolbox you can find Travel Tips, a Currency Converter, References (phone books, encyclopedias, travel guides), maps, language trasnlation web sites, weather, and more.  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.planetrider.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.planetrider.com/"><U><IMG SRC="195aa3a0.png" border=0 width="170" height="58" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>This isn't enough travel information for you?  Try <A HREF="http://www.planetrider.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.planetrider.com/"><U>The Planet Rider</U></A>.  It has a vast array of travel web sites along with reveiws of the sites.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> If you have any comments, if you find a link that doesn't work, or you have a link you think I should add, send me an E-Mail at <A HREF="mailto:Meckelnburg@prodigy.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Meckelnburg@prodigy.net"><U>Meckelnburg@prodigy.net</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>