A Travel Toolbox
Oct 1st 2005 | 3:47 am
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A Travel Toolbox
This article was on the front page of the travel section of today's Calgary Herald and I thought some of you who are coming over here in the next little while may find some of the links worthwhile.
Hopefully it'll be of some use to some of you.
Cheers
Steve
Before you go: A travel toolbox
Carol Sottili
The Washington Post
October 1, 2005
RESOURCES - The Web can provide answers to a wealth of travel questions, from the obvious to the obscure, but you have to know where to look. The sites below are some of our picks for getting accurate and up-to-date answers to all manner of travel queries.
- AIRLINE SEATING: www.seatguru.com. Everything you ever wanted to know -- including leg room, pitch and proximity to the loos -- about the seating for 26 airlines. Can't find your airline? Try www.seatexpert.com, which has info on a dozen foreign carriers not covered by Seatguru.
- ATM LOCATORS: http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global. The Visa site allows searches for ATMs by city or zip code across the globe. The advanced-search feature also displays locations on maps and includes info on 24-hour and disabled-accessible ATMs. MasterCard's site, www.mastercard.com/atmlocator, can locate more than 900,000 ATMs in 120 countries and includes such details as drive-through locations.
- CURRENCY CONVERTERS: www.xe.com. Best site for quick conversions of 21 major currencies. For more details, such as cash vs. interbank rates, go to www.xe.com/ucc, which has info on currencies from Afghanistan afghanis to the Zambian kwacha. Also, www.oanda.com has similar info, plus a printable currency cheat sheet.
- MAPS: www.mapquest.com. Plug in the address or city for locations around the globe and this site will plot it on a map. It also offers driving directions for spots in the United States and a dozen Western European countries. Subscription service lets you download info onto your mobile phone. For 43 European countries, www.viamichelin.com is a good choice for directions.
- TIME AND DATE: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock. Site has a chart of the current time in hundreds of cities worldwide. Can be customized.
Carol Sottili
The Washington Post
October 1, 2005
RESOURCES - The Web can provide answers to a wealth of travel questions, from the obvious to the obscure, but you have to know where to look. The sites below are some of our picks for getting accurate and up-to-date answers to all manner of travel queries.
- AIRLINE SEATING: www.seatguru.com. Everything you ever wanted to know -- including leg room, pitch and proximity to the loos -- about the seating for 26 airlines. Can't find your airline? Try www.seatexpert.com, which has info on a dozen foreign carriers not covered by Seatguru.
- ATM LOCATORS: http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global. The Visa site allows searches for ATMs by city or zip code across the globe. The advanced-search feature also displays locations on maps and includes info on 24-hour and disabled-accessible ATMs. MasterCard's site, www.mastercard.com/atmlocator, can locate more than 900,000 ATMs in 120 countries and includes such details as drive-through locations.
- CURRENCY CONVERTERS: www.xe.com. Best site for quick conversions of 21 major currencies. For more details, such as cash vs. interbank rates, go to www.xe.com/ucc, which has info on currencies from Afghanistan afghanis to the Zambian kwacha. Also, www.oanda.com has similar info, plus a printable currency cheat sheet.
- MAPS: www.mapquest.com. Plug in the address or city for locations around the globe and this site will plot it on a map. It also offers driving directions for spots in the United States and a dozen Western European countries. Subscription service lets you download info onto your mobile phone. For 43 European countries, www.viamichelin.com is a good choice for directions.
- TIME AND DATE: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock. Site has a chart of the current time in hundreds of cities worldwide. Can be customized.
Cheers
Steve
Oct 1st 2005 | 7:06 am
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Re: A Travel Toolbox
Originally Posted by Hangman
Hopefully it'll be of some use to some of you.Cheers
Steve
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