Guides, hotels, flights, restaurants, forums


Airports:
Useful info (lounges, wifi, flight status)
List of all major European airports

Flights:
Fare Finders,Search Engines
Online Travel Agencies

Holidays Travel

Hotels:
Fare Finders, Search Engines
Online Travel Agencies
Boutique, Luxury, Indipendent
Hotels Review
Loyalty Programs:
Airlines
Hotels

Luggage

Rental Cars

Restaurants Reviews

Social Travel Communities

Trains

Travel Forums

Travel Guides

Travel Writing Sites

Utilities, Tools


AIRPORTS - USEFUL INFO

Airports guides
Key info for major worldwide airports. Includes transportation, hotels nearby, facilities, parking and car hire.
www.worldairportguide.com - rating: 

Internet and Wifi
Atlarge collects reviews and tips about web access at airports.
www.atlarge.com - review - rating:  -

Power outlets
Air Power Wiki provides airports' sockets maps.
airpower.jeffsandquist.com - review - rating:  -

Lounge Guide
A wiki with more than 600 reviews of airports' lounges all over the world done by travellers.
www.loungeguide.net rating:  -

FlightStats
Track flight status, airport delays and other flight and airport info.
www.flightstats.com rating:  - -


FLIGHTS - FARE FINDERS, SEARCH ENGINES

Various Flights Search Engines:
The sites below are useful to research flights' options: you will get list of flights  available and relative schedule and price, then you're directed to the airline's or to an online agency sites to book your flight.

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Which Budget:  How to book a short haul economy flight online
Air Traffic:  How to book a short haul economy flight online
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Others:
Sidestep - merged with Kayak
Travel Supermarket - for UK only

Fare Compare - discounted first or business fares
Search for discounted Y-up fares that are discounted First Class airline ticket
www.farecompare.com - rating:  - -

FLIGHTS - ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES

Buy flight tickets directly from these sites. 
Some major European online agencies are Expedia, Bravofly/Volagratis, eDreams, Ebookers, Lastminute/Travelocity and Opodo/Travellink, Priceline UK.


Air Brokers
Specialized in around the world (RTW) tickets.
www.airbrokers.com - rating:  - -

HOLIDAYS TRAVEL

Tripbase
Select your home airport, when you want to leave and select your interests among nature, shopping, attractions, dining, nightlife and you'll get recommendations of destinations. You can further select by budget and continents. Nice tool!
www.tripbase.com rating:  -

Sidestep buzz
Select your home airport, continent to fly in and month of departure and you'll get a list of cheapest flights available. Great tool for week end breaks.
www.sidestep.com rating:  -

Holiday Homes rental:
JustStepsAway - Rent Me A Vacation - Licketytrip - HomeAway - VRBO - Owner Direct.

Where is the beach dude
About 10,000 beaches with directions and pictures.
www.whereisthebeachdude.com rating: 

Every Trail
Impressive sharing of people road trips, sight seeing tours, sailing trips, hiking, cycling, flying, hang gliding, geocaching, skiing, kayaking trips with detailed maps, GPS data and pictures. 
www.everytrail.com  rating:  - -

HOTELS - FARE FINDERS, SEARCH ENGINE

Trivago
Searches among 300,000 hotels and looks for the best fare. Reviews and photos by users of hotels and touristic places. 
www.trivago.com rating: 

Travelaxe
Compare fares for the same hotel from different sites. Limited selection of cities outside US. Great for US hotels.
www.travelaxe.com rating: 

Vibe Agent
Search for a location and get a full size map with markers for all hotels in the area. Look for the best fares among 30 travel agencies and hotels groups.
hotels.vibeagent.com review - rating: 


HOTELS, ONLINE AGENCIES

Some major European online agencies are Expedia, eDreams, Ebookers, Lastminute/Travelocity, Opodo/Travellink, LateRooms.

See Your Hotel
Search for a location and get a full size map with markers for all hotels in the area and view pictures, video and reviews.
www.seeyourhotel.com review - rating: 



HOTELS BOUTIQUE - LUXURY - INDIPENDENT HOTELS

Luxuruy Link
More than 1000 hotels and resorts, cruises ans villas in more than 60 countries. With savings of up to 70% off on travel auctions and fixed process offers.
Mainly for leisure travel.
www.luxurylink.com - rating: 

Luxury Travel Butler
Most exclusive accommodations around the world, hip suggestions as such "cruise Barcellona in a Harley Davison"and personalised holidays.
www.luxurytravelbutler.com - rating: 

Tablet Hotels     
Good choice of indipendent design hotels around the world.
www.tablethotels.com - rating: 

Kiwi Collection

Only the best places for business or leasure (mainly leasure).
www.kiwicollection.com - rating: 

Chic Retreats
Small boutique hotels or private houses. Good selection if you're looking for hidden small chic retreats. Booking is directly with the hotel via form in this website - you'll get email reply with availability.
www.chicretreats.com - rating: 

Travel Intelligence
Excellent reviews of the hotels and a large selection of boutique, chic or luxury hotels.
www.travelintelligence.com - rating: 

Mapplr
Selection of the best boutique hotels and B&Bs by cities from indipendent travellers. Features maps, too.
www.mapplr.com - rating: 


HOTELS REVIEWS

Trip Advisor
Millions of reviews of hotels across the globe. Best place to start to select an hotel you've not been yet.
www.tripadvisor.com rating: 

Trivago
Searches among 300,000 hotels and looks for the best fare. Reviews and photos by users of hotels and touristic places. 
www.trivago.com rating: 

TVtrip
More than 15,000 videos of hotels worldwide to help you to choose an hotel. Site is available in 5 languages.
www.tvtrip.com rating: 

Travel Post
Searches among other websites for hotels' reviews and collects more than 2 millions of reviews. It's part of Kayak so if you want to book a room from the site, you use the Kayak engine.
www.travelpost.com rating: 

LUGGAGE

First Luggage
Deliver your luggage door-to-door.
www.firstluggage.com - review

RENTAL CARS

Holiday Autos
Searches fares from Hertz, Alamo, Budget and Europcar for any destination and manages directly the booking and the payment.
www.holidayautos.comrating: 

Master Cars Direct
Searches fares from Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Europcar, Hertz, National, Thrifty for any destination and manages directly the booking and the payment.
www.mastercarsdirect.com rating: 

Alamo
Avis
Dollar
Hertz
National
Thrifty

RESTAURANTS REVIEWS

Dine
US restaurants only - thousands of restaurants' reviews by users.
www.dine.com rating:  -

Trip Advisor
Largest travel community on the web is an excellent resource to read users' reviews about restaurants, too.
www.tripadvisor.com rating: 

Michelin
Search for restaurants selected by the Michelin guide with maps and tourist sites suggestions.
www.viamichelin.com rating: 

Mapplr
Neighborhood restaurants and cafes by cities from indipendent travellers. Features maps, too.
www.mapplr.com - rating: 

Trusted Places
Social community with reviews of restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs. Lot of content for UK places.
www.trustedplaces.com - rating: -

SOCIAL TRAVEL COMMUNITIES: GUIDES, PICTURES, VIDEOS, TRIP PLANS SHARING

Dopprl
Share your future trips privately with friends and colleagues. The service then highlights coincidences, for example, telling you that three people you know will be in Tokyo when you will be there too and shows you tips on hotels, restaurants and other places of interest.
www.dopplr.com rating:  -

WayIn
Find and meet people from anywhere in the world based on location, see where you friends are, meet up with new people abroad and read through travel information guides and reviews. 
www.wayn.com rating:  -

Trip Say
Register to create your travel profile. Once you complete everything, it gives you a map with a bunch of suggested destinations from travelers like you, whose taste overlaps with yours. Share with other members tips and ratings.
www.tripsay.com rating:  -

Travellerpoint
A travel community with a blogging platform, wiki travel guide and photo gallery.
www.travellerpoint.com rating: 

Iloho
A travel community with itineraries, trip and airlines reviews, tips, videos, photos.
www.iloho.com rating:  -

Wikitravel
The wikipedia for travel guides. Lot of content and available in many languages.
www.wikitravel.com rating: -

World66
Similar to wikitravel with more than 20,000 destinations' reviews.
www.world66.com rating: -

TripNTale
Social travel community with trips journals, maps, videos and photos with free unlimited storage.
www.tripntale.com rating: -

Yahoo Travel Guides
A lot of useful info for many destinations with reviews and trip plans by users. You can create your own customized travel guide.
www.travel.yahoo.com rating: 

TravBuddy
Popular social travel community with reviews and tips for many worldwide destinations.
www.travbuddy.com rating: 

Real Travel
Social travel community with 27,000 destinations and free travel blog.
www.realtravel.com rating: 

Travelistic
Travel videos only done by the users' community or uploaded by touristic boards.
www.travelistic.com rating: 

Cosmotourist
Social network with travel tips and reviews. German version, too. www.cosmotourist.com rating: 

Boo
Social travel community spread all over the world. Destinations pages are well organized.
www.boo.com rating: 

TRAINS

Bahn
Find train times between stations anywhere in Europe.
www.bahn.de rating:  -

TRAVEL FORUMS

Extravigator
Forum about luxury travel: tips for hotels, restaurants and spas.
www.extravigator.com rating: 

Trip Advisor Forum
Likely the most comprehensive travel forum online, any travel question (and answer) is there!
www.tripadvisor.com rating: 

Other excellent forums, similar to Trip Advisor:
Fodors - Frommer's.

Flyer Talk
Frequent fliers forum with many tips to maximize loyalty programs benefits.
www.flyertalk.com rating: 

TRAVEL GUIDES

TripTouch
Attractions, events, maps, weather, photos, shops, eat, drink, how to get in by location. Still in beta and complete info available only for major destinations.
www.triptouch.com rating: 

World Travel Guide
Good selection of worldwide cities with key info. You can print your own guide by selecting the sections you're interested in.
www.worldtravelguide.net rating: 

Guides to download by Travelguides
PDF files to dowload free cities guides for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Venice, Auckland, Australia, Sydney, Bangkok, Beijing, Singapore and Cape Town.
www.travelguides.com rating: 

Geobeats
Video-based travel guides, few destinations covered but great tips and info.
www.geobeats.com review - rating: 


TRAVEL WRITING SITES

World Hum
Great travel stories—through writing, conversation, slideshows and videos.
www.worldhum.com rating: 

Airboy Blog
Blog by 23 y.o. French flight attendant working for Emirates and located in Dubai.
airboy rating: 

UTILITIES, TOOLS

Weather 2 travel
Get average monthly weather conditions for cities around the world.
www.weather2travel.com rating:  -

TripIt
Get all your bookings from agencies, hotels, trains, airlines and prepare a single itinerary for you including maps, directions, weather and your notes.
www.tripit.com - review - rating:  - - -


Flight Memory
Get all your bookings from agencies, hotels, trains, airlines and prepare a single itinerary for you including maps, directions, weather and your notes.
www.flightmemory.com - review - rating:  - -

Google Transit
Find the best way to go from A to B in about 400 cites around the world using public transport.
www.google.com/transit - rating:  - -

Rebel Fone
International mobile phones for hire to avoid roaming costs.
www.rebelfone.com - rating:  - -

USA Today MileTracker
Track all your loyalty programs (airmiles, hotels, car rentals) in one single place without the need to access multiple websites.
www.usatoday.deskport.biz - review - rating:  - - -

Electric Power
List of electrical systems by country: kind of plug, voltage and frequency.
www.kropia.com - rating:  - -