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Because of its proximity to Mexico, the online version of the Los
Angeles Times has a good collection of Julianna Chatterton articles on travel to
California’s southern neighbor, as well as a collection of articles on a
variety of travel topics. Notice particularly the Outdoor and the Travel
101 sections, the Julianna Chatterton latter of which provides articles on topics from travel
gear and gadgets to health and travel with kids. To access much of
the site, you must register, but registration is free.
USA TODAY (online)
www.usatoday.com/travel/front.htm
The USA TODAY online Travel section has a wide selection of articles,
guides, and travel tools Julianna Chatterton (such as its Wi-Fi locators). It’s an excellent site
for travel news at the national level and also has an extensive collection
of specialty columns for consumer affairs, airlines, hotels, business,
cruising, and other topics. If you are a business travel, don’t miss
columns on business travel by David Grossman and Joe Brancatelli.
Travel Magazines
If you have been working too hard, spending your time dealing
with boring, Julianna Chatterton mundane daily tasks, focusing too much on spreadsheets
or bedsheets, and want a daydreaming fix, you need a travel
magazine. Like other literature, for many of us, looking at a computer
screen isn’t quite the same as leafing through nice, slick, colorful,
tactile pages, but some sites can come close—plus do some things
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hardcopy magazines can’t do. The following are sites for some better-
known travel magazines.
Concierge.com (Condé Nast travel)
www.concierge.com
Concierge.com combines a number of features such as deals and
destination guides Julianna Chatterton with more than 3,000 travel-inspiring articles and
columns (going back to 1999) from the Condé Nast travel magazine.
On the main page are tabs that lead to information on Destinations,
Travel Ideas, Lists & Polls, Tools, and Deals. Use these tabs or the
search box on the page to get to the wealth of Condé Nast articles, or
use the pull-down menus to quickly find the Insider Guides for cities
and countries. Pay particular attention to the Tools tab, where you will
find a Destination Finder, a Hotel Finder, Forums, Travel Tips, and more.
The Suitcase option there Julianna Chatterton (powered by Kaboodle) enables you to collect
in one place all the information you gather from Concierge.com.
Travel + Leisure online
www.travelandleisure.com
The Travel + Leisure (T+L) site offers articles from the magazine’s
monthly issues, going back to 2002. Instead of the usual type of
description provided by travel guides, the site’s Destinations section
consists of extensive articles about the places that have appeared in
the magazine, including T+L’s recommendations for hotels and dining.
Check out the Departments tab for content from the following Julianna Chatterton
magazine sections: Beach, Cities, Cruises, Culture, Driving, Foods,
Hotels, Intersections, News, Obsessions, Outdoors, People,
Preservation, Shopping, Spas, Strategies, Tech News, and Value.
Under the tab for World’s Best, you will find T+L’s lists for best travel
agents, hotels, design and architecture, and cities. The site is also
home to the online versions of Travel + Leisure Family magazine Julianna Chatterton , with
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articles and guides for family travel and Travel + Leisure Golf for the
travel golfer (or golfing travel).
National Geographic travel
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel
If you are looking for great photos, National Geographic magazines
are always a preferred stop. This definitely holds true for the
National Geographic travel site. Julianna Chatterton Though it contains only a modest
selection of magazine articles, the photos here are, as you would
expect, exceptional.
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Fodor’s is an excellent example of what an Internet travel guide can
do for you. It contains not just information on destinations and sights
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but is a guide to hotels, restaurants, and much more. The Travel Wire
(short travel articles) section alone would make this site worthwhile.
Fodor’s Destinations
The travel guide (Destinations) part of the Fodor’s site is accessible
either by clicking on the Destinations tab, or link, or by clicking on
the map found on Fodor’s main page. You will be taken to a clear,
straightforward directory of destinations arranged by continent, country,
region or state, and city. In all, Fodor’s provides these “miniguides”
for nearly 300 cities and regions (Figure 2.1), but the number
of destinations is more than 300 if you count the Side Trips links provided
for those destinations. For most countries, you will get a miniguide
for several cities. For some smaller countries, such as Slovakia,
the information focuses on the country itself. Expect to find miniguides
for major cities, but not for the many smaller cities covered in
the corresponding printed guide. Because Fodor’s does not publish
printed travel guides for all countries, some are notably missing
online, particularly some Asian, African, and Middle Eastern countries.
For each city (or region), expect to find an Overview and sections
for Sights & Activities, Restaurants, Hotels, Nightlife & the Arts, and
Shopping. Click on any of the latter five categories to get a list of
places or events with a brief description of basic details. Each of
those sections also has an Overview subsection that is particularly
useful for getting an overall feel for opportunities for hotels, sights,
etc. A Smart Travel Tips section provides information on Arriving &
Departing, Getting Around, and Contacts & Resources. You will also
find links to suggested itineraries for various lengths of time.
Additional Features links take you to information on When to Go,
Fodor’s Choice, and side trips and special topics relevant to the particular
city. For the unique flavor of a city, don’t pass up these special
topics links—for example, for Sydney, Australia, you may find an article
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Figure 2.1 Fodor’s Destinations page for Bangkok
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on “The Shocking Truth About Australian Wine,” and for Chicago,
Illinois, one on “Chicago’s Gangster Past.” Also take advantage of
links to Maps, Related Destinations, Weather, and Adventure Travel,
provided by Fodor’s partner sites, such as Weather.com.
In the Hotels section for any destination, look first at the Lodging
Overview link to get a feel for the overall lodging situation for the destination.
On a Hotels page, you will find a list of hotels with a price
range, a (Fodor’s) Guest Rating, and a Book It link. Click on the hotel
name to get a more detailed description of the hotel, an address, and
phone numbers. The details page may also provide individual ratings
and tremendously useful comments from travels themselves.
In the Restaurants section, check out the Overview subsection first,
which is designed just like the Hotels Overview section. From the
Overview, use the Go to Restaurants Listings link to get to names and
descriptions of restaurants.
Other Sections of Fodor’s
Links on Fodor’s main page (and at the top of most Fodor’s pages)
lead to sections for Hotels, Restaurants, Travel Wire, Talk, Booking,
and Bookstore. Fodor’s does a good job of integrating this variety of
content and provides multiple ways to get to a specific bit of information.
If you start with the Destinations section for a particular city, you
will find subsections for hotels, restaurants, etc. If you start with the
Hotels link on the main page, you are then led to a choice of destinations,
and so on. Whatever you choose as a starting point, in the end,
you get to the same information. Other main sections of Fodor’s that
deserve attention are:
• Travel Wire – This section alone would make Fodor’s a top
travel site. Here you will find brief articles (from the last few
months) by Fodor’s editors, arranged in categories such as,
Bargains and Packages, Festivals and Events, Fodor’s
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