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Subject Guides - Travel Internationally
These Library items and helpful Internet sites provide assistance
in researching international travel. These Internet sites are
not connected with the Oak Park Public Library. A bookmark detailing
where each country's travel section can be found on the shelves
is available at the Information Services Desk on the Third Floor
of the Main Library.
General Guidebooks
The Library owns a broad array of guidebooks including Fodor's,
Frommer's, Michelin, Lonely Planet, Footprint,
Rick Steves', Moon Handbooks, Bradt, Baedeker,
Adventure Guides, Passport Guides, Rough Guides,
Let's Go, etc., but look further. We have an intentionally
wide and interesting variety of other guidebooks for international
travel destinations, including:
Cadogan Guides This excellent British series covers
destinations from the Amazon to Venice. The Library owns almost
80 titles in this popular series.
DK Eyewitness Guides This is a real favorite for the
photos and descriptions.
For Dummies The series covers France, Ireland, Spain,
and more; great introductory books.
Ulysses Guides These guides are especially strong in
the western hemisphere and South America.
A Few of Many Specialty Travel Books
1000 Places to See Before You Die 910.2 SCH
100 Things to Do Before You Die 910.2 FRE
Pick up these and other similar titles if you can't decide where
to go, what to do.
Art/Shop/Eat
This series addresses shopping and eating well in European destinations.
Culture Shock!
This is a series on understanding and adapting to other cultures.
Karen Brown's [insert country]
These books detail exquisite bed and breakfasts in Europe.
Molvania: a land untouched by modern dentistry
For a laugh, get to know Molvania!
Taking a Gap Year 910.2 GRI
Gap Year 910.2 GAP
These books offer help for those who can do it or love just
thinking about it!
Traveling Solo 910.202 BER
Get many vacation ideas for traveling solo.
Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely
Can't Get Unless You're Over 50, 2005-2006 Edition 910.202
HEI
Vagabonding: an uncommon guide to the art of long-term world
travel 910 POT
Volunteer Vacations 910.2 MCM
Read descriptions of opportunities all over the world.
And be sure to read Budget Travel: vacations for real people
- a great new magazine from the Frommer's folks. Current issues
are located on the Second Floor of the Main Library. Back issues
are on the Third Floor of the Main Library.
Reference Books
Although not available for check-out the Reference Shelves also
have useful resources, including:
Craighead's International Business, Travel, and Relocation
Guide to 90 Countries REF 910.292 CRA
These two volumes offer in-depth coverage of the life that locals
and expats lead in these foreign countries; invaluable insights
into cultures, too.
Literature of Travel and Exploration: an encyclopedia
REF 910.4 LIT
These three volumes focus on locales and writers and provides
great contextual data for potential travelers.
Internet Sites for the Basics
About Passports and Visas
US
Department of State provides everything you need to know
about getting a passport, visas, and necessary documents. It
also has extensive international travel information. Note: the
local Oak Park passport office is in the Main Post Office at
901 Lake Street.
Health Issues
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention offers specific destination
health information regarding suggested and required vaccinations,
shots, local outbreaks, etc.
General Travel Information
USA.gov is the government's
official web portal. Scroll down the
Travel
and Recreation page to the International Travel section
for a vast source of information.
Internet Sites for Tickets and Fares
The old standby, established leaders:
Expedia Travel is easy
to use and packed with content and services.
Orbitz offers a broad
selection of fares, allows for time-flexible fare searching,
and lots of packages.
Travelocity is full-service,
with customer service available around the clock. Especially
strong with cruises.
And some excellent new entries:
Kayak.com allows you to
search for round-trip or one-way flights.
QIXO is another new airfare
search engine.
SideStep also offers
bargain fares from multiple airlines.
Internet Sites for Hotel, Hostel, and Other Lodging
In addition to the ticketing sites above which include extensive
lodging information, try these alternative possibilities for lodging:
Hostelling International USA is an easy,
complete site for hostels (for all ages) all over the world.
Vacation Rentals
offers home and apartment rentals.
Bed and Breakfast Inns Online
lists bed and breakfasts world-wide.
Global Freeloaders
is a different, cheap, interesting approach!
Internet Forums for Planning Trips
Many people planning a trip find forums very helpful. To use
a forum, go to the website, find your location of interest, and
read the relevant postings. This is a great way to exchange ideas,
learn from those who have been there, get a local's perspective,
share hard-earned insights, etc.
Fodor's Travel Guides
The Independent
Traveler
Rick Steves' Europe Through
the Back Door
Family Travel Forum
Lonely Planet
Thorn Treel Travel Forum
Travellerspoint
A Few of Many Interesting Specialty Internet Sites
There are thousands of special travel websites. Here are a few:
Accessible Travel
has information for travelers with disabilities.
GORP focuses on natural
and wildlife parks everywhere.
Archaeological Tours
is a site for the archaeologically/anthropologically inclined.
Epiculinary is a
portal site for cooking-related tours, classes, etc.
Horseback Riding
Vacations offers vacations and tours for the horse-lovers
among us.
Earthwatch Institute
offers volunteer vacations all over the world.
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