Great! You’ve found my Toolkit Page!
I will be posting valuable tools and websites to help you plan your trip and I will update these resources whenever I find something new and useful.
So here we go:
• To find cheap flights and flight related information:
Despegar.com, when traveling in the American Continent.
Momondo, when looking for flights in the whole world.
Kayak.com to find cheap flights in the US.
To find good seats in airplanes:
SeatGuru, the best seats in the aircrafts of most important airlines.
To find out how to work with airports:
ToAndFromTheAirport.com will help you know how to arrive and leave the most important airports in the world.
• To find the best and cheapest hotels:
TripAdvisor, check honest reviews from hotels and attractions all over the world.
Expedia.com, will help you find hotels, cruises and travel packages, along with flights.
• To find out the currency exchange rate:
XE, the best resource on the web, they have them all.
• To know when to go:
CuandoEnElMundo covers holidays and festivities of Latin American and popular countries.
MyCalendar.org, covers some more countries.
• To check the time difference:
TimeAndDate.com, is a fantastic resource, especially for people like me who get confused with summer hours.
• To estimate the weather:
Check the Wikipedia page for the city you’re going to be visiting.
And check Weather.com the previous days.
• To find tourist information:
Aside from searching online, my favourite source is iTunes, find Podcasts, Apps and iTunes U. There are massive amounts of free information for you to listen to or use with your iPod or mp3 player.
Another great tool is Schmap, where you can find free tour guides for a lot of interesting places!
• To find information about vaccines:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s website offers fantastic information, or, download the Healix Travel Vaccinations app for your iPhone.
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