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Spotlight
Frommer’s Travel Guides
Lonely Planet Travel Guides
BBC Travel Destinations
CNN Travel Destinations
Resources
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General
Portal
Travel Center (Martindale’s Reference Desk)
Travel Information (Refdesk)
Travel Resources (Infoplease)
Travelers Aid International
Dictionary
travel : to go on or as if on a trip or tour : journey — Webster
OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements. — Wikipedia
Introduction
Lonely Planet (YouTube Channel)
Lonely Planet Travel Guides (Official Site)
Fodor’s Travel Guides
Conde Nest Traveler
Wikitravel: The Free Travel Guide
Wikivoyage: The Free Worldwide Travel Guide
Search
Preservation
History
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
Participation
Education
Course
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Blog
Travel With Bender
Explore with Kenneth
News
New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, CNN Travel, NPR Archives
Travel & Vacations Magazines (Magazines.com)
Book
Government
Travel Information (US Department of State)
Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets (US Department of State)
For Travelers (Department of Homeland Security)
Traveler’s Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Document
Expression
Adventure & Travel (TED Talk Channel)
Fun
Humor
15 funniest travels books ever written (Chuck Thompson, CNN Travel)
Hobby
Ten Reasons Why Traveling Should be Everyone’s Favorite Hobby (The Odyssey Online)
Turn your favorite hobby into a vaction (Ed Hewitt, NBC News)
Arts
Travel Photography Tips (National Geographic)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Music
Rumor
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