In order to make the best decisions, be informed and educated about your time travelling you must use a variety of resources. Here we have compiled a list of helpful websites, books and magazines to help you. Just be forewarned, the content from these sites/publications is not necessarily endorsed by zippee.info.
Accommodations
Travel Info
Rail Passes
Camping Europe
Stores to Buy Items at
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Travel Info
www.STA.com
The Student Travel Agency. They provide discount plane flights, hotels, hostels, railpasses along with information and resources for travel. Check their site frequently to catch some great deals!
US Passport Info
Visit the U.S. Governments site for renewing, attaining or editing a passport.
www.ricksteves.com
Rick Steves is one of the leading authorities for travel. He has been traveling for over 35 years and has written numerous publications on travel. His site has tons of information on accomidations, culutres, history, travel plans, itineraries, flights, trains and more. Most of Rick Steves site is centered on Europe.
www.lonelyplanet.com
Lonely Planet is another company that has been producing travel publications for many years. With hundreds of authors and having been in business for over 30 years Lonely Planet is a great travel authority. Check out their site for destination information, guidebooks, railpasses and more. Lonely Planet's info focuses on several countries around the world and is a great resource for any traveller.
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Accommodations
www.hostels.com
Hostels.com has thousands of hostels registered online that you can review, contact and book through them. It's a great resource to use, but make sure you do your research... not all "hostels" on the site are actual hostels.
www.hihostels.com
Hostelling Internationl is the largest hostelling company in the world. With over 4000 hostels maintained and run by Hostelling International it is a safe bet for any traveller. Plus all HI hostels have to meet their 5 standards, Welcome, Comfort, Cleanliness, Security, and Privacy.
www.hotels.com
Hotels.com is similar to Hostels.com but for hotels instead. It lists tens of thousands of hotels around the world with reviews, pricing, and booking information on the site. For all you hotel needs visit Hotels.com
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Rail Passes
www.railpass.com
Railpass.com provides rail passes for sale along with information on passes for the U.S. and Europe.
www.eurail.com
Eurail.com provides passes for sale and information on passes specifically for European countries.
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Camping
www.karmabum.com
KarmaBum Cafe is an easy to use website on travelling Europe via camp groungs. They have info on campgrounds, needed supplies along with an option to rent camping gear.
www.campingcompass.com
Camping Compass is a great site to find campsites in Europe. They have specific info on European campsites along with info on things such as transportation and needed gear.
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Stores to buy Items At
www.nextadventure.net
Next Adventure is a great store located in Portland, OR with a new web store. The online store only has a few items but if you can get to the retail store it's amazing. They sell new and used items. The new items are often closeouts at huge discounts. They sell high quality gear from Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Outdoor Research, Sherpa, Cloudveil, Gregory Packs, Lowe Alpine, Mont-Bell, Lafuma, Salomon, La Sportiva, Black Diamond, Osprey and more.
