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Travel Web Sites
"The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." ___from Mrs. Piozzi, "Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LLD [1786]"
• Currency Exchange and Language
• Locations and Necessities
• Transportation Methods
Welcome to our page of Web sites for travelers. This is the place to check the current weather predictions, make your reservations, and get information about places to visit if you are planning a visit to Washington, D.C. or planning a vacation. Note: All links going to other Web sites will open in another window if you have Javascript turned on. Otherwise, they will open in the current browser window.
Currency Exchange and Language
- 24 languages translating dictionaries and currency exchange converter
- For exchange rates from 1990 through yesterday:
164 Currencies Converter - Agora Languages Market
- Currency exchange rates for both Canadian and US dollars
- Foreign Languages for Travelers
- French-English Online Dictionary with 120,000 translations
- iLoveLanguages from Aboriginal to Yugoslav including Klingon
- Langenscheidt German language tools
- Language Learning Library resources for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
- Travalang's Online German–English Dictionary
Locations and Necessities
- Accessibility information about restaurants, museums, shopping malls, and other points of interest in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, see the Online Disability Information Resource.
- Assorted Travel information
- Canada
- Canadian Tax Refund Application for Nonresident Visitors
- China Today
- CityLink for Cities in Maryland
- CIA World Fact Book and related publications
- City cams around the world
- Cities of the U.S.
- Cities of the World
- Dirty Sole Society going barefoot everywhere
- District of Columbia (Washington, DC), Maryland, and Virginia tourist and government sites
- Globalbagtag track lost luggage online
- Lost Luggage treasures Unclaimed Baggage Center
- Maps
- Avis provides maps you can download and print
- Expedia Maps locate an address in the U.S.
- GIS Mapping Software
- How Far Is It? find the distance between two cities
- Landsat images of the United States
- Map collection
- Mapquest provide the address, get a map
- Yahoo city maps using street address or intersection or city, state
- Maryland: see Washington, DC metropolitan area connections part 2
- Travel-Library: Tips from other travelers Packing for a trip, travelogues, and travel information
- Photography How to take travel pictures like a pro
- Time Zone charts
- Calendar
- Date and Time Gateway for cities around the world
- Official U.S. Time
- USA Time Zone Map with current local times
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): World Time
- World Time Zones Both Military and Civilian Time Designations from A to Z
- World Time Zone map
- Traveler's Emergency Network (TEN) provides emergency evacuations, repatriation, and travel emergency assistance (this is not travel insurance; it is emergency help)
- Traveler's Insurance
- AAA Travel Insurance
- Travel Insurance AAA MidAtlantic login
- Is Travel Insurance Necessary?
- Travel questions, tips, and publications, U.S. State Department passports, visas, foreign adoptions, and tips for residents and nonresidents
- International Travel Warnings, U.S. State Department
- Unclaimed Baggage Center
- Virginia: see Washington, DC metropolitan area connections part 2
- Washington, DC tourist guide with information about the Washington, DC metropolitan area including Maryland, and Northern Virginia
- Washington, DC arts and living information from the Washington Post; see the "DC Visitor's Guide"
- WebCams
- Live Cams panda cam and horse cam
- Worldwide Webcams
- The World Wide Holiday and Festival Page
Transportation Methods
- AirNinja - search for the lowest fares using several different search engines
- Amtrak
- VIA train schedules
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Maryland Rail Commuter service (MARC)
- Virginia Railway Express (VRE)
- Union Station, Washington DC
- Area airports:
- Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
- College Park Airport (Airport 1), the world's oldest continually operating airport founded in 1909 for the Wright Brothers. Also visit the College Park Aviation Museum
- Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Bicycle Lane
- Cars
- ALLDATA's Automotive Repair Information
- Driving directions and mileage door-to-door and city-to-city in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.A.
- Edmund's New and Used Car Guide and Prices
- Kelly Blue Book used car value and new car pricing
- Rental Cars
- CDC Air and Cruise Ship Traveler's Health
- Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
- Federal Travel Directory
- Federal Traveler's Quick Reference Guide
- Greyhound Bus
- Highway Route Markers around the world
- Interstate road conditions and construction—nationwide
- Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
- Road Traveler shareware
- Speed Trap Exchange identifies speed traps in your state
- Subway Navigator (also see the current Metrorail map)
- Metro System Alerts & Elevator / Escalator information
- DC Street Closures
- DC Traffic Alerts
- Traffic Cameras in Montgomery County, Maryland for traffic conditions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
- Maryland, Montgomery Country traffic status
- Maryland Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (Chart)
- Arlington, Virginia Commuter Page
- Virginia Traffic & Travel
- Orbitz travel planner and flight tracker
- Travelocity travel reservations
- Travel-on travel reservations
- UK Road Traffic Signs
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