The inte rnet has a variety of interesting and useful websites for the traveler. Here are a few that you may want to visit before you leave home on your next trip.
Airport Ratings
Ever wonder what an airport will be like? Which airports are the best or the worst? There is a website that rates airports, Atlarge.com. Designed for business travelers to help them find places to connect to the internet or recharge their electronic devices, this website also provides other useful information about airports. They offer ratings on which airports have the best food, which are best for wi-fi connections, have the most comfortable chairs, best value, and best cellular usage. So if you have a long layover at particular airport and want the low down, visit atlarge.com to see how the airport rates.
Tourist Traveler Online Information Destination Guides
Looking for useful information about a destination? Check out Tourist Travelers online Destination Guides. This website contains destination guides for nearly every country and most cities. There is a general overview of each city, links to top rated attractions, restaurants ratings and links, photos of the destination and links to hotel booking. The reviews and ratings of the attractions and restaurants are done by Trip Advisor members who have actually been there and they are not all glowing. Some of the information is brief and the site is text based but it is helpful when planning your trip.
Elevate Destinations
Want to make a difference when you travel and still visit interesting places? Why not take a trip with Elevate Destinations, “theme based donor travel for independent philanthropists”. The good news is you don’t have to be independently wealthy to participate in one of their trips. Working with international NGO’s, Elevate Destinations donates a percentage of the trip costs to the host country helping to benefit environmental preservation and community development. So if you want to go beyond the tourist trip and participate in “responsive travel” take your next vacation with Elevate Destinations.
