Archive-name: travel/online-info THE INTERNET'S TOP COLLECTIONS OF ON-LINE TRAVEL INFORMATION Rec.travel Library ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/home.html The Rec.Travel Library at ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca is a collection of travelogues, guides, and FAQs written by volunteers on the net. It began as an archive site for the rec.travel newsgroup, and emphasizes personal advice, recommendations, and opinions, providing a different perspective from that given by many travel books. Approximately 15 MB of documents are stored locally; information is organized geographically and includes pointers to other information available on the net. Users close to Singapore may want to use the Technet mirror site: gopher://gopher.technet.sg:2100/11/pub/NUS/misc/travel Gopher: solomon.technet.sg... Technet... Visit Our... NUS... misc... travel... Ftp: Connect to solomon.technet.sg and look in /pub/NUS/misc/travel GNN Travel Centre http://nearnet.gnn.com/meta/travel/index.html A good collection of pointers to information available all over the Internet. It features up-to-date currency exchange rates, pointers to many resources, and regular columns by professional and amateur travel writers. These include the World Travel Watch weekly column by the editors of the Travelers' Tales books, James O'Reilly and Larry Habegger, a series of reports sent back by two people currently travelling around the world ( Big World), and several others. Depending on where you are, you may get better network performance through one of the mirror sites: * Canada http://www.wimsey.com/gnn/meta/travel/index.html * Germany http://www.germany.eu.net:8000/gnn/meta/travel/index.html * Ireland http://www.iol.ie/gnn/meta/travel/index.html * Japan http://www.ntt.jp/gnn/meta/travel/index.html OTHER ONLINE TRAVEL INFORMATION RESOURCES This list includes services operated by travel agencies and tour operators and is provided as a free public service to the Internet community. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement by the maintainer of this archive, the University of Manitoba, the members of rec.travel, or anyone else. Submissions and corrections welcome, please send me mail Arctic Adventours http://www.oslonett.no/data/adv/AA/AA.html A Norwegian tour operators specializing in expeditions / explorations in the Arctic. CIA World Factbook The CIA World Factbook contains detailed statistics and factual information about every country in the world. Here are a few of the many sites where it is available: + ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu//pub/etext/etext93/world93.txt + ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu//pub/etext/etext93/world93.zip + http://www.stat-usa.gov/BEN/NTDB/Wofact.html + gopher://info.umd.edu:901/11/inforM/Educational_Resources/Gove rnment/International/Factbook93 + ftp://relay.cs.toronto.edu/doc/geography/world-factbook.Z Canadian Himalayan Expeditions http://www.netpart.com/che/brochure.html A tour operator offering small-group adventure expeditions to exotic destinations. Costa Travel Online http://mmink.cts.com/mmink/kiosks/costa/costatravel.html An online service of a San Diego based travel agency. Explore! Cruises & Expeditions / The Avid Explorer http://www.explore.com A full-service travel agency based in North Carolina. Hotels_Plus ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/jchase/html/info.html Hotels_Plus, a USA-based tour operator, offers over 4000 hotel locations throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, and over 1600 auto rental locations in 22 European countries. Consumer Reports Travel Letter has named Hotels_Plus "Best Buy" in 1992, 1993, and 1994. Moon Travel Handbooks gopher://gopher.moon.com:7000 Moon Travel Handbooks has a gopher server with travel information of their own and from other sources. Mountain Travel * Sobek The famous adventure travel company which offers over 1000 departures to seven continents, seven seas, and seven summits. From nature tours to adventure cruises, we specialize in the active outdoor experience. Based in California. Omni-Cultural Academic Resource gopher://gopher.stolaf.edu/11/Internet%20Resources/St.%20Olaf%2 0Sponsored%20Mailing%20Lists/Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource A collection of information with an international cultural bent. RV Listserv A mailing list for discussion of RVing and travelling over the road. We hope to eventually establish a rec.travel.rv newsgroup or expand the range of alt.rv. To subscribe, send the one-line email message "sub rv Your Real Name" (example: sub rv Rich Ervin) to listserv@microimages.com. Maintained by Rich Ervin, rervin@microimages.com. Soc.Culture FAQs ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/soc/culture Many of the soc.culture newsgroups have a FAQ which includes some travel information, or contact people. Travel-L mailing list A mailing list for discussing travel questions. (If you have Usenet access, this list is gatewayed to bit.listserv.travel-l. Also check out the rec.travel newsgroup.) To subscribe, send mail to listserv@trearn.bitnet with only the line "subscribe travel-l firstname lastname", substituting your own first and last names. The list is archived; send the message "index travel-l" to see what months are available. Send the message "help" for more information on listserv commands. _________________________________________________________________ Maintained by Brian_Lucas@umanitoba.ca -- Brian Lucas .