TRAVEL & TRANSPORT
Buying holidays & flights
Expedia
www.expedia.co.uk
Book hotel and flights separately or as packages, and look out for the Expedia ‘special rates’. Great travel guides, too.
Cheapflights
www.cheapflights.co.uk
Click the letter corresponding to your destination to view the cheapest scheduled flights from hundreds of airlines.
Lastminute
www.lastminute.com
Beautifully designed travel booking site where you can also book a night out, hire a car, buy a gift experience or even play bingo.
Travelocity
www.travelocity.co.uk
Book flights, city breaks and more at this neat site.
Holiday guides
Real Holiday Reports
www.realholidayreports.com
Get the inside info on your destination from people who’ve been there before.
Frommer’s Community
www.frommers.com/community
Friendly, informative message boards full of useful links.
Net Cafes
www.netcafes.com
Global database of internet cafes and access points.
The Man in Seat Sixty-One
www.seat61.com
Get off the plane and gen up on travelling by train and ship.
Rough Guides
www.roughguides.com
Includes a forum and travellers’ journals.
Route planners
Maporama
www.maporama.com
Search for the quickest and easiest way to get from A to B, anywhere in Europe.
AA Route Planner
www.theaa.com
Check out the handy driving cost calculator.
Map 24
www.map24.co.uk
Stylish interactive itineraries, plus printable mini-maps for each step.
Get Me There
www.getmethere.co.uk
Traffic updates and route planning, backed by Toyota.
Transport for London Journey Planner
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
Find the fastest way across the capital.
Timetables & tickets
National Rail Enquiries
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Plan ahead by checking train times, and stay up-to-date with the Live Departure Board and Today’s Train Running section.
Transport for London
www.tfl.gov.uk
All the info on London’s public transport system, with routes, maps and online tickets sales.
Qjump
www.qjump.co.uk
Times, tickets and reservations for mainland UK trains.
National Express
www.nationalexpress.com
Book tickets for coach travel from as little as £1.
Currency conversion & translation
XE Currency Converter
www.xe.com/ucc
From dollars to dong, up-to-the-minute exchange rate calculations.
Online FX
www.onlinefx.co.uk
Commission-free currency or travellers’ cheques.
Babel Fish
http://babelfish.altavista.com
Basic online instant translation tool.
Buying homes abroad
Property Abroad
www.property-abroad.com
Search engine for buying or renting in 42 countries.
C4 Homes Buying Abroad
www.channel4.com/4homes/buyingabroad
Clear but comprehensive info from the home of A Place in the Sun.
Find A Property: Europe
www.findaproperty.com/coun0005.html
On a budget? £5,500 will get you a 3-bedroom house in Elhovo, Bulgaria. With outside toilet.
Cars & bikes
London Cycling Campaign
www.lcc.org.uk
Maps, bike shops and info for making the Big Smoke less smoky.
Auto Trader UK
www.autotrader.co.uk
New and used cars, plus loans, news, road tests and competitions.
Top Gear
www.topgear.com
A petrol-head’s bible, packed with videos and reviews.
The Ugliest Cars in Britain
www.uglycars.co.uk
What’s wrong with the Austin Allegro?
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