Internet Tips & Tricks
By MARK DAVIS
General Manager, CommSpeed Internet Service
President, Prescott Computer Society
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 Travel Sites
Let’s hit the road!
The
Internet offers a wealth of information you can use to
plan your travel. You can visit these sites to
plan for your next business trip or the holiday of a
lifetime.
There are thousands of Websites where you can make
airline, hotel, and rental car reservations.
The most
popular are: www.travelocity.com,
www.expedia.com,
and www.orbitz.com.
www.familytravelguides.com - This site offers up
some useful and important information for taking
toddlers on vacation, as well as tips for traveling with
teens and the elderly. There are also a variety of tips
on safety, health and having a good time.
www.fodors.com -
Fodors has decades of experience as a travel publication
and their website is like an online travel agency. From
this site, you can book a flight, reserve hotel rooms,
rent a car or even book a cruise. Also, learn about
special bargains and one-of-a-kind trips.
www.intellicast.com
- Pack appropriately before you go on your trip. Check
out this site for updated weather reports from around
the globe. Intellicast is an excellent online resource
for up-to-the-minute weather info, with complete
five-day forecasts, current conditions, temperatures,
radar imagery and more. Log on right before you head to
the airport or get in your car to find out whether it's
pouring or sunny at your destination.
www.mapquest.com -
MapQuest can map a route from just about any place in
America to the next. It gives detailed door-to-door
directions.
www.freetrip.com
-
This
easy-to-use site has everything a traveler needs. It
can plot specific routes from point-to-point and give
you current driving conditions. Then you can browse
through hotels, restaurants and attractions located at
your destination.
You
can also simply go to a search engine such as
www.google.com and
search for your destination. I did a search for “Las
Vegas hotel discounts” and got 39,200 links!
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