DestinationSomewhere.com

A great site for researching Europe. Every country is listed, and then when you click on that country's link, there's a lot of good links to other sites that are specifically related to that country.

Hotels of the Rich and Famous reports on Celebrity sightings and interviews the stars about their upcoming projects and favorite places to stay.

Write-ups, articles, ideas, and general information

Articles and information that's more for the backpacking, outdoors and hostel crowd

There's some good information for currency conversion, business travel tools, & airport tools, but what I like best is the country by country information (but it's down towards the bottom of the page.)

More for the backpacking, outdoors crowd - Has great top 10 lists.

Write-ups, travel diaries, recommendations, etc. from the younger, more hostel crowd.

Another good source for researching a country

Travel Blogs and Resources to help you plan your trip

By state, by website.

Ratings from regular travellers for dining, lodging, and places all over the world. This is better for hotels and dining than Virtual Tourist.

Ratings from regular travellers for dining, lodging, and places all over the world. This is better for places than TripAdvisor.com.

From the geniuses who brought you wikipedia.com, comes this excellent source of information on places all over the world.

There are almost 250 listed here

Search by country to see which airlines fly there.

If an airport has a code, then it's on this site.

All the major airports in the world, and everything you ever wanted to know about them.

After you research your destination, use this checklist as you countdown to departure.

This site pays attention to the airfares of all the airlines, and then uses that to help YOU the CONSUMER predict the best time to buy. They're still in the beta mode, but should be fully up by the end of 2006.

This is a great site to day dream about that ultimate flying trip.

If you use airline miles for your flights, then this site will tell you all about the rules, regulations, current promotions, etc. for most of the major airlines.

Don't want to carry your luggage? Let this company take care of it all!

Ever wonder whom you're sitting next to on the airplane? What your seat is near by? What category your seat fits into? Well this site will answer these questions and more.

constantly updated with the latest and greatest information on every country.

Wondering what vaccinations you need? Where there's an outbreak? And how to be healthy while travelling? This is the site you need.

Of The World (Monthly Average Temperatures, Rainfall, etc. - great for future planning)

Here you bid on trips, hotels, airfare, cruises, etc., all at pretty good prices - IF you know what a good price is.

A FREE place to share your travel experiences (and read about others too).