Originally Posted by negz

Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/

Reviews airports specifically for sleeping conditions. Whether the seats without the armrests are in the arrival or departure section. What's the condition of bathrooms. Will security bother you. ETC.

Originally Posted by r3vVy

General Travel Guides, Comparison Sites & Advice

http://wiki.stealthiswiki.org/wiki/Table_of_Contents
Steal this Wiki: Info on free transportation, free food, free housing, and plenty of other things you would never have thought of. [nshanin]

Bootsnall (http://www.bootsnall.com/)
very large travel community, great forum. deals mostly with moderate budget travel. [Captain Asshat]

Virtual Tourist (http://www.virtualtourist.com/)
firsthand advice from travelers in pretty much any town/city/country on the planet. everyone from rich yacht types to dumpster divers posts their info here. [Captain Asshat]

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/
National Geographic Traveler: Plenty of stuff on whatever destination you desire, mostly out of the way and quite expensive things, but interesting stuff as well (like a whole page on free things to do in Paris).[nshanin]

Digihitch (http://www.digihitch.com/)
excellent site for ultra budget campers, homeless, survivalists, hitchhikers, train hoppers, ect. this site is for anyone who admires Jack Kerouac. [Captain Asshat]

Student Universe (http://www.studentuniverse.com)
Aifare, rail and hostel deals for students. (US only I believe)

IgoUgo (http://www.igougo.com/)
Offers rate comparisons, reviews, and photos. [Euda]

Lonelyplanet (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/)
(no review yet)

Letsgo (http://www.letsgo.com/)
(no review yet)

Travel Lite (http://www.travelite.org/)
(no review yet)

Traveller's Point (http://www.travellerspoint.com/)
(no review yet)

Hobo Traveller (http://www.hobotraveler.com/)
(no review yet)


Gap Year Placements

Gap Adventures (http://www.gapadventures.com/)
Adventure tours throughout the world. National Geographic considers them to be one of the top organizations in the world for this sort of thing. [Euda]


Travel Experiences & Pictures

Why Go (http://www.whygo.com/)
a basic website where travelers submit their travel photos, quotes, or anything that inspires them. nice photo archive. [Captain Asshat]

Originally Posted by r3vVy

Places To Stay / Accomodation

Hospitality Club (http://www.hospitalityclub.org/)
an excellent resource for free accommodation all over the planet with everyone from students to grandmothers. takes several weeks to register, but this place is invaluable. [Captain Asshat]

Couch Surfing (http://www.couchsurfing.com/)
a very similar website to the one above, though it's had some issues with website administration and is having to rebuild it's user list. [Captain Asshat]

Helpx (http://www.helpx.net/)
probably the best resource i know of, and one that is highly important to my style of travel. here, you pay a small fee for access to farms all over the world that will give you room/board in return for some manual labor. [Captain Asshat]

Wwoof (http://www.wwoof.org/)
the original inspiration for the above website. more people use this, but it's more expensive and you have to pay for a listing of farms for each country. [Captain Asshat]


Hostels:
Hostel Bookers (http://www.hostelbookers.com/)
Hostel World (http://www.hostelworld.com/)
Hi Hostels (http://www.hihostels.com/)

Originally Posted by r3vVy

How To Get Around

Car Rental
Avis (http://www.avis.co.uk/)
Hertz (http://www.hertz.co.uk/)


Rail
National Rail (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/) - For UK train maps, times and fares.
Amtrak (http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage) For US train maps, times and fares. [nshanin]
Oyster Cards (https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do) - To travel around the London Underground more easily and cheaper.
Eurostar (http://www.eurostar.com/) - For inter-european rail travel
Trans-Siberian Railway Info (http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm)

Buses/Coaches
Greyhound (http://www.greyhound.com/home/) (US)
National Express (http://www.nationalexpress.com/) (UK)

Cheap North American Airlines
Travelocity (http://www.travelocity.com/)
Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com/)
Priceline (http://www.priceline.com/)
Airtreks (http://www.airtreks.com/)
Sta Travel (http://www.statravel.com/) Cheap domestic/international deals for US students

Hotwire (http://www.hotwire.com/)
Great if you can be real flexible about your flight times, and have no real hotel preferences. If you can fly on a red-eye, you'll save beaucoup $$$ [AngryFemme]

http://www.flysunwing.com/
This is a Canadian travel agency that offers flights across Canada and to sun destinations. They have the option of payment plans, so it can be a useful agency. [Euda]


Cheap Inter-European Airlines
Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com/) - The cheapest European airline company.
Easyjet (http://www.easyjet.com/)
Aer Lingus (http://www.aerlingus.com/)
Wizz Air (http://wizzair.com/default.asp?slid=clear&language=EN) - Good for UK - Poland flights.


International Airlines
Farecast (http://www.farecast.com) A 'smart' flight comparer which tries to predict future flight prices.
Travel Supermarket (http://www.travelsupermarket.com) (For UK)
Fly Zoom (http://www.flyzoom.com) (For USA, Canada)
Flight Centre (http://www.flightcentre.ca/) (For Canada)
Airtreks (http://www.redtag.ca%5DRedtag%5B/url%5D%20%28Canada%29%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%5BURL=%22http://www.airtreks.com/) (For USA)


Other Methods

Squat The Planet (http://www.squattheplanet.com%22)
a fairly interesting website dealing with people who travel by any means necessary, legal or otherwise. [Captain Asshat]

Air Courier Travel (http://www.courier.org/) - For those interested in travelling as a courier

Originally Posted by sybil

Well, I'm not gonna delete your old thread because alot of other people made usefull posts in that, but I will merge them both together.