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General

Tony's AwardTour
Travelocity.com - a great TravelPlanning Website
Lets Go - The Tour Guides
      - Lets Go - First Time Europe
Lonely Planet
Yahoo Travel - Contains Lone;y Planet Info on each place but no links
 

Airlines

QANTAS
Cathay Pacific
British Airways
American Airlines
 

Hostels

Hostelling International Home
Hostelling International USA
YHA Australia
Links to HI Sites around the World - http://www.iyhf.org/intro_iyhf_hostels_gb.html
Hostels.com - A net guide of All hostels

Exchange Rates

Currency Convertor - http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Currency Convertor & Timezone info - http://www.allworldmap.org/lookup.htm (a bit out of date exchange rates)

Circus

Cirque du soleil Website
'O' at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas and is the water basedshow.
Two shows nightly 7:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Dark Wednesdays and Thursdays. US $110.00 and US $90.00 (plus tax), 3 month ahead bookings.

Mystère is at TreasureIsland in Las Vegas
Two shows nightly 7:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Dark Mondays and Tuesdays.  US $80.00 (plus tax), 3 month ahead bookings.

La Nouba is at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
Shows are at 6:00 pm & 9:00 pm from Thursday to Monday.  6months ahead bookings and approx $70.
 


USA

Note: Baseball Proper Starts in April
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/By_Region/U_S__States/

Amtrak
Greyhound Buses - Get a 10% discount by using the web site to by tickets
Greyhound Canada
 

Seattle, Wasington State

Quickcoach - The coach we will use to get from Vancouver to Seattle
The Boeing EverettTour Center Home Also has a Was St Links page
Tours just over 1 hour long.  Can pre book tours.
Boeing Custom BusGeneral Information - A special Metrobus page for Boeingroutes

Seattle-King County Conventionand Visitors Bureau not that good but has the option to get a visitorsguide.
Seattle Home Page
WashingtonState -- Fun things to see and do
 
 
 

Las Vegas, Nevada

International Student Hostel
USA Hostels
Circus Circus
Alamo Car Hire
Yahoo- Las Vegas Casinos
MGM Grand Hotel - Allows online booking but seems to be more expensive than via a travel agent.
 
 

Grand Canyon, Arizona

AMFAC Hotels - The Company that runs where we are staying (Yavapai Lodge)

The Grand Canyon National Park Trip Planner - This place done by the National Park Service (NPS) and has got everything you need
Grand Canyon Official TourismPage
Aerial Tours to theGrand Canyon by Scenic Airlines

Grand Canyon - one day rafting (US$250)- http://www.rivers-oceans.com/
 
 

Chicago, Illinois

Accom
Arlington House - http://www.arlingtonhouse.com/
The New Hostelling International Hostel - http://www.hichicago.org/

Other
Official Tourism Site
The Trolley Tours are supposed to be good.

A good place to start when seeing what we want to do in Chicago
http://www.123chicago.com/sightseeing.htm

Water tower site http://www.wcwp.com/tour/water_tower.htm
http://www.123chicago.com/water-tower.htm

Wrigley Field - Home of the Chicago Cubs
Ice Hockey - Chicago Blackhawks - http://www.chicagoblackhawks.com/
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS VS CALGARY FLAMES
Sun, 4/7/02 7:00PM
 

Metro Ducks - Tours of Chicago on an Amphibious vehicle
 

comisky park

a time zone in chicago!!! called Disney Quest
55 East Ohio Street
(312) 222-1300
HOURS
Sun -Wed. 10am- 10pm;
Thurs. ­Sat.; 10am- Midnight

ADMISSION:
$16 00 limited plays card.
$34 00 unlimited plays card
 

Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lake Shore Dr.
312-939-2438
Admission: $11 adults; $9 children & seniors; children under 2 are free.
Admission to the Aquarium and Oceanarium is $11 adults, $9 children ages 3-11 and seniors, and is free to children under 3.  Admission to both the Aquarium and Oceanarium on Monday is $6 adults, $5 children ages 3-11 and seniors, and is free to children under 3. Admission to the Aquarium only on Monday is free to everyone.
The Aquarium advises visitors to purchase tickets in advance through Ticketmaster centers or Charge-By-Phone at 312-559-0200. For more information about the Shedd Aquarium, call 312-939-2438.
 
 

Toronto

A Portol for Toronto - http://www.toronto.com/ has a airport webport which has good info on the airport

Getting to and from the Airport

http://www.torontoairportexpress.com/
C$14.25pp one way
every 30min
approx 50min to bus terminal

Ontario public transport - http://www.gotransit.com
Airport page - http://www.gotransit.com/aboutgo/touristinfo.htm
TTC airport page - http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/service_to_airport.htm

Other
CN Tower
Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada

Accom
YHA in Canada -  http://www.hihostels.ca/
The Hostel - http://www.hihostels.ca/hostels/Ontario/GreatLakes/NiagaraFallsInternationalHostel/Hostels/index.html

Other
Portal linked by YHA -  http://discoverniagara.com/discover/
the dates for events happening around Niagra falls - http://www.tourismniagara.com/events/
Wine region - http://www.tourismniagra.com/wine_country/index.cfm
 
 

New York, New York State

Accom
BigApple Hostel

Transport
New York Airport (LGA) Travel details
- http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/lgtsfram.htm
- http://www.nyairportservice.com/
New York City Airport Guide

Other

NYC Links by Federal Reserve - http://www.ny.frb.org/nycinfo.html

Statue of Liberty
United Nations

Times Square
Broadway
The Garden
WWF New York
The Empire State Building

Central Park - walking tours run Tues - Sat

The World Trade Centre- Top Of The World - A portal to New York

McDonald's Home Page (longstory)
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Federal Reserve Bank - tours must be reserved in advance

Links from Fedral Reserve
American Museum of Natural History
Downtown Alliance
Forgotten New York
MapQuest
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Opera
Monsters of Wall Street
MTA Transit/Railroad Information
New York City - Official Site
New York City Ballet
New York City Dining - Zagat Survey
New York City Opera
New York City Weather
New York Philharmonic
New York Public Library
New York Road Runners
Playbill
Ticketmaster
 


UK

Visit UK Site - http://www.uktravel.com

Bus guide - http://www.GoByCoach.com
UK Rail Planner (no prices) - http://www.rail.co.uk/ukrail/planner/planner.htm
Another UK Train site (hard to use)- http://www.thetrainline.com/
 

Edinburgh - Scotland

Accom

Other
The Internet Guide to Scotland -  http://www.scotland-info.co.uk
 

Inverness - Scotland

Accom
Ardgowan B&B - Maria's Favourite £20 pp per nite

Iverness B&B's  - http://www.invernessbedandbreakfast.co.uk

Other
 

London

Accom
ISH - http://www.ish.org.uk/
Hostels.com - http://www.hostels.com/gb.en.lo.html -
Hyde Park Inn - http://www.hydeparkinn.com
 

Other
TNT Magazine - http://www.tntmagazine.com/uk/
 
 

Football

British Football Association - http://www.the-fa.org/
 


Europe

http://www.eurotrip.com/hostels
 


General Europe

Train Travel

www.raileurope.com

Rail schedules:
German Rail Guide - http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en.
Swiss Rail Guide - http://www.cff.ch - actual link is to the english site

Point-to-point fares: www.raileurope.com/us/rail/fares_schedules.index.htm.

Info on Rail Travel and Railpasses: www.eurorail.com.

Aussie Rail Sites
www.railplus.com.au
www.cittravel.com.au - note must use ie to view

Maps

Maps of Europe - mappy.co.uk
 


Locations

Barcelona

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Paris

Accom
MIJE (3 hostels) - www.mije.com - 23-27 euro per night with breeakfast - looks nice
Auberge Internationale des Jeunes - www.aijparis.com - 14 euros pppn with co-ed dorms and breakfast (10-3 lockout)
Aloha Hostel - www.aloha.fr - 4-8 people dorms
The Three Ducks Hostel - www.3ducks.fr -  11-5 lockout and 2am curfew
 

Other

Official French Tourism Site

Moulin Rouge
Tickets for the Moulin Rouge start at 520FF (£50) for the show and a half bottle of champagne. Or, 1020FF (£100) for the full dinner and show. (from TNT website)

Disneyland Paris - 35mins on public transport from Paris.  The rides seem similar to Magic Kingdom.
Entry in low season 27 euros (approx A$50)
Also in Spring 2002 Disney MGM Studios will be opening up.  Hopefully this will be open in time for us.  More info on the site for this in Jan 2002.
 
 

Brugge

Accom
 

Other

Brugges website - http://www.flanderstourist.be/EN/

- http://www.Brugge.be/toerisme/en/index.htm
 
 

Amsterdam

Accom
The Flying Pig

Other
 
 

Berlin

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Prague

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Vienna

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Munich

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Florence

Accom
 

Other
 
 

Rome

Accom
Colors Hotel - http://www.colorshotel.com - North of the Vatican

Other
 
 
 
 


Removed Places

 

San Francisco, California

The Official Home of The San Fancisco49ers
Golden Gate Bridge
PIER 39
 

Orlando, Florida


Walt DisneyWorld

Universal Studios - Orlando
Includes the themepark, the citywalk, etc

VisitKennedy Space Center
Proposed Launches
Target launch date/time -- March 21, 2002, TBD - Atlantis
Target launch date/time -- April 18, 2002, TBD - Endeavour
Target launch date/time -- NET May 23, 2002, TBD - Colombia
 


Turkey - ANZAC Day

YHA Hostel info:  www.yucelthostel.com (has an ANZAC Day page)
ANZAC House Youth Hostel is situated in Çanakkale, Turkey and runs its own tours

Aust Emabassy info on ANZAC Day
General Info - http://www.embaustralia.org.tr/anzac/anzac.htm
A warning - http://www.embaustralia.org.tr/anzac/anzacdayatgallipoli.htm
 


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