Good website/blogs/forums for travel?

[FearoftheNight]

Do you guys know of any good sites/bogs/forums documenting, exploring, discussing,or providing regarding information regarding destinations and travel? Would love to hear what you guys are using!

 

[purbeast0]

there was one that i saw linked from this forum i think, that was about someone who went on a long trip through africa and documented it. they did like a big loop in some jeep. i believe it was on these forums within the past few weeks. it was pretty damn cool and i clicked around the forum and it had a forum dedicated to people documenting their own expiditions, pretty neat stuff.

i personally use tripadvisor though when i'm researching a vacation and have always had good experiences with it, simply because it's every day people like us that are on there giving advice and opinions.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I look at tripadvisor for ideas. Flyertalk is another one to check.

 

[Bardock]

x2 tripadvisor.com is what I have always used and I have been to several continents.

if going to a foriegn country it's best to get a paper travel book. They are cheap used and are very helpful.

oh yea, almost forgot:

flyertalk forums is the best place to learn how to get a deal on airfare.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I use tripadvisor when I travel. But I suspect everybody's already seen and familiar with it. Otherwise, review sites like Yelp can be handy as well if you are travelling and want to look for a restaurant or whatever for dinner.

 

[KeithTalent]

Yeah Tripadvisor is good and you can download city-specific apps which can be extremely useful when you are away. I used the Budapest one quite a bit while we were over there.

KT

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

i like rick steves website
good tips and some good itineraries.
http://www.reddit.com/r/travel is good and there's usually a subforum for whatever destination you're trying to go to.
Flyertalk forums.
tripadvisor is great also

 

[Svnla]

Trip Advisor is not bad, just need to be a skeptic on some of the posts.

Whenever I want to travel to certain country or region, I use Google to look up as much as I can about that country/region and learn from the natives.

 

[FearoftheNight]

what about travellerspoint?

 

[Exterous]

there was one that i saw linked from this forum i think, that was about someone who went on a long trip through africa and documented it. they did like a big loop in some jeep. i believe it was on these forums within the past few weeks. it was pretty damn cool and i clicked around the forum and it had a forum dedicated to people documenting their own expiditions, pretty neat stuff.

i personally use tripadvisor though when i'm researching a vacation and have always had good experiences with it, simply because it's every day people like us that are on there giving advice and opinions.

I think this is what you are talking about:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/50799-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Lubumbashi-to-Kinshasa

An Amazing read and well worth the time

 

[Exterous]

Do you guys know of any good sites/bogs/forums documenting, exploring, discussing,or providing regarding information regarding destinations and travel? Would love to hear what you guys are using!

I have found lonelyplanet and tripadvisor (don't forget their forums) to be pretty good and occasionally fodors. I've used some more specifically targeted sights like flyertalk and cruisecritic as well. Those tend to be amazingly well detailed for their specific niches.

 

[purbeast0]

I think this is what you are talking about:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/50799-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Lubumbashi-to-Kinshasa

An Amazing read and well worth the time

yep that was it.

that forum has a lot of cool reads on it too from other trips.

 

[RossMAN]

I look at tripadvisor for ideas. Flyertalk is another one to check.

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