The Williamsburg Regional Library

Travel Resources on the Library's Homepage

· Go to the library's homepage

Click on "Information Resources"
Click on "Recommended Websites"
Click on "Travel"
General Travel Information
United States Travel
Family Travel
Accommodations
Restaurants
Air Travel
Trains and Buses
Cruises
Car Rental
Road Maps
Government Information
Newspapers
Weather
Foreign Languages
Money
Home Exchanges

Using One Stop Shopping Sites

(Keep in mind that bookings made through these sites may be immediately charged to your credit card and are non-refundable.)

www.expedia.com

flights

type in destination and dates of travel
expedia lists various airlines and prices
not all airlines are represented

hotels
cars
vacation packages
cruises
activities
deals and packages
maps

www.orbitz.com

flights
hotels
cars
cruises
vacations

Searching Airlines

· Southwest Airlines

www.southwest.com
reservations
schedules
special offers
travel center
print boarding pass
beginning 12:01 am day of departure up to one hour prior to departure.

MapQuest

· www.mapquest.com

Find It
Yellow Pages
Maps
Directions

Bed and Breakfasts

· Bed and breakfast.com

o www.bedandbreakfast.com

o Links to several sites of interest to innkeepers and travelers.

· InnSite: The Internet Director of Bed and Breakfasts

o http://www.innsite.com/

o An online directory of Bed and Breakfasts around the world. InnSite provides free Internet listings to B&B operators.

· The Register – Directory of Bed and Breakfasts

o http://travelassist.com/reg/

o A directory of over 850 Bed and Breakfasts, Inns and small hotels. The majority are in the US and Canada.

Cruise Ships

· www.expedia.com

Database: An organized collection of information that can be accessed through a computer network.

Directory: A catalog of sites by subject.

Dragging: The process of moving an object by clicking on it with the left mouse button, &, while holding the button down, move the object to its desired location & release.

E-mail: Electronic messages sent between computers that are connected on a network.

HTML: (HyperText Markup Language) A set of commands & rules for encoding files on the Internet.

Home Page: Usually the first page you see at a Web site, it is the site's main page.

Hyperlinks: Text or images on a Web page that link you to another web page or a different part of the same page. Hyperlinks are usually underlined & a different color than other text on the same page, & the mouse cursor will change into a pointed finger when you place the mouse over them.

Internet: A diverse set of interlinked world-wide computer networks.

Mouse: A hand held input device that allows users to point & click to make selections on the screen

Search Engine: A software program that searches for information on the Internet based on your search criteria. Two examples are Yahoo ( www.yahoo.com ) & Google ( www.google.com ).

URL: ( Universal Resource Locator) An address on the Internet. You type a URL into your browser to visit a website. An example is www.wrl.org.

Web Browser: A software program for viewing & accessing information on the World Wide Web. Netscape Navigator & Internet Explorer are the most widely used & popular Web Browsers today.

World Wide Web: The largest collection of information available online through the Internet