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Information: Country Advice, Health/Vaccines, Weather, Currency, Time, WIFI, International Dialing Codes etc
Advice & Health by Country
Travel Advice by Country:
source: Foreign Office (UK)
Vaccination and malaria info
for your destination:
source: NHS (UK)
source: CDC(US)
Visa needed? + Customs Rules
Entry Requirements ("Visa") and Customs information for:
Visa Info notes: You will need passport details (expiry date etc affect entry requirements)
Customs Info Notes: Items you can and cannot take into, or out of, a country
Plus info on entry requirements for your Pets
Disclaimer: This form opens IATA's visa widget. Although IATA is most trusted source of worldwide Visa/Customs information, errors happen; so you should confirm its advice with the relevant countries embassy.
This tool is still under test.
Country Phone Code & Map
International Dial Code & Map for:
International Telephone Code: 33
Country: France
Capital City: Paris
Country: France
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Capital City: Paris
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Currency Converter
(data source - Google API)
Weather by City
5 Day Weather Forecast
* Place names are not unique; try these formats: paris paris,fr paris,tx bath bath,uk bath,en bath,somerset bath,ohio bath,oh bath,canada
* Place names are not unique; try these formats: paris paris,fr paris,tx bath bath,uk bath,en bath,somerset bath,ohio bath,oh bath,canada
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WIFI Hotspot Locator
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Time: how far ahead or behind?
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* Place names are not unique; try these formats: paris paris,fr paris,tx
bath bath,uk bath,en bath,somerset bath,ohio bath,oh bath,canada
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Emergencies & Embassy Finder
Emergencies:
Find a British Embassy or Consul
(official FCO data - full details including map & web address)
enter a country or city:
Find an Embassy
(basic information - source embassyworld.com)
Find a British Embassy or Consul
(official FCO data - full details including map & web address)
enter a country or city:
Find an Embassy
(basic information - source embassyworld.com)
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Search/Compare Prices: Flights, Hotels, Car Hire, Travel Insurance price comparison, Hostel Search, and other useful links:
Flights price comparison
Compare prices from 660 airlines and booking sites; and click through to book on the airline/operators own website.
- Identifies connecting flights missed by others.
- Includes low-cost airlines ignored by other comparison sites.
To search a range of dates we recommend Skyscanner.
Great for flexible dates. Over 600 airlines, tour operators and booking sites. Winner of the travel industry Travolution award for best price comparison for 2 years in a row.
Hotels price comparison
Compare prices from hundreds of booking sites and hotel chains. 1.5 Million reviews, descriptions, pictures and maps.
Sites searched include:
Search for Hostels
Hostelbookers.com click expand to see why we chose them:
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Hostelbookers is one of the major Hostel Booking sites. We like it because of the number of hostels and reviews available. it does not charge you a booking fee. Research by Reed Business Insight indicated it
was on average 8.7% cheaper than Hostelworld, its closest rival.
See this review for our analysis of the pros and cons of the major hostel booking sites. We have chosen to affiliate with Hostelbookers.
See this review for our analysis of the pros and cons of the major hostel booking sites. We have chosen to affiliate with Hostelbookers.
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Group Bookings: Hostelbookers can also arrange accommodation for any type of group (including junior school, college, sport, stag, hen etc).
Book Groups with Hostelbookers.comSearch holidays, tours & adventures
1. Search 16 sites at once
Including Thomas Cook, easyJet Holidays and Cosmos. Popular Summer, Winter and city break holidays. Self catering to all inclusive.
* other types of holiday: see 2 (below)
2. Search trips and tours
Use our trips and tours search page to compare tours from nearly one hundred travel sites.
Including Thomas Cook, easyJet Holidays and Cosmos. Popular Summer, Winter and city break holidays. Self catering to all inclusive.
* other types of holiday: see 2 (below)
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2. Search trips and tours
Use our trips and tours search page to compare tours from nearly one hundred travel sites.
- Thousands of tours with reviews.
- All types: sightseeing, cultural, historic, activity and adventure.
- from a few hours to many months.
- e.g. historic Rome, Amalfi Coast, Kayak in Costa Rica, India by rail, trek to Everest base camp.
Travel Insurance
Available Worldwide
World Nomads - available to residents of 150 countries. Recommended by Lonely Planet. Note: it is not a comparison site.
World Nomads - available to residents of 150 countries. Recommended by Lonely Planet. Note: it is not a comparison site.
Travel Insurance. Simple & Flexible.
Car Hire price comparison
Most "price comparison" sites are really brokers; your contract is with them (see this article on Car Hire pitfalls).
Carrentals.Co.Ukg(17953066)a(1820317))
is a true comparison site - to book you are transferred to the website of the car hire company/broker you selected.
Search 50 companies including agents such as Hertz & Budget as well as brokers such as Ebookers.
Note: we think the form on Carrentals's own site is easier to use than this one.
Carrentals.Co.Uk
Search 50 companies including agents such as Hertz & Budget as well as brokers such as Ebookers.
Note: we think the form on Carrentals's own site is easier to use than this one.
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Rail & Coach (links only)
Great Rail Journeys Tours, including classic rail journeys on the Orient Express, Glacier Express and Trans Siberian.
Megabus Coach / Bus Travel (US, Canada & UK)
Via Rail - main Passenger Rail company
Canrail Pass from Via Rail
Amtrak
Amtrak USA Rail Pass
Greyhound US COACH travel
Coach USA
Interrailnet.com - Interrail Pass (European residents)
Eurail.com - Eurail Pass (those resident outside Europe)
Eurostar UK to Europe by Rail
thetrainline.com UK and Eurostar rail tickets
National Express UK COACH travel
japanrailpass.net Information on the Japan Rail Pass
Megabus Coach / Bus Travel (US, Canada & UK)
Canada:
Via Rail - main Passenger Rail company
Canrail Pass from Via Rail
USA:
Amtrak
Amtrak USA Rail Pass
Greyhound US COACH travel
Coach USA
Europe:
Interrailnet.com - Interrail Pass (European residents)
Eurail.com - Eurail Pass (those resident outside Europe)
Eurostar UK to Europe by Rail
thetrainline.com UK and Eurostar rail tickets
National Express UK COACH travel
Japan:
japanrailpass.net Information on the Japan Rail Pass
Disclaimer: Much of the information on this page is provided by other organisations ranging from national Governments to commercial companies.We cannot, and do not, warrant the accuracy of this information. You should always use other websites and reference material to check out the accuracy of information provided by one individual site.
Our aim: to provide a single page with the most useful online travel tools to enable independent travellers, backpackers, business travellers and those on a gap-year or career-break, to research their trip. +more
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The perfect trip planning page. Information on over 200 countries, including vaccination and malaria data, visas, customs rules, maps and international dialing code. You can even locate British embassies complete with contact details and maps (not shown on the FCOs own site). The currency converter includes exchange rates for less common currencies like the Moldovan Lei which are not shown by most currency convertors.
View latest travel related news feeds provided by USA, UK, Australia & Canada Governments + the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Get a weather forecast, the current time zone and time difference for towns and cities around the world (just enter a city, US/British/Canadian Zip/Postcode or even an IATA airport code). You can also find both free and paid WIFI Hotspots in most towns (courtesy of WEFI.com's widget)
You can also use the booking tools that came top of our reviews: A hotel price comparison engine that searches 33 major hotel chains and booking sites including Laterooms,Expedia, and Hotels.com and provides excellent hotel descriptions, reviews and maps.
For flights we've included two - both search over 600 airlines and booking sites like Opodo; one includes 100 budget and low cost airlines (many not included on other comparison sites listings because they don't pay commission) it is also very good for identifying connecting flights to save you money, and for single tickets. The other includes more booking sites, and provides greater flexibility for dates.
On this page Backpackers have access to a hostel search from the website that came out top in our gap-year article.
We also include both Travel Insurance and Car Hire price comparison.- CLOSE
The perfect trip planning page. Information on over 200 countries, including vaccination and malaria data, visas, customs rules, maps and international dialing code. You can even locate British embassies complete with contact details and maps (not shown on the FCOs own site). The currency converter includes exchange rates for less common currencies like the Moldovan Lei which are not shown by most currency convertors.
View latest travel related news feeds provided by USA, UK, Australia & Canada Governments + the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Get a weather forecast, the current time zone and time difference for towns and cities around the world (just enter a city, US/British/Canadian Zip/Postcode or even an IATA airport code). You can also find both free and paid WIFI Hotspots in most towns (courtesy of WEFI.com's widget)
You can also use the booking tools that came top of our reviews: A hotel price comparison engine that searches 33 major hotel chains and booking sites including Laterooms,Expedia, and Hotels.com and provides excellent hotel descriptions, reviews and maps.
For flights we've included two - both search over 600 airlines and booking sites like Opodo; one includes 100 budget and low cost airlines (many not included on other comparison sites listings because they don't pay commission) it is also very good for identifying connecting flights to save you money, and for single tickets. The other includes more booking sites, and provides greater flexibility for dates.
On this page Backpackers have access to a hostel search from the website that came out top in our gap-year article.
We also include both Travel Insurance and Car Hire price comparison.- CLOSE
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