Resources for travel in these United States

Resources for travel
in these United States for use in planning your trip or taking on the road with you How to find travel books and travel information at the library T ravel guidebooks are in the 910s-919s. Ask at the Third Floor desk for a handy guide to the numbers. Using the catalog, do a general keyword search with:
state or city and guidebooks
state or city and description and travel

Or do a subject or general keyword search for : State/city
Travel America
Historic sites
Automobile Travel Bicycling
National parks
Family recreation
Camping State Parks Older people travel
Ecotourism
Tourism We also have a number of atlases and road atlases, some that can be checked out. Search for these by state atlas. Explore our neck of the woods! These are just a few of the librarys many books on
local destinations:

On the Midwest generally:
Midwest Getaway Guide, 917.704 MID
State Parks on the Great Lakes, 917.704 MIL
Parklands of the Midwest, 917.404 KAE
Best of the Midwest: rediscovering Americas
Heartland, 917.7 KAE
On Illinois specifically:
Kids Love Illinois, 917.73 KID
Bicycle Trails of Illinois, 917.73 BIC
Frommers Chicago with Kids, 917.7311 FRO
Fodors Chicago 2008, 917.731 FOD
TimeOut Chicago, 917.7311 TIM
Zagat Chicago Restaurants, 07-08, 917.731 CHI

And a few relevant websites:
Illinois.gov/visiting/ enjoy.illinois.com
illinoistourism.org chicagotraveler.com Where to go in this great country? Read about the possibilities! These are just a few of the many books in the library that can help with the decision about where to go. The 910s have lots of great general travel books, and the 917s cover the USA. 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada before you die, 917.304 SCH, 2007 239 Great Places to Escape to Nature Without Roughing It, 917.3 TWO, 2006 Lewis and Clark Road Trips: exploring the trail across America, 917.304 GAL, 2006 Ramble: a field guide to the U.S.A., 917.304 PET, 2006 Passport to Your National Parks: (regional guides), 2008 Fodors Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West, 917.8 FOD, 2007 The 10 Best of Everything: passport to the best, 910.202 LAN, 2006 Open Roads Best National Parks with Kids, 917.3 PER, 2007 The Travel Moms Ultimate Book of Family Travel, 910.202 KAU, 2006 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before they Grow Up, 910.202 HUG, 2006 Fun with the Family Series (we own this for several states) 2007, 2008 www.oppl.org Got ki ds? More information on the other side! We have many interesting book series that cover the US, including the usual Fodors, Frommers, Lets Go, Unofficial Guides, Mobil Travel Guides and check for the Oddball and Off the Beaten Path series, too. NOTE: At any given time, over a third of our books are checked out, so make a request for what you want to be sure you get it! Also, we love your suggestions as to books and items we should buy for the library let us know what youd like. Online maps and directions, so you know before you go: randmcnally.comfor directions, maps, flexible routing,
highway info google.comfor mapping, routing, etc. and check out the
satellite or hybrid views to see the neighborhood maps.yahoo.com another great site for mapping and
directions Magazines, periodicals and databases can provide interesting perspective and ideas.
Travel magazines in the library:
National Geographic Traveler, Wanderlust, Conde Nast
Traveler, Budget Travel: vacations for real people, etc. Even
more travel periodicals are accessible through our databases. Databases accessible from home or in the library:
To search for articles on your destination, check out the
databases the library provides access to. From home, on our
website www.oppl.org at the Research tab, go to Online Tools
(SuperSearch). Type in your destination on the search line and
marvel at the world of information at your fingertips. Note: you
can also use the database PCs in the library for this kind of
research. Be sure to include perusal of the New York Times
travel section, especially their 36 hours in X column its
amazing whats there! The library also offers Take a Trip Online, a computer class designed to help you organize your travel using online
sources. Call us for further information on this and other computer classes offered at the library at 452-3480. Get your tickets on the web sites abound! Some of the still-great originals:
expedia.com, orbitz.com, travelocity.com
Some relative newcomers:
kayak.com, sidestep.com, qixo.com
A promising new favorite is:
insidetrip.com
Cheap flights in the US:
southwest.com, jetblue.com, ted.com, farecast.com
Or take the train:
amtrak.com
And a few specialty sites:
Is it a good deal? farecast.com, farecompare.com
Seats: seatguru.com, seatexpert.com
Last minute travel: site59.com, lastminutetravel.com
If youre planning to bid for travel, check out
biddingfortravel.com for insights and advice before you make the commitment. There are some fantastic deals on priceline.com NY-E, Information Services, March 2008 And catch the new wave: some guidebook publishers are beginning to offer customizable travel guidebooks online. You
can build your own guidebook to share, print or have bound
with dktravel.com or buy just the chapters you want online
from the Lonely Planet folks at lonelyplanet.com. Undoubtedly,
theres more of this to come. See what the local newspapers are covering before you go, by
checking at www.onlinenewspapers.com or www.usnpl.com.
And check the weather prospects before you go, with
weather.coms vacation planner tab. Some fantastic websites to help you travel well! Interact with real people to check things out : Read reviews of hotels, etc, at sites such as IgoUgo.com and tripAdvisor.com And forums are exceptionally good resources: thorntree.com (Lonely Planets site), fodors.com, familytravelforum.com, ricksteves.com, independenttraveler.com and many others Blogs and podcasts are a rich source of information. To find a blog, go to travelblog.com or search the web with the words blog or podcast and your destination. Outdoor adventure, eco-vacations: outwardbound.org outdoor, educational trips for all ages sierraclub.org appreciate nature with like-minded folks ecoventura.com Galapagos and more equestrianvacations..comfor the horse lover Iexplore.comcommitted to sustainable tourism oars.comeverything oar-driven gorp.comone stop shopping for outdoor adventures allearthecotours.com packages, tours, suggestions, advice Find some different, interesting accommodations: How about a home exchange: homeexchange.com, homelink.org, intervac.com, or exchangehomes.com Rent a home: rentvillas.com, homeaway.com, interhome.us hiayh.orghostels all over the country (and the world) And specialty sites: vocationvacations.comcheck out the vocation before you take the leap! literarytraveler.compopular literary destinations classicalpursuits.comlearning vacations with a difference cstn.orgsolo travel network womenstravelclub.comorganization for women thelmaandlouise.comfind a like-minded travel companion meaningful travel.comfor just that slowtravel.comfor a different way to do it famiytravelnetwork.comgreat site, some off-beat ideas golfcourse.comGolf Magazines guide citysearch.comfree online local network has reviews, maps, etc. Search by zip code. And for seniors: elderhostel.comgreat programs, Road Scholar, etc aarp.comthese folks have so much information for seniors! seniorstravelguide.comanother great site usa.gov/Topics/Seniors/Travelfrom the feds
Special needs travelers: Sath.orgsociety for accessible travel and hospitality usdoj.gov/crt/ada/the ADA site has travel information disability.comlots of good stuff

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