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<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="Planning travel to conferences or to research groups overseas."> <title>Statistical Science Web: Travel Information</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dir.css"> </head> <body>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img border="0" src="images/statsci24.png" width="148" height="27"></td> <td> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b> /</b> <small><a href="index.html">Home</a></small></font></td> </tr> </table> <h1>Travel Information</h1> <hr> <p>This page is part of the general reference section of <b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">StatSci.org</font></b>. These links may prove useful for organizing travel to conferences or visits to departments in other parts of the world.</p> <h2>Specific Countries</h2> <ul> <li><a href="aus.html"><strong>Australia</strong></a></li> <li><a href="denmark.html"><strong>Denmark</strong></a></li> <li><strong><a href="travel/india.html">India</a></strong></li> <li><a href="usa.html"><strong>USA</strong></a></li> </ul> <h2>Guides</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com">TripAdvisor</a>. The largest travel community in the world, heaps of useful and candid reviews of hotels, sites and so on. Highly recommended. </li> <li><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com">Lonely Planet</a>. General travel information and slide shows for many countries. </li> <li><a href="http://www.pi.se/hotel/orbit/public_html/welcome.html">Orbit Global Travel Guide</a>. Online guides to Australia, Asia, Sweden and Pacific Islands. </li> <li><a href="http://www.seat61.com">The Man in Seat Sixty-One</a>. A lovely and extensive site about train travel by one enthusiast. Mark Smith.</li> </ul> <h2>Useful Tools and Reference</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://maps.google.com">Google Maps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/">Time and Date</a>. Local time anywhere in the world.</strong></li> <li><a href="https://unitconverter.net">UnitConverter.net</a>. Converts between many measurement scales including currencies.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="airlines.html"><strong>Airlines</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldclimate.com/">World Climate</a>. What the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of locations. Buttle and Tuttle. </li> <li><a href="http://www.accuweather.com">AccuWeather</a>. Weather forecasts for anywhere in the world.</li> <li><a href="http://www.expediamaps.com/">Expedia Maps</a>. Maps and place finding for anywhere in the world. Excellent. Microsoft. </li> <li><a href="http://www.buttle.com/tv/schedule.htm">TV Schedules of the World</a>. Buttle and Tuttle.</li> <li><a href="http://www.xe.net/currency/table.htm">Interactive Currency Table</a>. Display a table of exchange rates in your currency of choice. Xenon Labs. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.xe.net/currency/expenses/">Travel Expenses Calculator</a>. Uses historical exchange rates and includes credit card charges. Excellent.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/">Pacific Exchange Rate Service</a>. Includes the ability to plot exchange rates over time. Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia. </li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/">BBC World Service</a>. Includes a online version of current broadcasts. The guide to radio broadcasts includes schedules of programs and broadcast frequencies worldwide. </li> <li><a href="http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/">Walkabout Travel Gear</a>. US based seller of travel equipment. Nice sections on international adaptors and so on.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cheaperthanhotels.com/">Cheaper than Hotels</a>. Discount rooms in good hotels in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Spain, Holland, UK, Italy and the USA.</li> <li><a href="http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards">World Standards</a>. Which countries use what electricity voltage, which plug system, what paper size, drive on what side of the road etc, etc. A plea for standardisation and a discussion of the historical reasons for diversity. Highly recommended. Conrad McGregor.</li> </ul> <h2>Language</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://translate.google.com">Google Translate</a>. <li><a href="http://www.travlang.com/languages/">Foreign Languages for Travelers</a>. Basic vocabulary with sound files in 30 languages, including Latin. Travlang. </li> <li><a href="http://www.lexicool.com">Lexicool</a>. Links to numerous translation dictionaries and glossaries.</li> <li><a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/">bab.la dictionary</a>. Online translation dictionaries between many European and Asian languages.</li> <li><a href="http://iate.europa.eu">IATE Interactive Terminology for Europe</a>. Translate technical terms including statistics between any of the languages of the EU.</li> </ul> <h2>Advice for Australians</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.dfat.gov.au/consular/">Consular Information for Australian Travellers</a>. From the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Includes tips for Australian travellers overseas, travel alerts and visa information for individual countries and other advice.</li> <li><a href="http://www.coolabah.com/oz/">Australians Abroad</a>. Resources for Australians overseas. Includes a comprehensive Australian Film Database, many entertaining stories from around the world, etc etc. Kate Juliff and Richard Rankin, Coolabah Systems. </li> </ul> <h2>Web Directories</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.budgettravel.com/">BudgetTravel</a>. Very extensive directory of travel information sites.</li> <li><a href="http://www.digimark.net/rec-travel/">Rec.Travel Library</a>. Directory of travel sites, with emphasis on personal travelogues. </li> <li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/">Yahoo: Travel</a>. Directory of travel sites. </li> <li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/">Yahoo: Regional</a>. 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