Travel
Country guides
There are a plenty of online resources and books available and we have listed some of favourites below. We would recommend that you buy a guide book even if you have done most of your research online, as they usually contain more information and are easier to pack than a laptop!
Online
- General
- www.tripadvisor.com
- www.cia.gov
- www.lonelyplanet.com
- www.usatoday.travel-guides.com
- By Country
- Australia
- www.australia.com
- www.theage.com.au
- www.totaltravel.com.au
- New Zealand
- www.newzealand.com/travel/International/
- UK
- www.visitbritain.org
- and of course it helps to know what the weather might be like!
- www.weather.com
- www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Books
Amazing though it may seem, there are still a few places that don’t have the internet! For these situations we would recommend that you buy a book about the place you are going to swap to. Below are a list of some well know travel guide publishers:
- www.lonelyplanet.com
- www.fodors.com
- www.roughguides.com