Useful websites for travellers

These are some of the most useful websites I use on my travels:

For meeting and exchanging info with fellow travellers:

www.travbuddy.com

www.couchsurfing.com


For general info about destinations travels:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

http://www.roughguides.com/

http://www.routard.com/ (in French)

http://en.arrivalguides.com/

For currency conversion:

http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

To know the time anywhere in the world:

http://www.timeanddate.com/

For rail travel in Europe country and the world, includes links to national railways in countries in Europe and the world:

http://www.seat61.com/

The German Federal railsite is very good as it provides a timetable for all trains in Europe. Just enter your start and arrival travel points and the desired date and time of travel (works in English, German and a number of other languages):

http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

For mapping, GPS and navigation (works in many languages):

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/ … mePage.htm

For air travel to and from Ireland and in Europe:

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01 … /index.jsp

http://www.ryanair.com/site/IE/

http://www.aerarann.com/

Others will know of other useful sites so maybe they can add them here.