It is summer - the time when folk decide to escape the city heat - so, whether it's a holiday trip with the family, or by yourself, within India, or to foreign lands, here's a bunch of superb travel websites and apps that will help you plan a fun holiday. And even if you're an armchair surfer, there's something in here for you too.
Virtual Tourist
Virtual Tourist is a social network for travellers that'll help you plan your next trip - it allows tourists to interact with one another and get a first-hand understanding of the place they intend to visit. Home to over 1.3 million members, this site has travel tips for over 63,000 destination around the world. As a VT member, you also get to create individual pages for every destination. Each page is split into sections like Things to Do, Nightlife, Tourist Traps, Warnings, etc. You can browse by continent, destination, member, or by popular hotels. When you have a question, you can turn to the forum, which is always buzzing with activity. You can also use the PickPack app (Android, iOS, web) to share, organise and download photographs taken as a group.
www.virtualtourist.com
Tourist Link
Tourist Link is very similar to Virtual Tourist. Navigation is kept simple, letting you first choose your destination, after which you can browse categories such as Tourist Essentials, Eating, Shopping, Nightlife, Recreation and Events. Besides, there's even a section where you can find and book a hotel room within your budget. This India-based portal has many users from the country whose perspective can be invaluable when planning a holiday abroad. Tourist Link also has a Deals section, which features readymade packages.
www.touristlink.com
Fesst300
What better way to discover a new place than to visit it during one of its festivals? Fest300 is a one stop resource for dope on the top celebrations from around the world. This year, the site lists 270 events - including our own Diwali, Onam, Christmas in Goa, etc - with details about festival history, statistics, photos, videos, and other essential information including dos and don'ts. Travellers are invited to select the final 30 to complete the 300, as well as contribute photos and video 'festimonials' of those that they've witnessed. You can browse content by category, and more importantly, even use F300's map and calendar section to indentify festivals by location and time of the year to help you coincide with your holidays.
www.fest300.com
Wiki Travel And Wiki Voyage
Like all wiki projects, both these resources rely on the collaboration of travellers from around the world to populate its pages. Here, netizens create, update, edit, and distil each travel article to ensure that it is up-to-date and accurate. You can find ready-made itineraries, destination of the month, travel alerts, phrase and pronunciation guides for foreign languages, UNESCO destinations, picture of the day, etc. Just ;make sure you refer to both wikis before you embark on your journey.
wikitravel.org
www.wikivoyage.org
When On Earth
This web resource is tailor-made for travellers - real and the armchair variety. Here you can read about the hidden beach on Mexico's Marieta Islands, a sewage processing plant in London that looks like a Byzantine church, Germany's walkable roller coaster, a bridge in Norway inspired by Da Vinci's design, the tree-climbing goats of Morocco, and more. WOE also has a section called #TravelHacks with tips on how to pack like a pro, how to speed your way through airport lines, click better photos with your smartphone, etc. And there's even a section dedicated to cool travel gear.
whenonearth.net
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