Websites

These are some of the main sites that I use when organising travel (recommended #).
Check out “THE DETAIL” for more information on places we have visited.

How to get from A to B trains metro planes buses taxis …
www.rome2rio.com #

Flights & rental cars
www.nz.kayak.com # nz$
http://www.skyscanner.co.nz #
https://skiplagged.com has a good graph with price trends
https://www.google.com/flights/ US$
then also check small discount airlines that don’t appear on some of these sites (air asia / Southwest (US) / Jetstar / Virgin )

Also for flights
http://www.momondo.co.nz/
https://www.hipmunk.com/
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ US$?

Accommodation
www.nz.kayak.com # nz$
Trivago.com
Agoda.com # Advantage that you can book in NZ$ to avoid Currency transaction fees
Booking.com
hostelbookers.com
hostelworld.com
airbnb.com
roomertravel.com

Trains
seat61.com #

General Information
Google/search “Wikitravel place” ed wikitravel “bangkok” to find out how to get from airport to city and other good information

Discount Activities
bookme.co.nz New Zealand
groupon.com USA

Phone/Travel Apps

tripcase.com # good app for sharing your travel itinerary via “share” option

xe – xe.com # phone app is brilliant for currency conversion on the go

Apps available for most cities bus and train transport systems

google.co.nz/maps – if you setup an account, you can create your own maps of where you want to go and what you want to see before you go – helpful for planning

email yourself copies of important documents (copies of passports bookings etc) before you go or use dropbox.com to save them online