Travel and Study Abroad

All-purpose site for planning trips, researching destinations, etc.

Links to information on study, volunteer, teaching, internship and job opportunities worldwide.

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

In addition to an interactive world atlas, provides a "tripquest" feature which allows you to create routing plans between two destinations in North America. Members (membership is free) can also create personalized maps.

Allows the user to create a map for an address or city (U.S. only) and get driving directions between two locations.

Create maps, get driving directions, information about local weather conditions,

FEMA has information concerning possible threatening weather throughout the year.

Source for weather in the U.S. and worldwide. A separate section provides ski reports.

Central site for forecasts, current conditions, maps, links to related sites, historical data, etc.

Recommended vaccines for travel destinations. Travel Health Notices and Updates.

Provides same-day conversions from one currency to another. Also has historical exchanges rates from January 1, 1990 to the present.

Learn basic words and vocabulary regarding shopping, travel, time, dates, directions, places, etc. in over 70 languages. Sound files available. Also provides links to related dictionaries and regional guides.

Especially useful for information about telephones, electricity, television, etc. in countries of the world.

Offers the Travellers Toolbox which has links to essential information on health, currency, ATM locators, weather, travel advisories, maps, public transportation, etc.

Detailed discussion of how to travel with only carry-on luggage.

Gives the date and time for worldwide locations. Displays can be sorted by region, country, city/place, or time.