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- 1. If I need to be there by October 5, 2006, can I avoid flying on a weekend?
- World clocks and calendars for many countries and multiple years.
- 2. How many sweaters do I need to pack?
- World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data.
- 3. What kind of electric plugs do I need?
- Electricity around the world: everything about plugs, sockets, voltages, convertors, etc.
- 4. If a hotel room costs 800 Swedish Kronor, what is that in dollars?
- Universal currency converter.
- 5. Give me a quick overview of the sights of Boston/Barcelona/Barbados, etc.
- Fodor’s miniguides to many destinations
- 6. What do some real people think about the hotels there?
- Virtual Tourist’s amateur reviews of hotels.
- 7. Where can I ask some random travel questions?
- Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree travel forum.
- 8. Last minute forecasts: Am I flying into a hurricane or a heat wave?
- CNN weather, scroll down for clickable world map.