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Smithsonianjourneys.org offers a wide variety of educational tours around the world. Joined by tour experts you can travel to the destination you choose from, where you will sample local flavors, create friendships, maximize time and spend it in the places of most interest. This site has an easy way of selecting where you would like to go. You can choose by continent or by type of tour; land-based, cruises, train, privet jet, family programs, etc. Once you choose your destination you will have a detailed list of the itinerary, information on your leader, a tour map, the accommodations, and eve...  read more
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CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE is one of the most popular companies in the cruise line business. Their website offers complete itineraries, information about onboard facilities, and the possibility to book your cruises online. You can find your desired cruise by date, itinerary, length, and departure port. After you choose your ship and destination, you can also browse through available shore excursions at the different ports. The site also features a Carnival-logo gift shop. Their specials` section offers cruises from as low as 250 dollars. If you would like to join their staff, they also feature a job... read more
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There are no shortage of discount sites out there that allow you to search for the cheapest airfare and get great deals on hotels. These sites are great if you are on a shoestring and have time to plan your itinerary but they are cheap because they cut out the middle man. For those who want a good price but who also want the planning expertise of a travel agency, Zicasso will soon be the place to go. They are currently in a private beta testing mode but soon you will be able to go to Zicasso.com and enter your destination and the number of days that you’d like to spend. Within 48-hours y... read more
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Tumiu.com is a new photoblog cum Google maps service. The idea is that you use it to map your trips, and upload images of the places where you’ve been using the maps, so that whenever someone points to a place in the map, they get to see all the pictures that other users have associated with that particular location. Users also keep a blog commenting on their experiences and photos, so that they are not just random shots but can be better understood; however, be warned that the site is a German startup, which means that for the time being lots of the comments and blog posts are in German bec... read more
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What's better than going on a trip with a bunch of your friends? Going on a trip with a bunch of your friends after having a stress-free planning experience! Usually one guy gets stuck planning an entire trip, which is painful for the martyr and fun for everyone else. In these cases, no one really knows what the plans are which leads of a hectic adventure. To avoid these headaches, take a look at ImIn.com. It is a social travel community that makes planning group trips easy and collaborative. The organizer can make a private page that will hold all of the trip information. The trip page is lai... read more
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Wouldn´t it be great to have all of your travel information in one place? At TripIt.com you can organize all of your trip information onto one itiniary. Keep all of your trip information in one place; hotel reservations, car rental information, flight information, weather forcast, maps, etc... TripIt.com was created by frustrated travelers who were sick of sifting through papers to find their travel information. They created a site where you can book tickets for the theater, make dinner reservations and get directions and have all of this information on one master itinerary. No more sifting... read more
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Groopvine, part of Groople.com, is the newest way to coordinate group trips and events. Forget the days of annoying group emails, indecision and disorganization. Groopvine lets users create their own event or trip page where all plans and invitees are in the know. First, the user hass to make a profile, which then is the home to multiple events. The organizer has a lot of freedom on their page and can choose the make the page public or private. The next step is the create a template (original or borrowed from another site member) for the event. Once invitees are aware of the page, the organize... read more
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