Geography - Travel Subject Guide
Eco Tourism, Adventure, Special Interest, Special Population & Cultural
33 resources available
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- Open Access
- Directories
- Adventure Travel
- Cultural and Educational Travel
- Cycling
- Golf
- Skiing
- Study Abroad - Student Travel
- Senior Travelers
- Service Vacations
Directories
Title: Specialty Travel Index
Description: This is a gateway to hundreds of specialty tour operators.
Title: Sustainable Tourism Resource Database
Description: The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation has developed this database as a way of gathering together a number of certification schemes relevant to sustainable tourism.
Adventure Travel
Title: Adventure Travel
Description: Adventure Travel is a general travel package site.
Title: adventuretravelbusiness.com
Description: This is the official web site of the Adventure Travel Society and the Adventure Travel Trade Association. While primarily a site for these trade associations there is a directory of travel service providers you can search.
Cultural and Educational Travel
Title: Elderhostel
Description:
Provides travel and educational opportunities for adults over 55 years of age.
Title: GoAbroad
Description:
Provides a comprehensive directory of study abroad programs and also much in the way of general travel information. Very useful to the college student.
Title: The Institute of International Education
Description:
Compiles information on thousands of study abroad programs.
Title: ShawGuides
Description:
"Established in 1988 as a publisher of comprehensive worldwide guides to educational travel and creative career programs, ShawGuides has offered free online access to the unabridged, continually updated content of each guide since 1995." (from web site)
Title: StudyAbroad.com
Description:
This is a comprehensive site geared to the college student wishing to spend a semester aboard.
Cycling
Title: Trails From Rails
Description: Lists many of the bicycle touring trails available to the cyclist. Currently limited to the United States.
Golf
Title: GolfDigest.com
Description:
This site is run by the famous golfing magazine. It provides instruction on playing the game. A link to "Courses" leads to a search engine for finding courses.
Title: Golf.com
Description:
In the section called "Courses and Travel" you will find a search engine. The site even tries to find courses similar to ones you are familiar with. A "Find a Course" option is also available.
Title: Golf Schools
Description:
Golf Schools offers a wide array of information about golf schools, golf instruction and equipment.
Title: nextdaygolf.com
Description: This site acts as a broker for unsold tee times at golf courses in the Southeast that are usually available at a discount.
Title: TravelGolf.com
Description: This is a gateway to numerous golf sites. State links help you narrow your search.
Skiing
Title: Skiing
Description: Most ski resorts have web sites that provide current snow conditions and lists of ammenities. I will not attempt to list them here. A good web search engine should turn up the one you are interested in.
Title: myskitrip.com
Description: A good gateway to over 500 resorts is myskitrip.com which is run by AOL Time Warner. You can usually get to the resorts web site from here.
Title: Skicentral
Description:
Skicentral is a portal to all things related to skiing.
Title: Trailsource.com
Description:
Cross-country skiers and snowboarders can find information at Trailsource.com.
Title: Avalanche Center
Description: Skiers can find out about avalanche conditions at the Avalanche Center.
Study Abroad - Student Travel
Title: GoAbroad
Description:
Provides a comprehensive directory of study abroad programs and also much in the way of general travel information. Very useful to the college student.
Title: The Institute of International Education
Description:
Compiles information on thousands of study abroad programs.
Title: StudyAbroad.com
Description:
This is a comprehensive site geared to the college student wishing to spend a semester aboard.
Title: MONETOS
Description:
MONETOS is a research institute that studies the
financial and social systems of
page on their site provides a lot of practical information for the visitor. There are sections on visiting a doctor or opening a bank account in the European Union. There are numerous guides for students in the
Senior Travelers
Title: Elderhostel
Description:
Provides travel and educational opportunities for adults over 55 years of age.
Title: AARP
Description: The American Association of Retired Persons or AARP offers tours and discounted travel opportunities.
Title: Elder Treks
Description:
Provides adventure travel for small groups over 50 years of age.
Title: Grand Circle Tours
Description: This is one of the first and one of the largest provider of travel services to seniors.
Title: Senior Cycling
Description:
Provides bike tours througout the United States and around Washington DC where the business is located.
Title: Walking the World
Description:
Provides worldwide outdoor adventures that are rated as to difficulty and is geared to people over 50 years of age.
Title: Travel Tips for Older Americans
Description:
The Department of State has a series of Travel Tips for Older Americans at their useful travel page.
Service Vacations
Title: Cross-Cultural Solutions
Description:
Organizes humanitarian opportunities in eight countries.
Title: Earthwatch Institute
Description:
Works to conserve natural resources and cultural heritage, and organizes learning by doing expeditions.
Title: Global Village program
Description:
This is a Habitat for Humanity program that provides for short-term, cross-cultural experiences centered around home building.
Title: GlobalVolunteers
Description:
Provides access to volunteer opportunities in 19 countries. Provides good descriptions of the programs.
Title: Service Civil International
Description: Service Civil International has short and long term opportunities in over 50 countries.
Librarian's Comment: Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz (under "see deals for") all have areas at their sites dedicated to skiing.