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Resource Links

 

 

Center for Disease Control - Provides country by country health information for international travel.  Includes vaccine recommendations, health recommendations, updates on disease outbreaks, with descriptions and recommended treatment.

World Health Organization - Can view risks by country or by disease.  Provides vaccination requirements, information on accidents and infectious diseases, and traveler checklist.  Provides health and disease alerts.

State Department Travel Advisories - Provides warnings issued by the State Department regarding travel to particular countries.  Covers such topics as entry and exit requirements, medical concerns, aviation safety, crime, and embassy and consulate locations.  Includes Public Announcements about terrorist threats and other short-term and/or transnational conditions posing risks to the security of American travelers.

State Department - Consular Affairs Publications - Provides information on sending money overseas, tips for travelers to specific regions, advisories for older Americans, medical information for American traveling abroad and information on overseas citizen services.  Covers both foreign travel generally and country/region-specific travel.

State Department Consular Information Sheets - Consular Information Sheets are available by country.  They include locations of embassies, consulates and information on health conditions; political disturbances; crime and security; unusual immigration, entry, currency regulations and practices.

State Department Travel, Judicial Assistance - Information, searchable by country or subject, includes authentication of documents for use abroad, obtaining evidence abroad, international judicial assistance, retaining a foreign attorney, enforcement of judgments, notarial and authentification services of U.S. Consular officers abroad, performance of notary functions abroad by American notaries and service of legal document abroad.

State Department Travel, Visa and Passport Requirements - Gives foreign entry requirements for U.S. citizens traveling on tourism/business.

State Department Travel, Passport Services Office - Apply for, renew or replace a U.S. passport; view frequently asked questions about passports; download application forms.

State Department - Provides address of U.S. embassies and consulates all over the world; includes addresses, telephone numbers and hours of operation for embassies and consulates.  Information bulletins cover civil unrest, crime and natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, forest fires) in foreign countries.

Engineers Without Borders - Provides advice on preparing for international travel, online travel tips presentation, personal health-care checklist, and recommended contents of medical kit.

Magellan's - Use Country Guide to learn electrical voltage, electrical plug configuration, telephone jack configuration for particular country.  Provides pictures of plugs, jacks; links to appropriate adapters.  Information about voltage frequency.  Contains travel tips, articles and country guides.  Includes links to other useful resources for international travel.

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - Includes travel and restricted goods alerts; travel tips; sample declaration forms; regulations and information for leaving and returning to the United States; and inspection information.

AccuWeather & Weather - both sites provide weather forecasts & information for cities around the  world.

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory - Guide to official tourist information sources in the U.S. and abroad lists official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar agencies, which provide free and non-commercial travel information to the public.

HotelsTravel.com - Provides links to major international airports worldwide.

Country & City Dialing Codes –  This site provides dialing access numbers (country codes) for international calls to or from any country in the world.

Global Phone Cards – Tips on how to keep in touch internationally with phone cards.

 

TimeAndDate.com – Provides all time zones and running, up-to-date clocks for all capital cities.

 

OANDA Currency Converter – Tells what the current exchange rates are for nearly every nation’s currency.

 

Cybercafe Search Engine – If you need access to the internet, this site can help you find out where the nearest cybercafe is to your program location.

 

U.S. State Department: Bureau of Consular Affairs: Foreign Entry Requirements –This site contains brief descriptions of entry requirements for several countries.

 

U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs: Important Telephone Numbers - List of important telephone numbers for overseas citizens: who to call in case of robbery, arrest, detention, abduction, crisis, or death abroad.

International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus - Electronic addresses of more than 350 CVB's around the world.  In English with versions also in French & Spanish.

Travlang - Starting point to know a little of the language in the country to be visited.  Besides the translation of key words and expessions, you may listen to the pronunciation in English.

Oratory - How to pack the right suitcase for each trip.

Lonely Planet - Travel Guide for countries throughout the world.

Cfares.com - This site searches airline databases, travel agents, and wholesalers for international airfare deals.

Skype - Internet Phone Sevice alllows you to download software and use your computer to make phone calls.  With a microphone headset, you can speak through your laptop.  Downloading Skype is free, as are calls to (and from) other Skype users.  Calling non-Skype users costs pennies per minute and is billed to your credit card or PayPal account.  Skype also allows you to sign up for "virtual" phone numbers, which allows incoming calls - a bonus to friends and family who can call you at a local rate.

Vayama.com - a booking engine that pulls prices from all international flights originating n the US, including those of low-fare carriers.

Yapta.com - Tracks airfares after you book and will send an e-mail about a significant price drop, along with info about how to use little-known loopholes for a refund.