Difference between revisions of "Travel topics"

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Travel topics are articles that deal with a specific topic that is too large or detailed to go in a specific travel guide destination page, or travel tips that are so general that they apply to nearly all destinations and don't need to be in each specific travel guide.

See also

• Itineraries - articles that describe a route, rather than a single destination. They may cover anything from an intercontinental trek like Silk Road to a tour of a single city such as Literary London.

• Phrasebooks - travel-related language guides.

World

Understand

• Electrical systems
• Metric and Imperial equivalents
• Time zones

Sleep

• Bed and breakfasts
• Camping
• Car camping
• Grand old hotels
• Holiday villas
• Home exchange
• Hospitality exchange
• Hostels
• Hotels
• Rating systems
• Vacation rentals

Travel documents

• Passport
• Visa

• Visa Summary for EU citizens
• Avoiding a transit of the United States

Travel transportation

• Arriving in a new city
• Business travel
• Offroad driving
• Overland

By plane

• Fundamentals of flying
• Tips for flying
• List Of Airline Baggage Limits

• Discount airlines:
  • Discount airlines in Africa
  • Cheap airline travel in North America
  • Discount airlines in Asia
  • Discount airlines in Europe

• Airlines:
  • American Airlines
  • Northwest Airlines
  • Singapore Airlines
  • United Airlines

• Air courier
• Airline alliances
• Airline consolidators
• First and business class travel
• Luggage delivery service
• Metropolitan Area Airport Codes
• Round the world flights

By train

• Tips for rail travel

By boat

• Cruise ships
• Freighter travel
• Hitchhiking boats

By road

• Tips for road trips
• Winter driving
• Renting a car
• Tips for cycle trips
• Tips for hitchhiking
• Hitchhiking around the world
• Carnet de Passage - a customs form allowing you to import your vehicle into many countries

Contact

• Talk
• Telephone service for travel
• List of country calling codes
• Software for travellers
• Internet access

Pack

• Packing list
• Packing for beach travel
• Packing for a week of hiking
• Packing for a cruise

Travel health

• First aid kit for travellers
• Altitude sickness
• Travellers' diarrhea
• Jet lag
• Tropical diseases
• Dengue fever
• Malaria
• Yellow fever
• Mosquitoes
• Sunburn and sun protection
• Medical tourism

Travel safety

• Dealing with emergencies while travelling
• Aggressive dogs
• Begging
• Common scams
• Jellyfish
• Pickpockets
• Tornado safety
• War zone safety
• List of countries by Safety Level

Buy

• Money
• How to haggle
• Bead shopping
• Regional coding

Cope

• Talk
• Coping with a long trip
• Disabled travellers
• Travelling with children
• Gay and lesbian travel
• Gap year travel
• Green travel
• Honeymoon travel
• Laundry
• Rock bottom budget travelling
• Crossing borders on budget
• Tips for travel in developing countries
• Respect
• Ecotourism
• Vegetarian and vegan food
• Naturism
• Smoking
• Tips for blind and visually impaired travellers
• Tips for women travellers
• Travel insurance
• Travelling alone
• Vagabond travel

Work

• Making a difference
• Teaching English
• Travel writing
• Working abroad

Travel activities

• Agritourism
• Alpine skiing
• Backpacking (urban)
• Backpacking (wilderness)
• Bead shopping
• Canyoning
• Cross country skiing
• Golf
• Kitesurfing
• Leave-no-trace camping
• Literary travel
• Nordic skiing
• Recreational shooting
• Rock climbing
• Round the world overland
• Running
• Scuba diving
• Skydiving
• SNUBA
• Travel photography
• Urbex
• Volunteering
• Whale watching
• Whitewater sports
• Wine tourism

Events

• A1GP
• Calendar of events and festivals
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
• Formula One
• International sporting events
• Music Festival Circuit
• World's Fair

See

• Architecture
• Hot springs
• Northern Lights (aurora borealis)
• Spas
• UNESCO Creative Cities
• UNESCO World Heritage List
• Volcanoes
• Waterfalls

Africa

• African National Parks
• African flora and fauna
• Discount airlines in Africa
• Ferries in the Mediterranean

South Africa

• Air travel in South Africa
• Climbing Table Mountain
• Disabled travel in South Africa
• Diving in South Africa
• Hiking in South Africa
• World Cup 2010

Asia

• Electronics and entertainment shopping in Thailand
• Istanbul to New Delhi over land
• Meditation in Japan
• Meditation in Thailand
• Urban camping in Japan

Get around

• Bus travel in Israel
• Discount airlines in Asia
• Driving in China
• High-speed rail in China
• Hitchhiking in Japan
• Rail travel in India
• Seishun 18 Ticket

See

• Indian National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Israeli National Parks
• Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossoms Spots
• Sacred sites of the Indian sub-continent

Do

• Festivals in the Philippines
• Golf in China
• Golf in Thailand
• Marriage in China
• Scuba diving in Asia
• Skiing in Lebanon
• Trekking in Nepal
• Whitewater rafting in Malaysia

Europe

• National Grid (Britain)
• New Year holidays in Hungary

See

• Finnish National Parks
• National Parks in the Benelux
• Polish National Parks
• Roma (people)
• United Kingdom National Parks

Do

• Golf in England
• Indie London
• Literary London
• Football in Europe
• London Olympics, 2012
• London with children
• Winter sports in Austria
• Winter sports in Switzerland

Get around

By air

• Discount airlines in Europe

By sea

• Ferries in the Mediterranean
• Cruising the Baltic Sea

By bicycle

• Cycling in Scotland
• EuroVelo cycling routes

By road

• Driving in France
• Driving in Sweden

By train

• Polish narrow gauge railways
• Rail travel in Europe
• Rail travel in Ireland
• Rail travel in the United Kingdom

On foot

• East Sussex Footpaths
• Grande Randonnée
• Long distance walking in Europe

By horse

• Horse-trekking in Andalucia, Spain

Sleep

• Right to access - free camping in Sweden, Norway and Finland

Eat

• Bavarian cuisine

North America

• Rail travel in North America
• Cheap airline travel in North America
• Appalachian Mountains

Canada

• Backpacking the Canadian Rockies
• Canadian National Parks
• Cottage rentals in Canada
• Off the beaten path in Alberta
• Rail travel in Canada
• Vancouver 2010

United States of America

• Baseball in the United States
• Camping in the United States
• National Trails System
• Rail travel in the United States
• Rocky Mountaineer train
• Space-A travel
• Touring famous universities in the U.S.
• United States National Parks

California

• California desert camping
• Driving in Los Angeles County
• Off-road vehicles in California
• Scuba diving in California

Colorado

• Colorado's Wine Country
• Skiing in Colorado

Florida

• Florida Lighthouses

Illinois

• Chicago skyline guide

Kentucky

• Kentucky State Parks

Louisiana

• New Orleans Mardi Gras

New Mexico

• New Mexico Pueblos
• Orienteering in New Mexico

Ohio

• Ohio prehistoric sites
• Ohio State Parks
• Ohio Museums

Oregon

• Off-highway vehicle riding in Oregon

Mexico

• Driving in Mexico

Cuba

• Americans in Cuba
• Casa particular

South America

• Salsa dancing in Latin America

Argentina

• Golf in Argentina

Ecuador

• Galapagos wildlife
• Haciendas of Ecuador

Oceania

Australia

• Australian slang
• Big things in Australia
• Buying or renting a car in Australia
• Driving in Australia
• Golf in Australia
• Grape grazing in Australia
• Indigenous heritage in Australia
• Indigenous heritage in Sydney
• Scuba diving in Australia
• Winter sports in Australia

New Zealand

• Train travel in New Zealand
• Buying or renting a car in New Zealand
• Driving in New Zealand
• Renting a motorhome in New Zealand
• Tramping in New Zealand

Philippines

• Philippine Airlines