Every traveller expects his/her trip to become a perfect and unforgettable event. The first thing you should do to cross from dreams to reality is to plan your journey and make sure you have all necessary tools to make your tour comfortable and enjoyable.
Here are 10 most useful websites, which may simplify your planning process.
Nomadlist.com
Nomadlist is a website containing data about lots of countries (121) and allows sorting information by various parameters (such as weather conditions, accommodation prices, hazard level, quality of Internet connection, friendliness of locals, distance to the country, etc). If you can’t decide what place for your trip is worth choosing, Nomadlist is an extremely useful assistance in the process of your decision-making. You can be sure that with the help of this service you’ll definitely find destination, which meets your demands and expectations.
Tripadvisor.co.uk
Here you can read tourists’ reviews about cities, sights, hotels, restaurants, excursions, etc. This service is a giant community of travellers, where you can find or leave recalls about tourist services. If you are aimed to spend a great time and avoid disappointments during your trip, don’t forget to check comments on Tripadvisor and choose wisely the place for your rest.
Travelaware .campaign.gov.uk
Before going on a trip, it’s reasonable to concern about your personal safety. Service Travelaware may help you prepare your journey and stay safe abroad. Here you can find useful advice on each country, detailed information about foreign travel insurance, tips what’s worth doing before and when you’re abroad. Also this service will assist you in understanding local laws and customs, security and health issues, entry requirements, etc.
Globelink.co.uk
Globelink is an independent insurance agency offering various types of policies for UK and EU residents, including Australian, New Zealand or South African passport holders. Being a partner of Travelaware, Globelink takes care of your safety and provides professional support if things go wrong. The wide range of policies – starting with economy options and ending with comprehensive travel insurance – allows finding the most suitable and beneficial cover for your trip.
Couchsurfing.com
If your goal is to make new friends among locals and experience culture and traditions of the place of your destination in full – Couchsurfing will become a valuable godsend for you. It’s a worldwide community available in every country on earth. This service provides opportunity to contact locals and find among them those ones, who are able to host you in their house during your stay in their city. The significant advantage of Couchsurfing is its gratuitousness, thus you can save your money and spend them for other travel activities.
Airbnb.com
Airbnb is an intermediate version between Couchsurfing and apartment rental. It may be cheaper than flat rent, but you may expect that only a part of apartment will be at your disposal (for example a room, including all necessary facilities). Such option of accommodation is also a great option to spend time with locals, make international friends and get acquainted with their traditions and lifestyle.
Homeexchange.com
We’re all unique and have different ideas about perfect pastime. Someone prefers to spend time hiking in the mountains, while the other one enjoys getting suntan on the white sandy beach. With the help of Homeexchange it’s possible to choose the variant of accommodation not only by countries and cities, but also by the ways of spending leisure time and other parameters. If you have pets, you can easily find pet-friendly options of accommodation and embark on a journey along with your small family members.
Rome2rio.com
Have you ever had the desire to compare all manner of routes without spending a lot of time on such investigation? It becomes possible with an excellent route planner Rome2rio. This service is aimed to find all alternative routes in the shortest period of time. Everything you need is just to enter the name of the place you’re going to, and the website will immediately show you all possible and available variants of transportation along with prices, booking details and additional information about accommodation and recommended places to visit.
Lastminute.com
Lastminute is a unique service, which suggests you a wide range of last minute offers, including flight tickets, promotions in restaurants and theatrical performances, etc. Such offers may help you differentiate your pastime without much expense.
TripIt.com
Many tourists may worry about safety and easy accessibility of their travel documents. To avoid loss and spoilage of the last ones, there exists a very convenient service TripIt, which allows storing all travel documents in one place (tickets, electronic checks, booking confirmations, insurance policy, scanned documents). The quick access to all files is available from any device. You just need to send all necessary letters on your TripIt account, where data is automatically sorted and displayed on the screen in the most convenient way.
So, if you are ready to organize your perfect trip and want to do it in the most comfortable way, this list of sites for a perfect trip will come in handy.