Air Passenger Resources
- AardvarkTravel.net This worldwide travel search engine lists more than 20,000 travel Web sites from around the world, and contains information on airports, luxury hotels, self-catering vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, lodging apartments, other accommodation, cheap flights, car rentals, insurance and general tourist information. Site includes an active forum.
- Accessible Journeys, Inc. For mature travelers, slow walkers, wheelchair travelers, their families and their friends. Travel services include: travel planning, group tours, group cruises, individual accessible cruises, licensed travel companions, disability travel resources.
- Air Courier Travel The International Association of Air Travel Couriers (IAATC) is a clearinghouse for travelers who save money on overseas airfare by flying as a courier.
- Air Passenger Rights In the European Union Passenger rights charter, papers, other information.
- Air Travel Huge resource site about air travel. Almost everything you're looking for is here.
- Air Transport Users Council A London-based consumer watchdog for the airline industry with advise for air travellers on their rights and published educational material.
- Air Travel Community Message Board A message board for air travelers.
- Air Travel Genius Airfare and upgrade secrets are revealed in this ebook. How to get the very lowest international airfares and how to affordably fly first class.
- Air Travel Privacy News, resources, identification schemes, profiling, FOIA documents, and analysis.
- Air Travel - Prohibited Items For a list of prohibited items (applies to flights originating within the United States) see this Transportation Security Administration website.
- Air Travelers Association A membership organization focusing on the air travel issues of safety, security, savings, and service. Membership benefits include a newsletter, the Airline Safety Report Card, personal safety consultations, and discount travel.
- Airground Services Asia A provider of elite travel, event management, private aviation, and security services for VIPs and discerning travellers in Asia Pacific. Offering clients (heads of state, Fortune 500 bosses, government and aid agencies, international celebrities or high-end tourists) the security, knowledge, and integrated facilities they need to travel, tour, or do business in the region.
- Airguide for the Frequent Flyer The Complete Guide to the World's Airlines and Airports. Information on airline fleets and services: seating, food, entertainment, shopping, and frequent flyer programs.
- The Airline Guide This site aims to be a complete flight guide to European destinations, helping you find which airlines fly where.
- Airline Quality Airlines ranked by quality of service and product. Airline and airport awards, flight reviews, news stories, airline survey information.
- Airline Reviewer Passenger ratings and reviews of major airlines and budget carriers. You can rate and and submit a review your latest airline experience, and find the best customer rated airlines.
- Airline Tips From Free Travel Tips.com: getting the best deal, clubs and programs, luggage information, packing, special requests, picking seats, ticket jargon and information, security, safety, bumping, cancellations, connecting flights, customer service.
- Airlines flying in and to the Pacific Tips and information about flying to the Pacific from a tour operator.
- Airplanepost.com Learn about your choices for private air travel at this site: fractional aircraft ownership, air taxi, jet cards, and charter.
- Airtimetable.com A good selection of travel tools: airline timetables, airline fares, world air passes, airline seat maps, hotel, airline, and auto Web links, flight arrivals, jetlag calculator, flight tracker, airline route maps, air mile estimator, travel medicine, world time, destination guides, travel warnings, travel deals.
- AirportBug.org An airport directory presented for pilots, travelers, and anyone looking for information about an airport or traveling. They offer information on public and private airports, heliports, and other related facilities. Articles include information about traveling, flying, small plane and jet ownership, and more. Data comes from various sources including the Department of Transportation, FAA, and others.
- Applied Psychology Business travel safety and security consultants that apply fundamental psychological principles to help corporate travel executives and corporate travel providers understand, manage, and influence all aspects of business travel behavior.
- Around the World in 80 Clicks This site is run by an airline employee who wants to share his travel experiences, inspiration, and advise with the wide world, both through pictures and words. Personal travel impressions from over 100 countries. Thousands of pictures from every corner of the world that can be enlarged, sent as a postcard, and downloaded as a wallpaper for your computer.
- ASIA Travel Tips.com Travel tips for travelers to Asia, along with hotel reviews and reservations, special deals, and Asia travel news.
- AtlasNavigator Air Travel Dierectory This "global air travel drectory" offers links to airlines, airports, and air traveler's information. Also time & weather, travel delays, currency converter, airline news, airline and airport codes, travel glossary.
- The Australian Frequent Flyer Points manager, airline programs, monthly newsletter.
- Aviation Consumer Protection Division This division of the U.S. Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (under the Department of Transportation) receives informal complaints from members of the public regarding aviation consumer issues, verifies compliance with DOT's aviation consumer protection requirements, provides guidance to the industry and members of the public on consumer protection matters, and makes available to the public information on pertinent consumer matters. They offer travel tips and publications, aviation safety and security information, an air travel consumer report, and other information of interest to air travelers.
- Aviation Health Institute A non-profit organisation that promotes health and well being of airline passengers worldwide. Includes a chart with economy/coach seat pitch by airline, guidelines for physicians offering patient advice, health advice for passengers, links related to aviation health.
- BigTravelWeb Advice on how to get business class upgrades.
- bringsome Describe what you'd like a traveler to bring back, then meet and get the item. Travelers can create ads for goods they can bring back for the purchase price, sometimes with a fee added.
- Budget Airline Guide A low-cost airline information center with budget airline profiles, news, and discussion forums. Search by airline or destination region, or sign up for the free email newsletter. Discuss low cost airline experiences or related issues in the forums.
- The Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports For travellers who are REALLY on a budget and are looking for a way to skim a few bucks off their travel expenses, why not consider sleeping in an airport? Thousands of listings.
- Business Travel Guru This is a useful resource for business (and other) travelers. The site has articles illustrated with photos, and community discussion forums on all aspects of business travel, including airlines, aircraft, frequent flyer programs, hotels, and credit card programs.
- carsurvey.org At this site you can submit and read flight reviews from a large number of airlines.
- Cheap Airline Tickets Guide This consumer guide provides an overview of how to obtain cheap airline tickets. Features articles and information on low cost air travel.
- Cheap Hotels & Airline Tickets Many travel resources, including travel forums, destination guides, directories, ecotourism, family travel, lodging, maps, resorts, tour operators, travel agents, travel tips and tools.
- CNN Airport Network Airport news, travel news, travel tools (FAA airport delay advisory, airline toll free numbers).
- CNN Travel CNN's travel portal includes aviation news and issues.
- The Connected Traveler and Connected Traveler Radio Opinionated commentary, information, weblog, photography and video plus a 24 hour per day world travel and culture radio station.
- Consumer World - Travel Air travel information: rules of the air, air links, US airport maps. Airline on-time, lost luggage, overbooking, and complaint statistics, Air travel bargains.
- Corporate Travel Safety Great site with free travel safety and security content including airport codes, airline ticket jargon, seat configurations, lost luggage tims, and much more. Also, travel safety seminars, products, and tapes.
- Crunch Flying Pilates This fitness gym, in conjunction with jetBlue Airways, has produced a card showing exercises you can do in your airplane seat.
- Customers First A Web site supported by the Air Transport Association that describes the measures that U.S. carriers have taken to improve customer service and provides information about the growth in air travel in the United States.
- Cybercafes.com A database of cybercafes (internet cafes) around the world, searchable by country and city. Cybercafe news online and by email.
- Delaycast Provides estimates of flight delays that can be expected based on factors such as airline, origin, destination, and date and time of day. The estimates are based on predictive modeling technologies that model historical patterns in flight delays and project them into the future.
- Dopplr With this online service for frequent business travellers, you can pivately share your travel plans with a trusted group of friends and colleagues. Dopplr then tells you when people you know will be in the same cities, and it reminds you of people who live in the places you’re planning to visit. Dopplr works on your personal computer and mobile phone and links with online calendars and social networks.
- DT Pro Provides defensive tactic techniques (consistent with U.S. state and federal laws on the use of force.) These techniques can be applied by typical business travelers or those who have to travel extensively around the world.
- elliott.org An interesting site with travel information of all sorts - much of it airline or airport related. Worth a look. Newsletter available.
- Err Travel An opinionated safety and security travel site from Applied Psychology. Travel smarter, travel safer, and travel with more confidence through lessons learned from the misadventures of others.
- Executive Travel SkyGuide Downloadable worldwide schedules. Navigate unexpected changes in your travel plans with this tool. Schedules are updated weekly for a variety of devices, including Palm OS®, PocketPC®, as well as mobile phones and PCs.
- ExpertFlyer Information about airline flights and fares for the frequent flyer, the airline mileage program "elite tier" passengers, professional travel managers, and the occasional air traveler looking for the best values. Find class availability for over 400 airlines, award and upgrade availability for select airlines, teal-time seat maps for over 100 airlines, published fare information complete with rules and restrictions, and much more. This is a subscription service.
- [FAA] Air Traffic Control System Command Center The ATCSCC Real-time Airport Status page shows general airport conditions (delays).
- FAA Traveler Information The FAA Fly Smart Guide offers information and links about what to wear, baggage, airport security, seating, and safety. Also, links to international travel resources, airline/aircraft safety records, and lots of other good resources.
- FHT Travel A large and comprehensive collection of information on travel, including articles, resources. and a free newsletter.
- Flight Atlas This site uses a very well done graphic interface to allow you to find airline flights between cities throughout Europe, and then offers links to the airlines so users can book directly. Also has a directory of European airport links.
- Flight Facts - European Low Cost Airline News This site helps flyers, customers, and enthusiasts find information on European low cost airlines: their routes, destinations, news, maps, meals, photos, and reviews.
- FlightPreview.com A site that provides air travelers with information regarding airline flight departures and arrivals, flight delays and cancellations. You'll find flight schedules, most frequently late arrivals, irline on-time performance, airport on-time performance, airline flight cancellations, weather information, maps, travel news an e-mail newsletter, and lots more.
- Flights From Hell True stories about the adventures and anxieties of commercial airline flights, written by passengers and flight crews, plus news articles and online stores about "flights from hell." Take a wild ride into the unknown skies!
- FirstClassFlyer.com Guide to free upgrades, advanced ticketing strategies, unpublished airfares. Free content and subscriber content.
- FlyerTalk A frequent flyer community with active forums, live chat, photo gallery.
- Flying Members Information for travelers on airline frequent flyer programs with the latest promotions and miles offers.
- Free Travel Guides How to get free travel guides, and other tools for travelers.
- FrogsOnLine Articles and resources for expats and travellers. In French and English.
- Gheos.com A large Internet travel portal. The World Guide features detailed maps, flags, anthems, statistical information, weather reports, history and travel information and tips on worldwide travel destinations.
- Globetrotters Travel Clinics This UK site provides one stop shopping for your travel health needs, and is dedicated to providing quality travel health advice and services, as well as premium travel health products.
- Healthy Flying Information about safe, healthy air travel by a consumer rights activist. Topics include recycled airline air, deep vein thrombosis, crew fatigue, airline food, dehydration, ear pain, jetlag, lost luggage, sleeping, toxins.
- Inflight Safety Page A former flight attendant describes how to increase your awareness of inflight safety whenever you're on an aircraft. Introduction, pre-flight, fire/smoke, decompression, brace position, ditching, examples of incidents.
- inn26.com This world travel guide site includes links to airlines, airports, tour operators, and travel agencies. Also, location maps and photo galleries.
- Inside Flyer Magazine Dedicated solely to frequent travelers, Inside Flyer provides time sensitive airline, hotel, car rental and affinity credit card program information.
- Intercultural Association Jóvenes del Mundo This association maintains a list of travel resources. In English and Spanish.
- International Country Calling Codes his site provides international country code lookup with a useful tool that searches international dialing codes when calling from any country. Especially useful for travellers. Site also provides international calling card search from any country and will display best rates it can find.
- iTravelnet Travel Directory A directory for travel related web sites: destination guides, travel news, travelogues, and worldwide airlines listing.
- J3tlag - Online Travel Magazine The digital destination for the latest travel and trend information from around the globe.
- Jet With Kids It's a book, a website, and a blog. Family Flight Expert Anya Clowers, RN offers practical advice, timely tips, and travel product reviews for those traveling with young children. Her book and website contain solid advice from over 21 travel experts - pilots, flight attendants, travel agents, gate agents, pediatricians, frequent fliers, and more. Her blog is filled with photos, videos, and honest editorial reviews of products designed for families traveling with kids.
- Johnny Jet A comprehensive travel portal with links to a huge number of good resources: destinations, a travel blog, website of the day, and many other sources of information of interest to air travelers.
- Lonely Planet Publisher of over 650 guidebooks in 14 different languages covering every corner of the planet. They also offer a range of services to aid and inspire travellers, including newsletters, the Lonely Planet Phonecard, Lonely Planet Images, and B2B opportunities.
- Low Cost Airline Guide Quickly find which budget airlines fly on the European routes you wish to travel. Read and post airline and airport reviews.
- LowerAirfares.com Resources for saving money and reducing stress on airline flights. By the author of "Winning the Airfare Game," an air travel reference book written by a consumer advocate who "tells it like it is." Besides book info and reviews, the site has related information, tips, and links.
- MaGlobe Traveler Global Internet access service for the traveller.
- MasterCard/Cirrus ATM Locator Select a country, then a city. The database will return detailed listings of banks and locations. Also provided is an Airport ATMs locator.
- mcot.org This travel portal provides information about a number of US cities: airport and hotel information, attractions, travelogues, restaurants.
- MileMaven.com Find bonus miles promotions. Enter a city pair and see the airline promotions available. A sister-site of PointMaven.com.
- MilePoint.com Redeem miles for discounts at participating on-line merchants.
- Milesfaster Links - World Travel Directory A World travel directory for things related to travel, including shopping, eating, flying, accommodation, hotels, and activities across the globe. A particularly good source for London airport information and services.
- Mr. Mileage Provides a secure service for frequent flyers to redeem their excess mileage and for first class, business class, and international travelers to purchase discount tickets.
- My Success Trip A directory with information, resources, articles, and tips on worldwide air travel.
- My Vector With this online locator map, you can share your itinerary and contact details, find buddies around the world, and store your travel history. Ideal for frequent travelers like pilots, cabin crew, etc. to share itinerys. It tells you if your buddies are in the same location, and it's free.
- OAG An independent provider of travel information products and services. Access travel information through printed pocket flight guides, the Website, WAP phones and PDAs with a web clipping function, or customized travel information system for use on a company's Intranet or Local Area Network.
- OAG MAX Online Unlimited access to OAG's comprehensive schedules database for over 1000 airlines and 3,500 airports. Access 12 months of planned flight data and 9 years of historical information.
- OANDA, The Currency Site This provider of foreign exchange, currency trading, and information services offers several services for travelers: a travel checklist, travel advisories, you can order currencies and travelers checks, an ATM locator, and the very handy "Travelers Currency CheatSheet." With this, travelers can create and print a currency converter table for their next trip: select the language, date, currencies, and the rate to get a copy of your FXCheatSheet. You can also set up a quick currency converter for your browser.
- Overseas Experience A general travel site with hints, tips, and suggestions to get the most from your flight.
- PairUp "Connected travel" for the business traveler. Share travel plans and search for business connections at your destination location or event. Build a network by uploading your business contacts, then share your travel plans with people you trust. Search for contacts at your destination, coordinate meetings and activities, and receive alerts when colleagues are coming to town.
- Passengers with Disabilities Facts for disabled air travelers from the Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the DOT.
- Passenger Information FAQ This FAA Civil Aviation Security FAQ addresses many current concerns and issues.
- PeterGreenberg.com Peter Greenberg is a travel journalist with extensive experience in the field. He tends to focus on the journey, rather than on the destination, and offers the traveler insider tips and recommendations. For travel news, information, help, and great resources, check out this site.
- Plane Tickets Now Provides advice for those seeking cheap airfares and information about destinations, airlines, and airports around the world.
- plendexTravel.com A directory with links to travel resources.
- points.com Exchange points, miles, or other currencies between your airline (or other) loyalty programs.
- The Practical Nomad Edward Hasbrouck, author of several great travel resource books, offers tips for travelers, reviews, a travel advice blog.
- QM Travel This travel site offers a large and useful directory of travel links by subject and location, and a free travel newsletter.
- QW Travel A very straightforward travel link list with air travel resources, location-specific sites, guides, and a lot more.
- Radio-Locator A radio station search engine with links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
- RateTheAirline.com Rate and review you have used, and see how airlines have been rated and reviewed by others. Also air travel news, consumer reports, facts for the air traveler, avoiding baggage problems, how to get the best air fares, government travel warnings, real-time airport status, how to report complaints. Requires registration.
- Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door Travel tips, links, travel store, tours through Europe, seminars, travel consulting and trip planning services, and more.
- RoadNews Tips and tricks for laptop computer equipped travelers.
- Road Warrior International Survival Guide This site from iGo Corporation offers a handbook for the international business traveler with business culture and services by country, as well as valuable tips and solutions for effective and efficient mobile communications and computing.
- Simplifying Passenger Travel An IATA-led campaign that focuses on working with governments to move towards biometric identification technology to make passenger processing more convenient and secure.
- Skyguide A subscription pocket guide to North American Airline schedules. This site also offers news and information for the business traveler, frequent flyer promotions by airlines, travel website reviews.
- Skytrax Research Airline news, surveys, rankings, seating, meals, web sites, passenger opinions, reviews, products.
- Sleep Travel Trading Company How to sleep on airplanes. The site includes sleep FAQs and an online store offering sleep travel gear including earplugs, eyeshades, inflatable pillows, and the "How to Sleep on Airplanes Handbook." See also the National Sleep Foundation site for additional information, and if you're a real sleep fanatic, see the NAPS site (New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep) for sleep research.
- So Much World - Online Travel Guides A digital alternative to the traditional paper travel guides. This ambitious site is populated by passionate travel writers and experts with reviews, booking services, and high quality free travel information.
- Tips For Travelers Air travel tips for those with disabilities, by the Open Doors Organization. ODO was founded in 2000 for the purpose of creating a society in which all persons with disabilities have the same consumer opportunities as those without.
- Transportation Security Administration The TSA protects the US transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
- Travel Community Online The goal at Travellerspoint is to help you enjoy your travel experience: ask for advice from the Travel Helpers, keep a free online travel diary, book hostels online, reunite with lost travel friends, share experiences in the travel forums.
- Travel Web Directory A human-edited travel directory offering selected quality traveling links sorted by categories, and a travel guide that helps you plan your vacation. Also featuring a selection of travel articles and a travel photo directory where you can share your pictures for free.
- Security Checkpoint Wait Times As a customer service initiative, TSA is providing security checkpoint wait time information to assist travelers in planning for their next flight.
- Transport Direct The Department for Transport’s journey planner for Great Britain. Daily updated customised flight schedule information of internal flights within Great Britain, find a route, compare journeys.
- Travel Directory Travel sites from around the world to in a comprehensive, user-friendly online information resource.
- Travel Directory.org A comprehensive travel directory that includes several thousand aviation related resources with screenshots of the sites.
- TravelHealth A comprehensive resource for healthy travel with information for planning a safe and healthy vacation: country-specific risks and diseases, suggested immunizations, health recommendations, and finding a travel clinic near your home.
- TravelHealth.co.uk A nurse-led, easy to use, TravelHealth guide on the web offering health advice and resources for travellers.
- Travel Notes -- The Online Guide to Travel Guides visitors to travel information with detailed country backgrounds, reviewed web sites, regular travel articles. The world airport directory provides links to airport sites, traveler information about the airport, and links to regional information. The alphabetical airline directory helps search for cheap flight tickets and schedules, as well as airline codes, courier companies, scenic flights, country information, airports, official tourist offices, embassies, and more.
- Travel Tips 101 Recommendations and advice by former airline employees for buying airline tickets, booking hotels, travel packages, cruises, car rentals, luggage and much, much more.
- Travel Tips from Our Travel Club A growing collection of travel tips by experienced world travelers.
- Travel Walk Forums Find answers to your travel questions in these travel forums.
- The Travelite FAQ An educational site that teaches ordinary people how to travel lightly.
- The Traveller's Chart User reviews on different aspects of air travel: airlines, airports, travel guides, and travel agencies.
- Travellers Content A simple travel forum where members can converse with fellow travellers, exchanging stories and helpful information on travelling to far away places around the world.
- TravelNotes.org An online guide to travel: Travel feature on airlines and the three letter airport codes with links to their websites, news, forums, guides, Internet Café Guide, travel auctions, country backgrounds, reviewed web sites, and regular travel articles.
- TravelQuality.com A travel information site with news, airline and airport websites, airline ratings and surveys, pictures, and a forum. Look in the "Flights" section.
- Trends Taste and Travel Captain Cy Emerus is your host for Trends, Taste and Travel podcast. Captain Cy is an actual airline captain who has spent the last 35 years taking travelers to exotic destinations the world over.
- TripIt Forward your travel confirmation emails (air, hotel, car) to a TripIt address and this online travel service "automatically organizes all your travel plans into one master online itinerary with everything you need for your trip, including travel confirmations, daily weather, local maps, city guides and more." TripIt pulls in Google maps and directions, NOAA weather, SeatGuru airplane seat advice, Wikipedia city information, Eventful current events, and Flickr city photos.
- Tripso They call themselves "the last honest travel site" and claim to be "the oldest continuously published travel news and commentary site on the Web." This was originally called Ticked.com, then Travelcomment.com, now Tripso. Get your travel problems solved, keep up with travel news, read columns and post in the forums.
- TSA Travel Guide The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) comprehensive travel guide for the flying public. Everything you need to know about airport security measures, as well as a list of timesaving tips, information on assistance for special needs, the latest list of prohibited and permitted items, and other information that will help guide you smoothly through the security process.
- Tyzo.com An online travel guide offering travel deals and a good set of travel tools including a travel directory with categorized travel websites, an airport database with over 500 official airport websites (search by airline, country or code), a searchable airlines database with over 700 airlines, and other tools.
- Unclaimed Baggage Center A one-of-a-kind store that purchases unclaimed baggage from airlines in bulk, and offers the items for sale, often at a very low price.
- United Proactive Paging (EasyAccess) Wireless flight booking, ticket purchasing, flight status paging. Click "Wireless/Paging."
- UpgradeBuddy.com Frequent flier resource center for the scheduling and processing of Delta Airline upgrades.
- USA Today Travel News, flight tracking, airline schedules and directories, airfare deals, booking guide, features.
- Useful Travel Guide This travel forum is a place where you can look for practical travel information and share your latest travel experiences.
- Valid Travel A large directory with links to travel resources: tickets, deals, accomodations, vacations, etc.
- Visa/Plus ATM Locator Choose a country, then use the form to obtain ATM information by city, street, or airport.
- Visual Vacation Talk - The Travel Discussion Site Travel related forums, blogs, and photo galleries. Discuss your travel plans, ask questions, get travel advice or share your travel experiences with others. Create your own blog or online photo gallery of travel photos.
- Weather Channel Travel Page Travel forecasts, U.S. flight status, aviation weather, travel message boards, travel photo gallery.
- Wedge Travel LLC A trip planning site that allows you to compare going via car, commercial airline, and private plane. You enter your departure address, your destination address, group size, and the dates of your trip. The Wedge presents you with the total trip time for car, private and commercial flight, the cost per person and the total cost for the group. Use this tool extend your use of private aviation and justify more trips based on speed, convenience, and cost. The site has many other useful air travel resources.
- WikiAir.com The airline crew encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The goal is to create an editable and free source of information for flight crews and business travelers worldwide. This web site can be a great resource where everyone can share their individual lists of things to see and do on the road.
- Willgoto A multilingual world travel directory: Tourist information, maps, pictures, accommodation, airlines, airports, car hire, tour operators, culture, news, weather and all useful links sorted by language, destination, and topic.
- World Standards This is a great resource for world travelers that provides information about electricity around the world (what plugs and voltages are used where), international paper sizes, international time codes, international car codes, metric vs. imperial, and scripts and alphabets. Know your destination before you arrive!
- World Travel Guide A source for comprehensive and detailed information for countries around the world. The great airport guide offers directions, websites, terminal transfer info, parking, car hire, public transportation, airport facilities, airport hotels.
Airline Passenger Rights
- Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights A coalition of airline passengers who are fed up with being stuck for hours on the ground in an airplane. They have proposed and are advocating a Bill of Rights for Airline Passengers.
- Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights - Hotline The group blog.
Airline Seat Guides
- LoveMySeat Airplane Seat Reviews and Ratings A guide to airplane seat recommendations with seat reviews, seat ratings, and in-flight services.
- SeatExpert.com A site with seat selection resources, including advice on the most desirable seats, as well as which seats to avoid at all cost.
- SeatGuru.com A really good source for airplane seating and in-flight services information. Site navigation is outstanding and descriptions appear as you mouse over the different seats. You can submit your own in-flight experiences.
Travel Blogs and Podcasts
- Air Travel An online travel guide of travel tips and suggestions for your air flight travel. Get travel information and air travel discounts on this site.
- Air Travel Center Worldwide Airfare Blog Published to assist a world of air travelers shopping by price alone.
- The Amateur Traveler Podcast A weekly travel podcast for people who love to travel, focusing on travel stories, travel news, tips, and travel resources. All with a little bit of humor.
- Boarding Area "Voices of the Business Traveler." This is a portal to business travel and air travel blogs, featuring Upgrade Travel Better, View From the Wing, The Cranky Flyer, Joe Sharkey At Large, Travel Commons, Online Travel Review, and Points Wizard. It also provides additional links to other business travel related blogs.
- Cool Travel Guide This travel writer, who has authored over twenty guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK & Thumbnail Guides, and had articles published in many magazines and newspapers, writes about cool travel topics that aren't covered in the guides.
- Customer Service Report CSR is an online resource for travelers who are looking to get the best customer service. The blog follows travel news with an eye for how developments will affect your customer experience. The weekly companion column, The Travel Troubleshooter resolves actual travel disputes. CSR includes detailed files on each travel company, with contact information, data about its customer-service performance and other facts that are difficult to find. Elliott's E-Mail is a free, non-commercial weekly travel newsletter with insider travel tips, news and information plus resources and irreverent insights.
- EyeforTravel A good source for travel distribution news, events, and analysis. They have a list of travel industry blogs and also a podcast library that will be of interest to those in the air travel industry.
- Flightandroom Blog Find interesting news, stories, and articles about the travel industry, as well as information about new products, services, and destinations.
- Flight Wisdom Advice and thoughts on improving your flight experience and saving you money.
- Fly Away Cafe A travel blog by a flight attendant.
- The Flying Critic A critical look at the airline and travel industry. News, tips and tricks, hotel and airline reviews, and more.
- IAGblog Podcasts Aviation and travel industry podcasts from the Innovation Analysis Group. IAG provides information and consulting services to the travel and aviation industries, and covers aircraft manufacturers, airlines, airports, and ground transportation. The IAGblog offers breaking news, insights, and commentary on a wide range of issues affecting travel and aviation.
- inFlightHQ "A blog that publishes tools, tips, and techniques for being productive at 30,000 feet." Sponsored by Connexion by Boeing, and very informative.
PodAsia - An interesting podcast for business and leisure travellers in Asia. Each episode takes you to a different location and offers tips on where to go, what to see, what to eat, and where to stay. Interviews with locals add flavor and more great information for the traveler.
- Searching the Internet Billed as "A podcast featuring practical advice and tips on searching the internet." Episode 005 covers travel related search sites like Travelocity, Expedia, Hotels.com, and also some lesser known newcomers to the travel search market. Listen as well to how to choose an airline seat, and some places for information on various vacation destinations.
- TechInFlight This nicely designed blog is dedicated to exploring the technology available to air passengers. Posts cover in-flight entertainment and in-flight Internet. TechInFlight has started a social network on Ning.com as a place for frequent travelers to share their experiences using technology during their flight, and also any other tips or tricks related to air travel.
- theaviophobia.com All about the fear of flying (aviophobia).
- Tips for Travellers Podcast Advice, tips and recommendations of places, hotels, planes, trains, books based on the first hand experience and research for a book on legends and icons of travel.
- Travel Blog A blog with travel news on cheap airline tickets and exotic travel to Mexico, Jamaica, Hawaii and elsewhere.
- Travel Buzz A blog on the travel industry. What's new in travel? What are the latest travel trends, and what will be the next thing? How can travel technology be combined with other evolving technologies?
Travel Commons - Mark Peacock is a frequent business flier who puts in a lot of air miles each year. He knows airlines and airports and hotels and technology for the road, so his podcast is valuable for any frequent flier. The podcast subtitle tells it all: "Giving the voice of the traveler, more about the journey than the destination." If you spend a lot of time flying commercially for business or pleasure, give this podcast a listen!
- Travel Europe Live! Information, tips, pictures, and more on traveling to Europe.
- TravelHacker This blog offers good tips and information for travelers, and provides lots of links to associated resources. It comes from the folks at: AirlineCreditCards.com, where you can compare and apply for air mile and travel rewards credit cards.
- Travel Industry Association of America Podcasts featuring industry professionals on a variety of topics.
- Travel Industry Headlines Travel deals, destinations, tips, and travel news.
- Travel Industry Association of America Podcasts featuring industry professionals on a variety of topics.
- Traveler 2.0 This blog provides technology news and useful information for travelers.
- The Traveling Man Podcast This podcast documents the travel adventures of life on the road. Episodes feature travel tips, technology, hotel reviews, and wacky adventures. (Inactive since July 2006.)
- The Travel Security Blog Focuses on news and commentary about travel safety, airline security, and airport security.
- TravelTechTalk This blog covers travel technology topics: laptop and ultra-mobile computers, mobile phones, portable video, software, GPS units and developments, headsets, and other gadgets.
- Trust Me, I'm a Flight Attendant "One stewardess, many observations." Entertaining stories, commentary, opinions, and valuable traveler tips from an airline flight attandant.
- Upgrade: Travel Better A blog with tips, commentary, and news for the traveler looking to maximize comfort, style, and convenience, while getting a great deal. "Living the first class life... at coach prices!"
- View From the Wing This blog offers information about frequent flier mileage promotions and other items of interest to air travelers.
- World Hum "Travel dispatches from a shrinking planet." This online travel magazine seeks to explore all aspects of the travel experience, across town or across the globe. World Hum is a travel blog and a good source for travel articles and stories.
- Yourviewdotcom A blog aimed at private pilots with travel "discoveries," suggestions, and observations. Written by a Southern California pilot who has loved flying since 1978. Other pilots are invited to author articles as guest-bloggers.
Air Passenger Products
- 1st Class Sleeper Lightweight inflatable back and side support designed to make sleeping on flights easier.
- Alex Grant Bags A luxury laptop bag and accessories company offering bags at the intersection of fashion and technology that protect your mobile electronics with cutting-edge style.
- American Cabin Supply Personalized aircraft cabin supplies: apparel, travel bags, blankets, cards, umbrellas, napkins, cups.
- Americase Custom builders of ATA transport cases to exact customer specs, including simple cargo cases to more complicated Hazmat cases.
- AmeriLeather.com Quality leather bags, luggage, and apparel. Amerileather is a manufacturer of a line of travel accessories as well as business accessories like briefcases.
- Atherbys - Refining Your Image Leather Luggage, bags, portable carry-ons and PDA cases as well as a variety of other travel related goods.
- Baggallini Founded by two veteran flight attendants who recognized a need for more fashionable and functional tote bags, handbags, and travel accessories.
- BagsForMe Luggage Find lots of great travel bags and luggage from major brands.
- Brenthaven High performance computer cases.
- Buy Before You Fly Travel Accessories and Essentials Are you going away on holiday or a business trip and you have no time to shop? They offer holiday wear and travel essentials for all the family.
- Briggs and Riley Luggage and Travelware A wide range of high quality travel bags, luggage, and travel merchandise - from carry-ons to wheeled garment bags. Lifetime warranty for all damage.
- Cencal Airline crew bags, flightbags, flight jackets, kneeboards, logbook covers.
- Cirrus Healthcare Products Offers EarPlanes (and Children's EarPlanes) ear plugs which equalize the air pressure on each side of the eardrum during take offs and landings. Helpful when fluing with a cold, allergy, or sinus problem.
- CODi A manufacturer of protective notebook computer cases.
- DME Corporation Infant/toddler seats for aircraft.
- eBags Lots of bags, including a selection of air travel luggage.
- Everki A travel duffle with a removable laptop hard case for travelers that have to go through airport security. Also, laptop bags, backpacks, messengers, duffles, and lifestyle bags.
- FutureFlite Corporation Adjustable lumbar support for airline passenger seats.
- Hawaiian Floral Luggage "The Fun Luggage Company," selling only Hawaiian floral print luggage from top-name brands. With these designs, your luggage will stand out on the carousel!
- Jet Set Go Bag Tag It might be hard to loose your stuff with these stylish and durable oversized luggage and bag tags. Clever idea.
- JetSet Health Producers of all natural dietary supplements that are designed specifically for professional flight crews, frequent travelers, and busy professionals with active lifestyles.
- Keep Your Cooler.com Coolers in many different shapes, colors and forms, ideal for travel, including backpack coolers, duffel bag coolers, collapsible rolling travel coolers, on wheels, with radio's and much more.
- Kleen Foot Take off your shoes, slip these on, and you're protected from foot diseases as you pass through security.
- Knee Defender Want protection from reclining airplane seats? This product will prevent the seat in front of you from reclining. Note that this approach to maximizing your personal space is not universally appreciated by all.
- Leather Bags Manufacturer and supplier of leather bags: computer bags, laptop bags, camera, leather golf bags, leather cases, and others.
- Leatherjockey.com Leather accessories for sale, including a selection of luggage.
- LeatherPaKs Offering leather travel bags, luggage, briefcases, backpacks, and more at discount prices.
- LeatherTree A large, all leather accessory site on the net with briefcases, luggage, backpacks, sports bags, duffles, purses, wallets and more by various designers.
- Lewis & Conger Travel Goods Bags, clothing, travel guides, accessories, and other items for the traveller.
- Luggage Club Luggage and bags from Tumi, Hartmann, Swiss Army, Travelpro, Samsonite, Briggs & Riley, Atlantic, French, Boyt, and others.
- Luggage Factory A large New Jersey luggage and travel goods store. Great selection of brand name luggage, duffels, garment bags, totes, and more.
- LuggageGuru.com Luggage, briefcases, and travel accessories from a variety of manufactures like Tumi, Samsonite, Travelpro, Hartmann and others. They also repair luggage from most major manufactures.
- Luggage Handle Wraps Unique embroidered luggage handle wraps with many different phrases and designs to choose from. Find your bags quickly in the overhead bin or on the carousel, or just enjoy a fun way to express yourself with many different styles. Personalized orders are welcome. This business (Bin Hog Designs) is owned and operated by a SWA Flight Attendant.
- Luggageonline.com A large selection of all types of carry on luggage, including backpacks, duffels, wheelies, and small carry on bags that meet airline requirements.
- Luggage by webBags A retailer offering a selection of luggage, business cases, business and travel accessories, writing instruments, personal leather goods and unique gifts.
- Maxwell Scott Purveyors of fine Italian leather travel luggage and briefcases. They guarantee each product for two years, and "ensure that all our products will improve with age."
- My Luggage Tags Tags for all your luggage. Tags for all your luggage. Spot your luggage anywhere with these tags that come in many colors and images: flag tags, ribbon tags, nature tags, psych tags, fire tags, personalized tags, custom tags, ID tags.
- Packing Light Luggage, travel clothing, travel accessories, and travel gear enable you to pack light in carry-on luggage.
- PassengersOnly.com Offering luggage (carry-ons, suitcases, garment and duffel bags, travel satchels), laptop bags, briefcases and messenger bags, and travel accessories.
- Pit System An ergonomic headrest that can be used by passengers in airplanes, buses, trains, etc. Note: this page is a large Flash download (444k) - not suitable for slow connections. (Unless you're especially motivated!)
- ProTravelGear.com Professional travel supplies: crew supplies, luggage, electronics, health and comfort, security, apparel.
- Qantas Frequent Flyer Collection A unique range of travel and personal accessories designed for Qantas Frequent Flyers: bags, luggage, accessories, etc.
- Rawlings Leather Goods Leather travel bags made with Rawlings baseball glove leather. Also, leather briefcases, wallets, and messenger bags.
- Rocky Mountain Trail Bags Luggage, travel bags, laptop bags, backpacks, and more from brand names like North Face, Columbia, DaKine and Jansport.
- Samsonite Hard-sided and soft-sided suitcases, carry-ons, garment bags, causal bags, business cases and accessories.
- South-Pak Cases and custom cushioning for shipping and protecting virtually any item. Electronic and industrial equipment, sales sample cases, tradeshow cases, rack mounts, and more. Pelican, Storm, Otter, Underwater Kinetics, and others.
- Strapak An innovative "organizer frontpack" that holds your small travel items: passport, phone, iPod, cash, keys, etc.
- The Strap Make identification of your bags easier with these personalized luggage belts that include locking buckles.
- Taggs-R-Us Luggage tags and luggage labels.
- TamperSeal Specializing in TSA luggage locks, luggage tags, travel comfort, and travel security supplies. All US orders ship free.
- Today's Luggage Buy brand-name luggage at low prices: Hartmann, Boyt, Travelpro, Delsey, Samsonite, Briggs & Riley, Swiss Army, and more. Also selling a wide-variety of travel goods, including overseas electronics, security items, locks, passport covers, locks and luggage tags.
- Token, Inc. Choose from a selection of Manhattan Portage and Token brand messenger shoulder bags.
- Tom Bihn - Portable Culture Quality bags for travel and everyday use: laptop bags, briefcases, daypacks, and shoulder bags for trekking the globe or just heading out on your daily commute.
- TravelPro Manufacturer of high quality travel cases aand luggage.
- Travel Sentry The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now allows you to lock your checked baggage with Travel Sentry Certified locks. The specially coded and secured locks allow TSA to open your locks and re-lock your bags.
- Trendy Carts Folding carts for travel, shopping, and more. These have folding frames with an attached bag made of durable backpack quality material with large zippered pockets.
- The Trophy Chick Offering solid brass luggage tags with custom imprinting. They specialize in custom tags for flight crews, but offer high quality tags to everyone.
- Tuff-Cases.Com Quality hard-sided travel cases at discount prices: aluminum briefcases, laptop cases, tool and gun cases.
- Village Luggage and Gifts Discount luggage, travel accessories, corporate gifts, and leather goods.
- X Bags A one stop online travel bag and acessory store. Excellent prices and a trusted name in bags.
Baggage Services and Baggage Sites
- Coalition for Luggage Security Their mission is to ensure safer and more efficient air travel in the United States.
- Hands-FREE Travel An airport baggage delivery service in Japan. Have your checked baggage picked-up at your home, office, or hotel, and you won't see it until you pick it up from baggage claim at your destination.
- The Luggage Club TLC will pick up your luggage, golf clubs, wheelchair, trade show/business equipment, bike, skis, snowboard, kayak, gear bags or any other items from your home, office or any other location and deliver them to your destination. Door-to-door pick-up and delivery.
- Luggage Concierge Door-to-door delivery. Travel without luggage.
- Luggage Forward This provider of door-to-door luggage and sports equipment delivery to more than 200 countries worldwide offers a wide range of tailored forwarding solutions allowing clients the convenience of traveling without their luggage.
- Luggage Free Specializes in door-to-door delivery of excess baggage, bicycles, golf clubs, skis, and anything else that travelers opt not to carry on their trip.
- Universal Express, Inc. Luggage Express, and its premier service, the Virtual Bellhop, facilitate and manage the movement of baggage door to door for leisure and business travelers.
- VirtualBellhop This company will pick up your luggage and deliver it to your destination. You fly with only your carry-on bag. Items to be transported are picked up at the traveler's residence, business or other agreed upon point (usually a day before travelers departure) and flown as airfreight, separate from the airplane the traveler uses. The baggage is then sent by ground courier directly to the hotel or other designated location, and precedes the arriving guest.
Mobile Communications for Travelers
- Buytel Travelfone Buytel have developed a mobile cell phone roaming service that can cut the cost of mobile calls when you travel. Ideal for business executives, international tourists, holiday home owners and independent travellers who want to stop paying outrageous roaming charges.
- Roadpost Offering international cellular service, remote Internet, Iridium and Thuraya satellite service for individuals, corporate accounts, mobile network operators, and distribution partners.
- SpeedyPin Line.US offers cheap international calling card prepaid phone cards.
Wi-Fi Hotspot Locator Web Sites
- The FreeSpot Directory
- Hotspot Haven A worldwide listing with user-submitted hotspot reviews.
- Hotspot-Locations
- HotSpotList
- Jiwire
- WiFi 411
- Wi-fi Hotspots A global wi-fi hotspots directory. Enter an address and radius, get list of hotspots. Also, see a wi-fi guide and purchase wi-fi time.
- WiFiMaps.com Find WiFi hotspots, including wardriver finds.
- Wifinder
Hotspot Finders
- Canary Wireless LLC. The Digital Hotspotter is a Wi-Fi detector that performs real-time signal analysis to reveal essential network information, including network ID, encryption, and channel data via an LCD display. Buy from Amazon.com.
- Hawking Technology The HWL1 WiFi Locator will search for any 802.11b/g wireless networks within the vicinity and display the signal strength using its five LED lights. Buy from Amazon.com.
- Kensington WiFi Finder lets you know if your location is "hot." Buy from Amazon.com.
- PCTEL The PCTEL WiFi Seeker is a compact wireless (802.11b/g) network locator that is small enough to fit on a keychain. The device is equipped with a wireless network signal strength indicator that allows you to determine the availability as well as the quality of the wireless network.
Wireless ISPs
Air Rage Sites
- Air Rage.com A site presented by the Safety And Flight Executive (S.A.F.E.) that provides information concerning the phenomenon of Air Rage and dealing with disruptive passenger behaviour.
- FAA Unruly Passenger Statistics Violations by year.
- FistFree.com The FistFree language incorporates skills to defuse conflicts. This site includes information about air rage.
- The Skyrage Foundation Their goal is to reduce occurrences of inflight disruption and violence toward crewmembers and passengers. RagePage newsletter, rageproofing, archives.
Jet Lag & Motion Sickness Sites
- alt.travel.uk.air - Jet Lag FAQ Tips for travelers.
- Healthy Flying Information about safe, healthy air travel by a consumer rights activist, including information about jetlag.
- Jet Lag Cures A jet lag excerpt from Doctor Travel's Cure for the Common Trip by James Feldman.
- Learn2 Combat Jet Lag Four steps to avoiding jet lag.
- No Jet Lag They sell a product, but they also offer a lot of jet lag information.
- ReliefBand A drug-free treatment for nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness, as well as pregnancy (morning sickness), chemotherapy, and postoperative nausea as an adjunct to antiemetics.
Fear of Flying
- Avon Hypnotherapy A UK-based analytical hypnotherapist, specialising in anxiety and fear issues (including phobias). See also Paul Douglass, a professional analytical hypnotherapist providing help with anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, stress management, social anxiety.
- CTRN Helping individuals, organizations, and communities make fast, profound change. CTRN's Phobia Clinic has helped top executives overcome their fear of flying.
- Dolphin Hypnotherapy Practice Based at a Doctors Surgery in Poole, Dorset, and providing treatment for unwanted habits, behaviours, and feelings, includig fear of flying. Videoconference consultations available worldwide.
- Fear of Flying Help Course An online course that contains information about flying, including information on terrorism, new security procedures, and what you can now expect as a passenger.
- Fearless-Flight.com Chicken Soup for the Soul Presents The Fearless FlightKit, offering relief from those anxious feelings that can lead to discomfort and even panic attacks for those who have a fear of flying. It has been specially developed from experiences recounted by the experts: fearful flyers. The centerpiece is the Flight Harmonizer CD, with its soothing combination of prose, poetry, and music.
- The Fearless Flyers Society A 60 minute video, "Fearless Flying - Conquer Your Fear of Flying" is available for purchase for those who want to understand and overcome a fear of flying.
- Flying Anxiety Are you a nervous flier? Do you get anxiety from business air travel? This 20-year MD-80 pilot and member of the International Society For Mental Health offers self-help tips and a DVD course to help conquer your fear of flying. The site contains a good set of links to related topics, a Blog, safety tips, a newsletter, and other resources.
- Flying Fears Scared of flying? They are not there to help you. Home of the bad flying FAQ!
- Flyingwithoutfear.com This site has more than 80 pages of help, including videos, audios, podcasts, and an on-line forum. Offering fearful flyers what they need to overcome their fears.
- FreeHypnosisTreatment.com Get free hypnosis and guided meditation audio's in order to help you relax when flying.
- Get The Life You Want! A qualified pilot offers clinical hypnotherapy and NLP for fear of flying and other phobias. U.K based.
- How to Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying This workbook contains an easy method to overcome fear of flying. Guaranteed, testimonials available.
- Les Posen's Fear of Flying Weblog A psychologist's blog devoted to fear of flying. Free information, presented in good humour from a psychologist with airline experience. Designed to help travellers become better flyers.
- MacKenzie Therapy and training UK UK Hypnotherapist Richard MacKenzie has help great numbers of individuals get rid of their fear of flying.
- The Magic of You If you are afraid of flying, hypnotherapy to help you fly safely and with enjoyment. They can also help with stress, depression, relationship issues, and whatever else is life is throwing at you. Clinics in Clifton, Bristol, Avon BS9 1JE and in Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7BZ.
- Oxford Hypnotherapy This Hypnotherapist from the UK offering help with fears and phobias, including fear of flying. Self Help Hypnosis tapes and CDs are available, including "Relax while you fly," "Supreme Relaxation," and "Self Confidence."
- Real Smart Hypnosis Hypnosis Hypnotherapy Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Huna from an exclusive practice in Leamington Spa Warwickshire UK. From a hypnotist who is a pilot.
- SOAR - Conquer Fear of Flying Overcome your fear of flying using a range of phobia treatment techniques. They supply information and help relating to aerophobia.
- theaviophobia.com A blog all about the fear of flying (aviophobia).
Ride Sharing Sites
- Air Charter Network Specializes in finding aircraft for passengers who fly private air charter. Availability throughout the U.S., Caribbean and South America.
- AirlineFriends.Net Find a friend to share in destinations around the world.
- Cheap Flights Finder A live departure board of flights with seats available, posted by pilots, charter companies, air taxi operators, and executive business jet operators.
- LEG SEEK.com A site dedicated to finding backhaul charter flights or "empty legs" for customers that are flying one-way.
- Plane Ride Private aircraft pilots offer spare seats to all on Plane-Ride.com
- shareyourflight.com Aircraft owners and renters can help offset the high costs of flying by listing available seats to share on the flights they already plan to make. Members can view these seats, contact the pilots, and share in the flight costs on a pro rata basis. Pilots are not considered commercial operators. (Read the rules defined on the site.) No charge for listing flights.
Travel Supplier and Travel Agent Resources
- 4Hoteliers.com An international hotel and travel news resource, offering thousands of news headlines and articles, a links database, events calender, and marketing options. The on-line hotel and travel news publication of Lifestyle Concepts Limited with readership that includes business leaders, executives, managers, and entrepreneurs.
- Airlines Reporting Corporation ARC was established by the travel industry to provide prompt, efficient, secure distribution and settlement of travel purchased in the U.S.
- Agent Factor A travel fulfillment, aggregation, marketing, and distribution company with a dynamic booking engine and an XML/API distributed network.
- AgentWare A private software company that provides products and solutions to the travel industry.
- Association of British Travel Agents A UK trade association for tour operators and travel agents.
- CheckIn.com "The Travel Expert Portal" A privately owned and funded site providing travel experts with a travel industry database, including contacts for all commercial airports and airlines.
- Datalex Provides e-business solutions for the travel industry (airlines, travel portals, travel suppliers, and distributors), including online travel booking solutions, reservations management, and travel distribution.
- Dolphin Dynamics FlightScanner allows travel agents to search the Internet for the best fares.
- e-Tid.com Travel and hospitality industry digest.
- FareChase An e-travel software technology provider with server side technology that performs large-scale real price data and availability comparisons in the travel industry.
- G2 Switchworks Alex Zoghlin, former chief technology officer of Orbitz, has launched a Chicago-based company as a developer of a distribution platform for airline tickets that connects the top 20 travel agencies to the top 50 airlines. Most of the Web site is password-protected.
- Galileo International Provider of electronic global distribution services (inventory, schedule, and pricing information) for airlines, travel suppliers, and travel agencies.
- InteleTravel.com A licensed, online travel agency, with a U.S. network of Independent Travel Agents. Based in Florida, they have established exclusive relationships with preferred travel suppliers and offer Independent Agents savings on travel they book for themselves and others.
- International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism An independent global community for the discussion, exchange, and development of knowledge about the use and impact of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the travel and tourism industry.
- The International Airlines Travel Agent Network IATAN is a not-for profit service organization that assists travel agents in meeting and maintaining a set of standards that are of value to airlines, the agency community, and consumers.
- LeisureGroupTravel.com Destination knowledge and how-to advice to help business and leisure group travel organizers.
- The Pacific Asia Travel Association PATA is an authority on Pacific Asia travel and tourism and provides marketing, research, and educational opportunities to a membership of government tourist offices, airlines, hotels, travel agencies, tour operators and related companies. PATA's mission is to enhance the growth, value and quality of Pacific Asia travel and tourism for the benefit of its membership.
- Safe Harbors Travel Group One-stop corporate travel management.
- SolarNet (SCS Solars Computing Systems Inc.) The developer of proprietary B2B technology solutions that improve the productivity and profitability of travel vendors worldwide.
- TechTravelers Providing cost-effective and secure enterprise-level managed-travel solutions. Patented technology provides a backbone that supports businesses of all sizes, in all places. Policy and rules integration, back-end accounting integration, personalized wired and wireless notification for travelers.
- The Travel Industry Discount Directory Travel industry discounts for Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.
- TravelMole.com A free online community of over 10,000 travel and tourism professionals: travel agents, tour operators, tourist officers, trade suppliers, hoteliers, travel journalists, destination marketing officers, or other travel professionals.
- TravelSky Technology Limited TravelSky is a provider of information technology solutions for China's air travel and tourism industries.
- TravelStoreMaker.com A web-based Online Travel Booking Engine that allows the creation of instant one-stop-shopping travel capable storefronts for any web site. Access airlines, hotels, car rental companies.
- TRX Providing transaction processing services to the travel industry with a suite of booking and processing services for reservation processing.
- Universal Federation of Travel Agents' Associations UFTAA is a world body representing national travel agents' associations in over 100 hundred countries.
Corporate Air Travel Resources
- Abacus Travel, Inc. Cell phone and PDA tools for corporate travelers: travel managers, itinerary, booking and fare saving, seat checking, etc. Also online booking and newsletter.
- Airline Automation Inc. Technology solutions for airlines and travel related companies, including AirPower Direct, a customer database solution sourced from airline reservations systems which combines an air carrier's passenger reservation data with demographic, mail-order and lifestyle information.
- Association of Corporate Travel Executives Representing the specialized travel interests of corporate purchasers and travel service suppliers.
- Business Travel Plus An independent corporate travel management services company, who specialise in high service solutions for the discerning business traveller at cost effective prices.
- CT Business Travel A full service business travel account management company. where you can book flights, hotels, and car hire.
- Discover the World Marketing A large travel representation company with more than 40 major travel corporations. Clients include airlines, hotel, rental car companies, and others.
- GetThere Provider of online corporate travel technology, including Web-based travel procurement systems for large corporations.
- iJET Travel Risk Management Focused on delivering proactive travel risk management services and real-time intelligence solutions to travelers, expatriates, corporations, government and non-governmental organizations, learning institutions and the travel industry.
- National Business Travel Association The NBTA represents over 2,400 corporate travel managers and travel service providers, and is committed to the professional development of its members, It offers educational and training opportunities, and is a source for information on the business travel industry.
- Northwestern Travel Management A full service corporate travel agency based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Site includes international travel information, cost savings tips, and vacation specials.
- Park City Transportation and Logistics Utah A corporate transportation provider. Services include Park City transportation, Utah Ski Area transportation, and logistics transportation in Utah.
- QL2 Software Provider of WebQL, a software tool capable of gathering competitive "off tariff" airfares and integrating them into spreadsheets, databases, and revenue management systems.
- ResourceAir Group An information portal specializing in air travel content for business users: current product news, the latest in new developments and trends, as well as valuable resource information. The site is specifically designed for travel managers, executives, and financial personnel responsible for their firms business travel activities.
- Stevens Travel Management A provider of travel management services to corporate customers.
- Trondent Development Corp. A global travel technology company that develops software and web-based solutions for travel management companies, on-line booking providers, and major corporations worldwide.
- Universal Air Travel Plan UATP, also known as Air Travel Card, is a business travel payment system offered by most of the world's major airlines and accepted by most air carriers. The UATP card provides detailed, consolidated, and centralized billing to corporate customers. Individual airlines direct bill corporate customers for flight activities.
- VTS Travel Direct Helps corporate clients achieve cost-savings and control by establishing travel policies and consolidating travel activities.
- World Club Travel A business travel agent that seeks to be "innovative, creative, customer focused, and a value conscious business travel management solution. Travel tools, information, flights, hotels, car hire.