Holiday Travel

Holiday Travel

Trips for the...
Adventurous | Pampered | History Buff | Family

And...
Travel Resources | Local Trips

Places to Go... For the Adventurous

Canadian Arctic Adventure Tours - fully equipped backcountry snowmobile and touring packages throughout the western arctic including skiing, snowshoeing and ice fishing.

All the Hotels on the Web - geographical meta-index of more than 10,000 hotels with Web pages.

Bud's Fishing Adventures - Oregon guided fishing tours for salmon, sturgeon, steelhead, and chinook. Recreational adventures, vacations, holidays, travel, excitement with white water for outdoorsmen, anglers and boaters.

Western Horse Prarie Ranch - Ranch Adventures in the Heart of Montana's Genuine Cattle Country!

Western Encounters - Wyoming Horseback Riding Holidays.

It's a sportsman's dream... Bonefishing on Christmas Island, a remote coral atoll in the Pacific.

Red River Outfitters - Located in Elk City, Idaho, the largest wilderness area outside of Alaska.

Yankee Schooner Cruises - Great sailing adventures on our historic windjammer.

Wintergreen Dogsledding Lodge - specializing in dogsledding adventure travel trips in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, arctic and beyond.

For the Pampered

Coeur d'Alene Resort

Arizona Biltmore Resort Connoisseur's Holiday Events - A unique vacation experience. 3-night packages in November & December offering the best wine, cigars, recreation, cooking classes, and massages.

Cedar Point Charters - sail the Chesapeake Bay on a well-equipped, 37-foot charter yacht.

Aladdin Cruises - private-charter sailboats; cruise in the Caribbean, Mediterranean or S. Pacific on yachts from 55 to 140 feet.

For the Historically Inclined

Mount Vernon - Historic home and gardens of first United States president, George Washington.

Blue Ridge Online - gateway and guide to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

The National Hotel - Founded in 1848, Jamestown is filled with historical reminders of California's gold-rush past.

Colonial Williamsburg Virginia - the restored 18th-century capital of Virginia.

For Everyone..

Disney World

Disneyland

Resources for Trip Planning

Shoestring Travel

American Youth Hostels

Inns And Outs - Directory of Bed & Breakfast Inns.

Internet Travel Network - a good online source for flight price estimates and seat availability. Make your own reservations and get ticketed at your favorite travel agency.

Central American Travel Exchange (CATE) - vacations in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador: biking, kayaking, rafting, mountains, beaches, jungles, Mayan ruins, adventure tours and custom packages.

Queensland Austrailia calendar of events

Wildwest Travel Agent

A site called Virtual Chevrolet has travel info links for most of the 50 states - everything from Amtrak train schedules to movie info in Iowa City.

The Lonely Planet has a slick site with links to information around the world. It contains the Thorn Tree, a bulletin board for the peripatetic with specific categories for seniors, gays & lesbians, and women.

Fodors has a good trip planner that searches for hotels and restaurants at your destination according to your budget and other specifications. It also contains a bulletin board forum for Holiday travel in NYC where a fodors editor will answer your questions about broadway tix or skating at Rockefeller Center or anything you want to ask him.

Eclectic Travel books that would make good gift ideas.

Plan a ski trip using the Conde' Nast Traveler Ski Resort selector. Top fifty ski resorts ranked according to terrain, accomodations, food and other criteria. Use the selector will help you find a destination that meets your specifications.

An exhaustive ski info indexed by category and geography, plus weather conditions and links to resorts is available from Snownet

Cheap, last minute vacation packages (e.g. NY/Cancun 7 day package for $439) can be found at American Express

Find lowest published hotel rates on any given week (arranged by hotel chain or geographical area) and search for flight availability on TravelWeb

Local Vacations

Can't roam too far this year? Try one of these local vacation spots.

Victorian Front Porch Christmas Tour

A Victorian Christmas in America's largest private home The Biltmore Mansion.

A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg, Virginia beginning with the Grand Illumination Dec. 8. Dances, banquets and caroling all thru December. then follow links to winter calendar.

The Map Room Tavern - a unique Chicago tavern featuring a wide selection of wonderful beers from across the United States and around the world.

Christmas in New Orleans

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