Activities:
Traveling Spoon "a
platform that connects people with authentic food experiences (think
in-home meals, cooking classes, and sometimes market tours) by locals in
their own homes"
Over Long Distances:
Kayak
Get Going (choose two destinations; the site picks one for you; good discounts)
kayak for buses (busjunction) (sometimes partially broken)
Travel Zoo
Flyer Talk (discussing deals)?
Seat Guru, Seat Expert
Flight On-Time Statistics
Routes of Low-Cost Airlines (NYT)
Rick Steve's
List of Low-Cost European Airlines Sites
WikiTravel's List of/Info on Discount European Airlines
Airplane Ticket Price Forecast
Historical Airplane Pricing Data
Air Fare Watchdog (from
SFO/OAK/SJC)
Yapta - automatically ask for air ticket refunds
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Winery Maps; Maricia
recommends Cosentino
Travel Guides:
Lonely Planet
Timeout
Eyewitness guides (DK Publishing)
Fodor's
Frommer's
Travel Blogs
Travel Wiki
Economist City Guides
Yahoo Travel Guides
NYT
Travel Guides (36
hours in North America guides; Affordable
Europe guides)
Where To Go:
Monthly Weather Averages
Sunrise and Sunset Times
Hotels:
Priceline
Bidding Strategies for
Priceline
One-Month in Advance
Trip Advisor (maps)
Furnished Apartments:
Slow Travel (reviews and listings)
Vacation Rentals by Owner, rentalo, flipkey
also, zonder, homeaway.com
Vacation Rentals Watchdog
Airbnb, or maybe crashpadder or iStopOver or
interhome
Funky Places to Stay:
Odd Inns (and treehouses and
lighthouses and boats and more)
Treehouses in Southern Oregon
(rec by John D.)
see bookmarks on flipkey
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