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

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