Questions tagged [online-resources]
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Is there an easy way to track hotel cancellations/last-minute vacancies? [duplicate]
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I arrived in Buenos Aires and checked into a $300/night hotel with solid reviews, which turned out to be extremely dirty and in serious need of renovation.
I repeated my search and found ...
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When choosing a window seat for a flight, how can I know the placement of the windows with respect to the seats?
When choosing a window seat on a flight, how can I know where the windows are positioned relative to the seats? For example, sometimes a window lines up perfectly with a seat, while other times a seat ...
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Where can I find the exact itinerary of a French train?
I took a French train (TGV).
Does there exist a map that shows the exact itinerary? I mean an exact geographical itinerary (so drawn on top of a map/photo), not a list of the stops.
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What are the visa requirements for US Citizens to travel to Thailand?
What are the visa requirements for US Citizens to travel to Thailand?
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Travel booking concerns due to drastic price and option differences
I'm an older guy who's traveled globally most of my life, but I am about to take my first real vacation ever and just realized that I have never traveled outside of the military and business settings ...
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How can I find the location of all swimming pools in a given area (e.g., a city)?
I like to swim when I go to a new area due to travel, so I want a solution to find the location of all swimming pools in that given area (e.g., a city) to see which one I could use. How can I do so?
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How can I find the locations of the tallest buildings in a given city? [closed]
I'm trying to find the location of a building in a city. All I know is that it's amongst the tallest buildings in the city. How can I find the locations of the tallest buildings in a given city?
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How to enter a "proper" address on Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC)?
I entered in Malaysia from Singapore last July, taking a bus across the border with no problems. For this trip I decided to check if Malaysia was one of the countries bringing in something like an ETA ...
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Public transit travel planner for Zadar, Croatia?
I'm looking for a travel planner, as in something giving you a route suggestion from point A to point B.
I've looked everywhere online, but I'm not sure if it exists?
Maybe the Zadar Smart City app ...
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Is it possible to buy an international bus ticket online from Singapore to JB Sentral?
I'm looking for a way to buy a bus ticket online that I board in Singapore and disembark in JB Sentral. I will use it as proof of onward travel when I board my flight to Singapore so a bus that only ...
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Integrated Portal to seek public transport connections in the UK, preferably with prices
Is there a single website that would allow to search through all the public transport in the UK? Including all private bus companies. I found https://www.traveline.info/ . But this one doesn't display ...
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Looking for a site that shows major Japanese train routes and their speed/duration
Inspired by this question. Is there something similar for Japan?
Thinking map of rail links among major cities. Speed and duration optional. Instead may be more helpful to indicate ticket requirements....
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Slovenian Alps: actual snow, temperature and weather reports and mesurements, webcameras
I wonder if there are some hydrometeorological data for actual snow in Slovenian Alps (Triglav and other Julian and Kamnik–Savinja Alps). Something like:
Graphs how much snow is on certain areas (e.g....
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Is there any way to see up-to-date timetable information for SJ (not SJ NORD) trains in Norway?
I'm travelling with SJ to and from Oslo, and on SJ's own website the information about arrival times is only written as specified in the schedule for stops in Norway. When travelling with the ...
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What is the official website for the Castel Sant'Angelo?
I'm currently looking to go to the Castel Sant'Angelo soon as part of a trip to Rome. Unfortunately I've had some trouble finding the official website in order to book tickets to enter, as I've seen a ...
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How to find cheap accommodation with prices in random towns in Vietnam?
I had this problem in Laos too but it seems to be bigger in Vietnam.
Very few accommodations are listed in Booking.com which I mostly use in other countries. I'm sure they do in bigger tourist ...
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Luggage storage around the world. Is there an online resource to easily find it?
I am going to travel, and I am planning on doing some day trips where I might sleep in the destination (or hike for a couple of days).
Either way I don't want to carry all my luggage with me. Only the ...
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Flying International with VietJet Airlines and unable to check in online using https://vietjetair.com/
I was unable to check in online for an international flight with VietJet Airline or https://vietjetair.com/en/checkin/select-flight
Has this happened to others?
I was flying with VietJet Airlines on ...
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What is the simplest way to book a rental car in Tahiti?
I've been using major sites like rentalcars, expedia and multi-search engines kayak, skyscanner, momondo everywhere else, but for Tahiti, they don't return any results. I can see the usual Hertz, Avis ...
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Where can I find reliable and up-to-date information about ongoing curfews in Myanmar?
There are (were?) some curfews in Myanmar due to the Myanmar civil war that started in 2021. When I Google "curfews in Myanmar", I see many results, but these are typically old news articles....
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How can I get notified when I am allowed visa-free entry to a country, or conversely, when I am not allowed anymore to enter a country visa-free?
I read:
The Chinese government has announced visa-free entry for up to 15 days for 6 countries, including France, from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024. [Author: dda]
This makes me wonder: How ...
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Do I really need the details of my previous passports to obtain Vietnamese EVisa?
I've been to Vietnam three times, but the last time was just before they introduced the E-Visa. Now I'm in Laos looking at the Vietnam E-Visa website and it has a question:
Have you ever used any ...
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How can I be informed of the presence of streets closed to cars during some time of the day?
Some streets are closed to cars during some time of the day, e.g. when more pedestrians are expected to frequent the street or when the tide is up. How can I be informed of the existence of such ...
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Where can I find the log of IATA code changes for airports with their dates?
The IATA code for an airport sometimes change. E.g., IDL was changed to JFK. Where can I find the log of IATA code changes, preferably with the dates of the code changes?
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Why are there so many websites for the Korean K-ETA?
Why are there are so many websites for the Korean K-ETA?
This makes me think that it's a kind of scam or something non-related to the government. Does someone know why it works like this or can point ...
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Are there any public database or map that keeps track of reported bed bug infestation in France?
From what I read, there is currently a bed bug infestation in Paris, France. Such an infestation often affects places used by travelers such as public transportation, hotels and Airbnb.
Are there any ...
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Where can I see the typical price of a flight given how many days remains before the flight departure?
Google Flight has an interesting feature that displays the typical flight ticket prices, which allows potential customers to assess whether they are quoted a fair price:
Insights for current prices ...
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Is there any way to find the distance covered by a train in a particular rail route between two stations?
I frequently travel by trains in Europe, and have often wondered how much distance I have travelled in each trip. As far as I can see, the distance covered by trains between two railway stations is ...
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Is there an international vaccine registry where I can store all my vaccination records in one place?
Most of my vaccine records are stored online in my Kaiser Permanente account, but I also got a set of travel vaccines when I was in Australia and Kaiser wouldn't add them to my account. If I keep ...
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Where can I find a list of countries that allow visa-free entry for visa national cruise passengers?
According to https://www.mfa.gov.tr/frequently-asked-questions.en.mfa foreigners who are travelling to Türkiye by cruises are allowed to enter Türkiye without visa for a maximum period of 72 hours, ...
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Is "Google flights" a fraud page?
I was looking for flights and came across the site
https://www.google.com/travel/flights
a google service searching for flights. But this looks like a scam/fraud page to me! I found a flight on this ...
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What alternatives to Booking.com/Airbnb currently work in Russia?
I'm looking to book an apartment in Moscow for 2 weeks this summer. What alternatives exist for Booking.com/Airbnb, which shut down their operations in Russia last year? Ideally it would be a platform ...
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Are there any services/apps/websites similar to Google Trips?
On May 1 2023 Google discontinued the Google Trip Summaries. For those unaware, Google Trip Summaries would automatically grab your flight/train ticket information and hotel information from your ...
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Are there local tour search websites in Colombia?
Recently I was searching for a guided tour of Tayrona National Park near Santa Marta. English-language resources such as Viator only had tours starting from $120/person. However I was able to find a ...
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Delay receiving flight ticket
I booked tickets with Flight hub on Feb 28, 2023. But I haven't received any confirmation yet. Does anybody know how long it will take normally?
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How can I quickly know how much mileage a flight ticket will earn?
Is there some convenient online resource that could tell me how much mileage a given flight ticket will earn, for a given loyalty program? E.g., input = (flight number=UA 2630, fare class=K, fare=100 ...
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Is Super.com legit?
Trying to find nice but cheap accommodation for my wife and I. Usually we'd book on something like Expedia, Hotels.com, or similar, but one of my searches yesterday came up with a handful of results ...
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What is the official website to apply for a Moroccan e-visa?
I am a Pakistani living in Germany with a Blue card. I have read that I can quality for an e-visa for tourism.
I want to apply for an e-visa but haven't found the official site yet. The sites that I ...
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Is it possible to book a ferry from Fukuoka or Shimonoseki to Busan online in early 2023?
For over a decade I've entered Japan on one way tickets and no airline has asked for my proof of return/onward flights, so I stopped obtaining them long ago.
However a few days ago I arrived at BKK ...
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Is there a website that can tell me which resorts have fresh snow and below freezing weather?
Optimal ski days occur when:
There's a non-trivial amount of fresh snow/"pow" in the past 24 hours
The temperature doesn't increase past the melting point, as otherwise you get icy skiing ...
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How to search for hotels with a genuine in-room spa bath?
When using sites like Kayak to search for hotels with spa baths, they typically return hotels that have public spa baths co-located with their public pools. But what I want to find are hotels that ...
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Matrix of traveling time between multiple locations
I'm looking for some online resources that would allow me to select 10 locations (e.g., 10 cities or 10 landmarks in a city), and would return the time it takes to drive/walk/use public transportation ...
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How to find online touristic information, the kind we should not ask for on this site?
We regularly have to close questions by new users who ask for what to do or where to go in a popular tourist destination.
There is a lot of touristic information online, as well as in travel books, ...
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How can I find hotels in a given area that rent rooms with no windows?
I sometimes prefer rooms without window. How can I find hotels in a given area that rent rooms with no windows? Do some accommodation search engines have such a filter?
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What's the most up-to-date resource on the Israeli Foreign Affairs Union strike?
The Israeli consulate in SF says the following:
Due to sanctions by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Union, there is a restriction on some of the consular services given during this ...
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Where can I view a map with buildings/businesses that were present sometimes in the past?
From time to time, businesses (e.g., restaurants) close or buildings are destructed. Where can I view a map with buildings/businesses that were present in a given point in the past? (e.g., "show ...
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How do you search for real remote work friendly accommodations?
In Vienna, Austria, I scored an Airbnb with a proper desk and a reasonably nice rotating chair, which is all I need. The usual "just sit at the kitchen table and work there" arrangement is ...
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How to search for airplane lie-flat seats?
What's the best way search for airplane lie-flat seats?
One of the biggest factors, especially for long haul flights, is what type of seat you're travelling in, with "lie-flat" being by far ...
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Given a location in the US, how can I see the average air quality during a given month/week/day based on historical data?
Knowing the information will help me decide where/when to go, and whether I should bring some air-related equipment (mask, air purifier, etc.).
What I have unsuccessfully tried so far:
Wikipedia ...
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Qatar Airways second seat selection after paying for the first one
I have booked a ticket on Qatar Airways for economy class and made a successful seat reservation for one of four flights and paid using paypal. Because of private issues I wanted to book the seating ...
