Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Book a Tour

• Computers and Internet are a major role in travel
• Travel companies offering all-inclusive vacations
• Choosing a tour operator
• Using Internet search engine (Google™)
• Selecting keywords
• Dynamic nature of the Internet
• Contacting the tour company
• Reviewing escorted tours features
• Tour pricing as a single person
• Sponsored links on search page
• Booking a tour based on hobbies
• Downloading itineraries
• Frommer's™ Guide books web site
• eBay® travel services

Section 3 - Getting There and Getting Around

• Airline travel
• Making decisions on price and convenience
• Saving money on tickets
• Flexibility
• Planning far in advance
• Watch newspaper and Internet for sales
• Checking prices at different airports
• Travel web sites:
• Open web sites
• Travelocity®
• CheapTickets®
• Expedia®
• Orbitz®
• Search engine sites
• Browse several sites and go directly to airline
• SideStep®
• Kayak™
• Blind sites
• Set a price and bid for tickets
• Priceline®
• Hotwire®
• Searching for a flight to and from destination
• Changing search results filters
• Comparing flight prices
• Full service web sites include airlines, car rentals, hotels, and cruises
• Verifying flight details and prices
• Paying for tickets
• Printing our electronic tickets
• Checking in online
• Printing boarding passes
• Selecting plane seats
• Checking luggage online
• Check-in kiosks
• Booking train tickets, including overnight trips
• Rental cars
• Buying tickets directly through airline
• Frequent flyer programs
• Credit cards with mileage
• Redeeming frequent flyer mileage

Section 4 - Sleeping and Eating

• Researching and booking hotels
• Motels
• All-inclusive resorts
• B&Bs
• Locating hotels on online maps
• Checking our hotel policies such as cancellation
• Searching for resorts
• Package deals with hotels and airlines
• Calling hotels directly
• Looking for budget accommodations
• Saving money and advantages at a B&B
• Contacting the Chamber of Commerce, tourism office, or visitors bureau
• Travel and guide books
• Checking weekend packages
• Sampling local cuisine
• Finding restaurant reviews
• Check copyright date of guide books
• Getting personal recommendations on restaurants

Section 5 - Cruises

• Booking onshore excursions through cruise company
• Length of cruise
• When to travel
• Lower demand in off-season
• Booking in advance
• Sharing cabins
• Checking reviews of cruises
• Choosing type of cabin and price range
• Reviewing photos of cabins and diagrams of decks
• Reduced airfares with cruises
• Getting on a waiting list
• Research what is included and what is extra
• World cruises
• Repositioning cruises
• Small ship cruising with specialized activities
• Rivers and waterway cruises
• Hiring taxis and local guides onshore

Section 6 - Money

• Exchanging and carrying money safely
• Budgeting
• Currency rate exchange calculators
• Converting dollars to other currencies and service charges
• Using credit cards, traveler's checks and cash
• ATM tips and strategies
• Prepaid credit cards for trips
• Carrying money on a trip - Money belt
• Money changing scams
• Pickpockets at tourist attractions
• Travel budget worksheet
• Shopping overseas tips
• Prohibited and restricted items to buy overseas
• Export licenses for some items
• Bargaining tips
• Tipping customs

Section 7 - Travel Photography and Video

• Digital, film, and video cameras
• Composition of the photos
• Rule of thirds
• Simplifying photographs
• Lighting
• "Magic light" at beginning or end of the day
• Posing subjects
• Getting permission from locals to take pictures
• Macro-mode on cameras
• Using tripods and lots of film or memory cards

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Planning Your Domestic Trip

• Searching by destination
• TravelHero.com
• Destination travels
• Explore various type of vacations
• Finding activities at a destination
• Chamber of commerce information
• Exploring surrounding areas
• Searching state tourism site
• Searching visitor bureau
• Searching tourism board

Section 3 - Planning Your International Trip

• Guide books sites
• Lonely Planet™
• Locating information
• Customs
• Language
• Currency
• Electricity
• Dialing codes
• Savings tips
• Locating information on costs of common items
• Tourism boards
• Interest-based trips such as cooking, hiking, food, and wine tours
• Using travel forums
• Threads and posts
• Documents needed to travel in countries
• Foreign entry requirements web site
• Contacting the consular for our country
• Packing tips web sites
• Printing packing lists
• What to pack and not to pack
• Securing our home before traveling

Section 4 - RV Travel and Camping

• Federal recreation areas
• Camping sites and visitor service
• Book a campsite and RV sites
• National parks pass
• Golden Eagle pass
• Golden Age pass
• Online reservation for private campground
• Campsite maps
• Planning an RV route
• Trip planner sites
• Searching for local and historical attractions along a route
• Driving RV tips
• Renting RVs

Section 5 - Exotic and Adventure Travel

• Whitewater rafting
• Signing waivers regarding risks
• Eco / Nature trips
• Exotic international trips
• Selecting tour packages
• Comparing pricing and activities of exotic trips
• Booking adventure trips
• Shoulder Seasons defined

Section 6 - Staying Healthy

• Prevention
• Become familiar with local health conditions
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) information on overseas travel
• Searching health tips by regions or countries
• List of health notices
• Vaccinations
• Common diseases in region
• What to bring
• How to avoid getting sick
• Inoculations at country health centers
• Disease-carrying insects
• Safe food and water
• Assembling first aid kit
• Avoid unclean tap water
• Water purification tables
• Unhealthy food storage
• Food places to avoid
• Good hygiene
• Warm climate health concerns
• Sun protection
• Dehydration
• Insect protection
• Swimming
• Traffic laws differ in other countries
• Car accident leading cause of injury to travelers
• Rail travel safety
• Safe travel on airplanes
• Jet lag
• Traveling with medication
• Short-term medical insurance

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Staying Safe

• Travel insurance
• Finding health warnings for specific countries
• Location travel advisories and warnings
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
• Researching airline restrictions
• Health insurance overseas
• Trip cancellation insurance
• Consular information sheets
• Registering at the embassy
• Comparing insurance premiums
• Medical evacuation services
• Protection personal identity
• Safety on the street, hotels, and public transportation
• Hotel safety

Section 3 - Staying Connected

• Traveling with personal laptop
• Internet cafes
• Internet access
• Hotel Internet access
• Obtaining access numbers
• Setting up Internet connection
• List of equipment needed
• Plug adapters for international travel
• Checking e-mail from ISP
• Internet rates at hotels
• Laptops theft prevention
• Internet or cyber cafés
• Differing keyboards abroad
• Cyber café security risks
• Logging off and erasing temporary files
• Clear history
• Don't use credit cards or Internet banking
• Setting up new e-mail account for travel
• Cell phones
• Calling cards
• Pay phones
• GSM phones
• Sim cards
• Hotel room calls
• Making international calls

Section 4 - Children and Teens

• Travel tips with kids
• Activities for traveling with kids on road and in air
• Road trip games
• Traveling with infants
• Airports with play areas
• Fun trips for kids abroad
• Traveling by rail with kids
• Adventure trips with kids
• Travel programs especially for kids
• Junior Ranger programs
• Resort programs for kids

Section 5 - Seniors, Students and Veterans

• Golf associations for seniors
• Ballroom dancing for seniors
• Elderhostel
• AARP travel discounts
• Seniors' travel deals
• Independent Traveler.com for seniors
• Traveling in off-peak seasons
• Finding seasonal discounts
• Travel with physical disabilities
• International Student Travel Confederation
• Student card discounts
• Finding student discount travel deals
• Travel discounts for veterans

Section 6 - Pets

• Preparing pets for a trip checklist
• Check with your vet
• Vaccinations
• Photo of pets
• What to bring
• Finding pet-friendly lodging and campgrounds
• Air travel with pets tips
• Road trips with pets tips
• Pets at national parks
• Etiquette of pet owners

Section 7 - Become an Expert Traveler

• Immerse in the local culture
• Volunteer and research vacations
• Home-stay vacations
• Hospitality exchanges
• Learning vacations as wildlife excursions
• Creating our own tours
• Learning basic vocabulary in local language
• Audio online language courses
• International Do's and Don'ts
• World Citizen's guide online
• Time differences
• Information from flight attendants
• Information from airport information
• Information from hotel personnel and shopkeepers