Government Resources |
Air Travel Service Problems: How Complaints Are Handled - The
Aviation Consumer Protection Division (ACPD) operates a complaint handling system for consumers who experience air
travel service problems. |
APHIS Travel Web - Offers information on traveling to the United States, traveling with your pets, and bringing
agricultural products into the U.S. |
CDC-
Traveler's Health - Safe Food and Water - Contains information and advice to
travelers on water treatment, food consumption, and how to avoid travelers' diarrhea when visiting foreign
countries. |
CDC Traveler's Health:
Vaccinations - Provides vaccinations announcements and other news items for
people traveling abroad. |
Department of State
- Provides information on travel warnings and travel abroad, passport and visa information, bureaus, consulates,
embassies and more. |
Department of State -
Bureau of Consular Affairs - To assist the traveling public, the bureau issues
consular information sheets, travel warnings, and public announcements concerning conditions in countries where
Americans may be planning to visit or reside. |
Department of State - Consular Information Sheets - Include such
information as location of the U.S. embassy or consulate in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health
conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and
drug penalties. |
Department of State - Contact Information - Provides emergency contact
information. |
Department of State - Foreign Entry Requirements - List the entry
requirements for each foreign country. |
Department of State - Important Telephone Numbers - Contact the State Department
about crisises abroad involving American citizens |
Department of State - Judicial Assistance - Provides information on international
judicial assistance, notarial services and authentication of documents |
Department of State - Passport Services - Learn how to apply for a passport,
where to apply, how to check on the status of your passport, and other answers to frequently asked
questions. |
Department of State - Public Announcements - Information
about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions that pose significant risks or disruptions to
Americans. |
Department of State - Travel Warnings - Travel Warnings are issued when the
State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain
country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular
Information Sheets. |
International Education and Graduate Program Service - Lists
overseas programs that are intended to improve secondary and postsecondary teaching and research concerning
other cultures and languages, training of specialists, and the American public’s general understanding of the peoples of
other countries. |
National Center for Infectious Diseases - Travelers' Health - Destinations - This site provides a map of the world from which you can select a country or region to see
what vaccinations should be taken when visiting that area. |
National Center for Infectious Diseases Travelers' Health - Includes useful
resources such as the CDC book Health Information for International Travel (the "Yellow Book"), and a wide variety of
information for travelers. Also includes recent press releases. |
National Contact Center -
The National Contact Center serves as a single point of contact for individuals with questions about
Federal agencies, programs and services. |
Office of Foreign
Assets Control - This U.S. Department of the Treasury site offers information on
economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations and international
narcotics
traffickers based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals. |
Passport Acceptance Facility
Locator - Find the nearest location to apply for a passport. |
Passports - |
Print
Passport Applications and Forms - Provides links to print passport application
forms in Portable Document Format (PDF). Also includes a link to get the PDF software needed to read these
forms |
U.S. Customs Service - Main
Page - This is the main page of the U.S. Customs Service. From here you can get
information of importing and exporting, traveler information, U.S. Customs News, and visit the photo
gallery. |
U.S. Customs
Service Traveler Information - This site provides an overview of Customs
regulations and procedures that apply to travelers entering or exiting the United States. |
U.S.
Department of Treasury - Reporting Rates of Exchange - Lists exchange rates by
country. |
U.S. Embassies,
Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions - Listing of the U.S. Embassy web sites
around the world. |
World Fact
Book - (Central Intelligence Agency) - Visitors can select various countries of the
world and learn some basic facts about each country's history, their geography, their demographics, and their
government. The site also contains a gallery of the flags of the world's nations, a number of helpful reference maps,
and a history of the World Factbook itself. |
Private Resources |
College Consortium for
International Studies - Provides a list study abroad programs from multiple colleges
and universities. Also lists professional development seminars for faculty and administrators. |
Conde Nast Traveler - Provides lots of useful traveler information, including interesting insider guides on a variety
of locations. |
Council on International Education
Exchange - Through Council Exchanges' international opportunities you can work,
study, teach or volunteer abroad. No matter where you go, our cultural exchange programs can provide the overseas
adventure of a lifetime. Choose the country where you live to find out more about the world of opportunity available to
you. |
Embassy.Org - The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C.,
with links to Web-based resources where available. |
Excite Travel - This site provides destination guides, travel tools, and other travel
resources. |
Expedia - This site provides
destination guides, travel tools, and other travel resources. |
Fodor's - Provides all kinds of
travel information, tips, advice, and more. |
Institute of International
Education Sponsored Programs - This page links to a wide variety of international
education programs, fullbright fellowships, and study abroad resources. |
Interactive Currency Table - Allows you to create cross-rate tables based in the currency of your choice, using current
or historical rates. |
International Student
Travel Confederation - This website offers a variety of travel services and are
staffed by people who have often worked,
studied or travelled in the destination you want to go. |
International Study and Travel
Center - This site sponsored by the University of Minnesota offers information on
international opportunities for college students and others and to supporting individuals preparing for international
experiences. |
Lodging Guide World Wide - Welcome to the Lodging Guide World Wide - the Ultimate Guide to Lodging and
Accommodations. Conduct searched based on City, Postal Codes, Amenities and more! |
Project Visa - Keep you up
to date with visa and embassy information for all countries. |
The Experiment in
International Living - The Experiment in International Living offers dynamic summer
programs for high school students in over 25 countries around the world. Learn more from this
website. |
TravelSense - Travel
advice, tips, and guides. |
WorldTime -
WORLDTIME is a service featuring an interactive world atlas, information on local time
as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, and a database of public
holidays worldwide. |