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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. |
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APHIS Travel Web - Offers information on traveling to the United States, traveling with your pets, and
bringing agricultural products into the U.S. |
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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. |
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CDC Traveler's
Health: Vaccinations - Provides vaccinations announcements and other
news items for people traveling abroad. |
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Department of State - Provides information on travel warnings and travel abroad, passport and visa
information, bureaus, consulates, embassies and more. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Department of State - Contact Information - Provides emergency contact
information. |
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Department of State - Foreign Entry Requirements - List the entry requirements for each foreign country. |
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Department of State - Important Telephone Numbers - Contact
the State Department about crisises abroad involving American citizens |
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Department of State - Judicial Assistance - Provides
information on international judicial assistance, notarial services and authentication of
documents |
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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. |
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Department of State - Public Announcements -
Information about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions that pose significant risks or
disruptions to Americans. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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National Contact Center - The National Contact Center serves as a single point of contact for individuals with
questions about
Federal agencies, programs and services. |
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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. |
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Passport Acceptance
Facility Locator - Find the nearest location to apply for a
passport. |
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Passports - |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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U.S. Department of Treasury - Reporting Rates of Exchange -
Lists exchange rates by country. |
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U.S.
Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions - Listing of the U.S.
Embassy web sites around the world. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Conde Nast Traveler - Provides lots of useful traveler information, including interesting insider guides on a
variety of locations. |
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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. |
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Embassy.Org - The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in
Washington D.C., with links to Web-based resources where available. |
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Excite Travel - This site provides destination guides, travel tools, and other travel
resources. |
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Expedia - This site
provides destination guides, travel tools, and other travel resources. |
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Fodor's - Provides all
kinds of travel information, tips, advice, and more. |
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Institute of
International Education Sponsored Programs - This page links to a wide
variety of international education programs, fullbright fellowships, and study abroad
resources. |
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Interactive Currency Table - Allows you to create cross-rate tables based in the currency of your choice, using
current or historical rates. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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Project Visa -
Keep you up to date with visa and embassy information for all countries. |
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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. |
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TravelSense -
Travel advice, tips, and guides. |
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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. |
