Embassy of the United States Paris, France

Planning a trip to the U.S. ?

The Embassy does not provide tourist information to the public. In case you need specific information, you can go to your local tourist agency or a public library, or visit the following website Travel & Tourism in the U.S. 

There is a great deal of useful U.S. travel information on the Internet, and a preliminary excursion in cyberspace will serve you well when you are already to begin your journey in the real world.

Travel and Tourism Sites for the 50 States and U.S. Territories

Transportation / Getting Around

• Amtrak: Train Schedules and ticket reservations
• Greyhound: Bus Schedules and fares

Accomodation

• All-Hotels: One of the largest online hotel reservation companies. It offers every kind of lodging including B & B's, discount motel and luxury 5-star accomodation all over the world.

Alternative accomodation can be found at:

• YMCA of the USA
• YWCA of the USA
• Budget hotels guide

Campgrounds & Trailer parks:

• Kampgrounds of America
• Go Camping America
• Woodwalls Campground Guide
• CampNet America: Includes links to a wealth of outdoors attractions and a useful U.S./Canada Public Parks Locator Map.

Vacation on a dude or guest ranch:

• Guest Ranches of North America
• Dude Ranchers' Association

Things To Do

• Musea: Virtual Library with museum listings by name, state, type, etc. (courtesy of Oakland Museum of California)
• National Parks Service: All the information you are looking for about visiting the National Parks (courtesy of National Park Service)
• Ticketmaster: Ticket reservations for sports, arts, music and family events.

Disabled Travelers

For information on barrier-free vacations, accessible air travel, transportation and destinations start with the Disability Travel and Recreation Resources (courtesy of Jim Lubin)

How are is/ How much is / What's the weather/ Where is?...

• How far is it...? Calculates the distance between 2 places around the globe (courtesy of Indo)
• How much is...? Currency converter (courtesy of Oanda)
• What's the Weather today in...? (courtesy of the Weather Channel)
• What time is it in ... ? (courtesy of WorldTime).
• Where in the U.S. is ... ? (courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau).