Embassy of the United States Valletta, Malta

Planning a trip to 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 ready to begin your journey in the real world.

Transportation/Getting Around

• Amtrak: Train schedules and ticket reservations

• Greyhound: Bus schedules and fares

Accommodation

• 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 accommodation all over the world.

Alternative accomodation can be found at:

• YMCA of the USA

• YWCA of the USA

• Budget hotels guide

• Guide to Bed and Breakfast Inns

Campgrounds & trailer parks:

• Kampgrounds of America

• Go Camping America

• Woodalls Campground Guide

Vacations on a dude or guest ranch:

• Guest Ranches of North America

• Dude Ranchers' Association

Things to do

• Museum: 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 far 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).