Top 5 Travel Websites

1. Wikitravel

Is an open source travel guide featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, travel tips and more. A great place to start when researching a trip.

2. Lonely Planet Thorntree Forum

So you want to climb Kilimanjaro and tour the Serengeti. This is where thorn tree becomes useful. It puts you in contact with people that are wanting to do the exact same thing and if you book a tour as a group the price drops.

3. SeatGuru

Pick the best seat on the air plane. Makes a big difference on those long flights.

4. Couch Surfing

Travel the world, explore your city and host new friends. Couchsurfing is the world's largest travel community. I've hosted and been hosted. It's a really enriching experience.

5. Cracked

Ok, so what is an American Humour site doing here... well its really great at helping me find obscure places to visit. See The 5 Most Spectacular Landscapes on Earth (That Murder You) and The 6 Best Towns To Live in (If You Have a Death Wish)