Travel Resources for the Perfect Trip
Airfare & Flights
Skyscanner
To help you plan your next journey, I have compiled the ultimate list of travel resources. I recommend starting your flight search here. Even if you’ll eventually book through another website (there are several I love working with), this is a great place to start and find the cheapest flight. If you plan enough time in advance, you can set a price alert and book the flight when the price drop.
Expedia
Expedia offers great flight deals and packages, including flight, accommodation, transportation, and more. Excellent interface, application with your booking information, and great service.
Google Flights
Google Flight offers a few unique features. First, it lets you see flight prices on a map view so you can pick your destination based on flight costs. You can also set the price range and trip duration; if you’re flexible, you can search for flights on specific dates, months, or in the next six months.
SeatGuru
SeatGuru is a handy tool for selecting your flight seats. You find all the information you need on each seat of your flight so you can pick the best one for your needs.
earoLOPA
It is similar to SeatGuru, with one main benefit: the ability to see a more detailed view of the plane, including the exact window location. I like to check both SeatGuru and aeroLOPA when looking for which seat to book.
Sleeping in Airports
Life happens, and sometimes you’ll get stuck at the airport and need to sleep in the airport. Sleeping in Airports tells you the best places to rest or sleep at each airport.
You can also check out our guide for the best airports and find places to rest or activities to do at different airports.
Accommodation
Booking.com
Booking.com is my go-to for hotel searches around the world. They have accommodations almost everywhere you pick on earth, including all types of properties. It had an excellent interface and endless reviews and ratings from real users.
airbnb
Airbnb is where I go when I’m looking for unique accommodation, where I take care of everything on my own, without the crowd you find in hotels. I love that you can find places by filters like beach, island, design, amazing views, and other unique filters.
HostelWorld
HostelWorld is the best place to find hostels, with tens of thousands of hostels and millions of users’ reviews.
Trivago
Unlike the rest of the booking sites, Trivago is a price comparison site. It’s an accommodation aggregation engine that presents results from different websites, including the hotels’ websites. It’s a great place to start your search and look for deals.
Expedia
Like flights, Expedia also offers great accommodations directory, including special deals of rooms or combinations of flights, rooms and even car rental.
Agoda
Agoda is a great place to find different types of accommodations. It’s growing fast with offers all over the world, but still, its real benefit is for booking in Asia.
CouchSurfing
This site is for those who are looking for a different travel experience. CouchSurfing lets you stay on people’s couches or spare rooms for free, almost anywhere. It’s a great way to save money and meet other people, especially locals. Of course, finding the right couch will require some time and flexibility, but it’s definitely possible.
Transportation
Rentalcars
Rentalcars.com provides car rental services with competitive prices in almost any location and from the biggest brands. But, most important, you have a big brand you can trust.
The Man in Seat 61
The Man in Seat 61 website covers every aspect of train travel worldwide.
It has comprehensive information on routes, times, prices, and train conditions. So if you plan a train journey or some epic trip by rail, check out this website before you go.
Cruise Sheet
A comprehensive cruise search engine. Easily find the cruise that fits your needs at the lowest price. More important, you’ll find a lot of information on each cruise company and the different ports.
Google Maps
I always use google maps when traveling. It’s a great tool to navigate everywhere and in any way (car, walk, bike, train). Make sure to pre-download the map of your trip area to save on data and make certain data is available even when you have no internet connection.
Citymapper
Citymapper app helps you easily find the best route using public and shared transit. Then, easily navigate by combining bus, subway, train, ferry, cabs, ride share, car share, and bike.
SEARADAR
SEARADAR offers worldwide sailing yacht rentals with free concierge support for yacht selection, trip planning, crew hiring, and paperwork, ensuring a seamless experience.
Travel Insurance
Visitors Coverage
Using patented online search, compare, and purchase technology, VisitorsCoverage partners with the world’s top insurance underwriters and providers, offering hundreds of tailored policies to their customers.
Insubuy
The largest provider of visitor insurance which provides medical coverage as well as emergency medical evacuation, repatriation of remains, and travel-related coverages.
Communication
Airalo
We realized eSIMs — digital SIM cards — can help solve the problem of high roaming bills abroad. Now we offer eSIMs for flexible and affordable coverage in over 200 locations around the world.
ClickRoam
Instant 4G/5G data plans in 150+ countries. No roaming fees, no physical SIM cards. A provider of prepaid eSIM data plans for international travelers through eSIM technology, removing the need for physical SIM cards and eliminating international roaming fees
Travel Tools
Trip Cost Calculator
Estimate your daily travel expenses for any destination in seconds.
Offline Emergency Card
Create your personalized Travel Medical Card to ensure that local first responders and customs officers have the vital information they need.
Interactive Travel Map
Get the full interactive Google Map for your phone. Navigate every stop, view daily routes, and access our expert guides—all in one tap.
Smart Packing & Planning
An interactive packing list designed to give you a complete travel planning timeline. Most lists are static.
Frequently Asked Questions About Travel Resources
What are the best travel resources for flights?
We recommend Skyscanner and Google Flights for the initial search and booking.
How do I find lodging and transportation?
Use Booking.com for accommodation and Rentalcars or Citymapper for transit.