Whenever I want good European travel advice I start here on this board. Then I start surfing the web.

I have started a list of handy websites and I would appreciate your input. I don't want to collect "every" travel website, just the good ones that you have found to be useful or are your favorites. Thanks for your input.

Handy Travel Websites

Airline Food
Airline Meals http://www.airlinemeals.net/

Airline Seats
Seat Guru http://www.seatguru.com/

Luggage
Luggage Factory http://www.luggagefactory.com/
EBay http://hub.ebay.com/buy

Airline Search Engines
Kayak http://www.kayak.com/
ITA http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch
Mobissimo http://www.mobissimo.com/
QIXO http://www.qixo.com/flight.html
Skyscanner (intra Europe low cost carriers) http://www.skyscanner.net/
Ryan Air http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
Europe by Air http://www.europebyair.com/efp/index.jsp
Easy Jet http://www.easyjet.com/

Travel Deals
Travelzoo http://www.travelzoo.com/
Last Minute Travel http://www.lastminutetravel.com/
Webflyer http://www.webflyer.com/
Veterans Advantage https://www.veteransadvantage.com/
Student Universe (students & teachers) http://www.studentuniverse.com/

Travel Insurance
Insure My Trip http://insuremytrip.com/
Travelsafe http://travelsafe.com/
Travelguard http://www.travelguard.com/
Square Mouth . http://www.squaremouth.com/
Access America http://www.accessamerica.com/

Hotels
Hotels.com http://www.hotels.com/
Octopus Travel http://www.octopustravel.com/IntlHome.jsp

Hotel Advice
Trip Advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Car Rental
Gemutlichkeit Travel http://www.gemut.com/
Auto Europe http://www.autoeurope.com/

Travel Bidding Advice
Bidding For Travel http://biddingfortravel.com/
Better Bidding http://betterbidding.com/

Airport Parking
Airport Discount Parking http://www.airportdiscountparking.com/

Home Swap
Exchange Homes http://www.exhangehomes.com

Travel Expense Forecasting
Farecast http://www.farecast.com

Tourist Information
Fodors Travel Guides http://www.fodors.com/
Rick Steves Europe Through the Backdoor http://www.ricksteves.com/

Travel Forums
Fodors http://www.fodors.com/forums/
Travelers Point http://www.travelerspoint.com/forum/
E Travel http://www.etravel.org/forum/
Travel Blog http://www.travelblog.org/Forum/
Meta Travel http://www.forums.meta-travel.com/
Rick Steves Graffiti Wall http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/graffiti_menu.htm

European Trains
Rail Europe http://bahnde.com/

This is a recent thread to use to cross-check with your list:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35105985

Cheers.

These could be on the other thread, but my own suggestions:

Luggage:
http://www.ebags.com/


for forums, I've done a bit of reading at http://forum.virtualtourist.com/


and add some category for www.slowtrav.com/ ? .. it's good for reviews


and .. a link to the latest info from the TSA?


Cheers.

Love it! Thanks so much for posting this.

Car Rental Price Comparison
http://www.bnm.com/index.html

Rail – Europe
http://www.europeanrailguide.com/

Low Cost European Airline Route Search
http://www.harefares.com/

Hotels
www.hotel.de

Budget Travel
http://www.bargaintraveleurope.com/

Weather Forecasts
http://www.wunderground.com/

Last Minute Travel Deals
http://www.go-today.com

Traveling Light
http://www.travelite.org/

General Travel Information
http://world.start4all.com/

Bargain Airfares
www.airfarewatchdog.com

Thanks for your input so far. I included the massive amount of information from averyjade that scotlib turned me on to and this thing seems to be taking on a life of its own.

Thanks to the others of yoou who have put in sites to include. These are great additions and suggestions. I'll keep compiling them as they come in then I will report back the whole list in a separate post so you can copy it without all the chit-chat.

Budget Airline search:

www.whichbudget.com

hotel rooms and short term rental apartments:
http://www.myvideoplanet.com

ttt

www.flyertalk.com is a great site for using frequent flier miles, hotel points, etc.