What do most people want when they search the internet for travel?  Just guessing that most of us are looking for the best travel discounts, deals, specials and bargains for the worlds best travel products and quick.  Was I close?  After spending years searching travel sites for airfares, cruises, hotels, car rentals and many other travel products I decided that I might save a few souls some time by listing the best travel site listings that I have found.  I must disclose that I love to travel it may show within this site.

The best travel sites I am going to list are my choices and not picked by a famous travel editor for a big New York travel section of a newspaper.  These sites have been used, researched or visited by me and others for information, details or for a sale.  The sites I pick will be quick to download and not cluttered with way to much information.  That is what we want to look up, right?  The information....that allows us to find what we want, when we want it for travel products worldwide.

Some of the travel categories may seem odd, but, there are millions of travel related sites out there and they all deserve some kind of recognition.  The sites are listed by category title and then you will find subcategories.  This will allow for a directory type of site with easy navigation and use.  I am also going to include all the airline listings (it may change before this site is finished though) and the cruise lines as well as the hotel & lodging companies all with phone numbers and website links, if space allows...some categories will be for Domestic, meaning the USA and the international will be outside of the USA.

There is some consolidation going on in the travel industry as I write this.  Delta has just completed their merger with Northwest Airlines.  Apollo has purchase Regent Cruise Lines and also owns Oceania and some of Norwegian Cruise Lines.  Southwest is expanding and heading into the New York airport caos.

The travel industry is undergoing pressure also from the worldwide credit crisis or situation and you can expect more consolidations and mergers.  Some companies may not make it for lack of liquidity and capital while others will grow stronger.  Welcome to the deleveraging of the world.  Several other carriers did not make it through the high energy prices of this last year and several had to file the big B or just closed. 

Well, we now have a new president and people seem to be more optimistic than before.  The travel industry is still hurting and with that comes great discounts and specials.  I have booked several trips, land and cruises, and saved a lot of money of the previous pricing structures.   The travel industry and those that work within the industry are facing challenges that have not been seen before.  The need for a national energy plan should be one of the top agendas for the next president and congress.

Oh, by the way, if you like my banner photo, I took it while I was on Seabourn in December 2007, cruising around Asia.  The photo was taken off Ko Koon island.  If you have any photos that you would like for me to consider putting on this site, email them to me.  Please make sure you edit them to a reasonable size....

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