India

Which Budget.com – Good good search engine for great prices
Yapta – tracks the costs before you fly and they send you an email when the price is lower. If the cost drops after you buy the ticket, they issue you a refund
BravoFly is good search engine for great prices; mostly on inter-European travel
Jet Airways of India
Kingfisher Airlines of India
Cheapo Air offers the same flight on the major carriers but for less money
Star Alliance offers a really good and relatively inexpensive around the world fare. It’s a secret they don’t like to advertise.
Seat Guru – type in your airline and flight number and they will tell you the flight configuration. Great site for choosing your seats

Argus Car hire – auto rentals will give ou good prices on car rental in most places around the world.

India Rail
Travel India by Luxury Train
The Rail Dude – This is a small German company that does a great job in train travel throughout Europe
The Man in seat 61 – Mark Smith has traveled around the world by train and boat and keeps a really good and informative blog. If you’re into train travel, you’ve got to look at this site.

HRS – Hotel Reservation Service is a great site for discounts on all classes of hotels and resorts
Taj Hotels – Luxury Hotels and Palaces
Oberoi Hotels – Beautiful Hotels throughout India
Four Seasons Hotel -$$$-$$$$. This is the standard of a fine Hotel chain
Tablet Hotels – $$$ A very good collection of interesting hotels in many destinations
Luxique.com – $$-$$$$ has a good selection of small beautiful hotels all over the world
Chic Retreats – really great selection of small upscale boutique hotels
Relais & Chateaux – $$-$$$$ Usually good for hotels and restaurants but they occasionally miss the mark
Design Hotels – $$$-$$$$ Progressive and state of the art design hotels throughout the world
Great Small Hotels – $$-$$$ Boutique hotels around the world
Eurobookings – $-$$$ This Dutch run hotel booking agency offers very good prices at good hotels
Small Luxury Hotels – $$-$$$ Usually they have good choices but we’ve had some clunkers here as well
WorldBy.com – $-$$$ Mostly European hotels in Italy, France, England, Ireland, Spain, Amsterdam and more
Epoque Hotels – $$-$$$ Good small luxury hotel group
JDB – $$$ Fine hotels and resorts
JP Moser – $$$ Deluxe hotel group

Squaremouth.com has over 100 companies to choose from
Travel Insured. We like this one. They’ve been very easy to work with
WorldNomads.com Travel Insurance – a great organization and very reasonable rates

Zagat.com Yes, Zagat has an international restaurant guide
The Wine Enthusiast – Wine buying guide
Gayot.com – international restaurants
Michelin Starred Restaurants
Chowhound – Advice from foodies all over the world
Foods of Every Country – explanations of traditional dishes, food customs and recipes
Guide to Indian Food

Cellhire International – phones, phone cards, sim rentals and mobile hotspot rentals
TEP Wireless rental – rates for one country or multiple countries for very good rates
Cellular Abroad – good rates for MiFi rentals for good rates per country. It’s been a bit difficult to have them configure the mobile hotspot for multiple countries
XCOM Global – mobile hotspots for around $15/day