U.S.A

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
Which Budget.com – Good good search engine for great prices
Cheapo Air offers the same flight on the major carriers but for less money
United Airline – only because we’ve been United frequent fliers for over 25 years
American Airlines
Virgin America
US Airways
Delta Airlines
JetBlue – good discount airline
Southwest Airlines – no frills discount airline
Seat Guru – type in your airline and flight number and they will tell you the flight configuration. Great site for choosing your seats

HotWire.com – They offer airfare, hotels and cars but I’ve just used them for auto rentals
Argus Car hire – auto rentals will give ou good prices on car rental in most places around the world.
TAXI FARE CALCULATOR – a very useful tool to figure out taxi fares. Good for North America, Europe and some parts of Asia and Australia

Amtrak – American Railroad through most places in the US
The Rail Dude – This is a small German company that does a great job in train travel
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
Hotels.com – over 150,000 hotels worldwide
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 – $$-$$$$ has a good selection of small beautiful hotels all over the world
Chic Retreats – really great selection of small upscale boutique hotels
Bed and Breakfast.com – small places throughout the US
Jetsetter.com – They offer flash sales for great prices on luxury hotels
Dealbase.com – Offers special discount prices on various hotels
Sneak Away.com – Offers special deals on various properties. They send emails to you every day
Design Hotels – $$$-$$$$ Progressive and state of the art design hotels throughout the world
Great Small Hotels – $$-$$$ Boutique hotels around the world
Small Luxury Hotels – $$-$$$ Usually they have good choices but we’ve had some clunkers here as well
WorldBy.com – $-$$$ 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
Open Table.com – easy Restaurant reservations
Yelp.com – good for restaurant reviews
Foods of Every Country – explanations of traditional dishes, food customs and recipes

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
Cellhire International – phones, phone cards, sim rentals and mobile hotspot rentals
XCOM Global – mobile hotspots for around $15/day