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You will find in this section, links to websites with travel-related content as well as websites that are useful to women in general. We have provided you with a brief overview of the website, but are not responsible for the content of any of these external sites. Please refer to the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any of the websites before use.

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Women and Family Friendly:

Lola Akimade moonlights as a photojournalist. She has contributed to many travel resources such as Vagabondish, Transitions Abroad, Matador Travel, Common Language Project, and Brave New Traveler. She can be reached via her personal site: http://www.lemurworks.com/lola

Questing Marilyn: Tour historical and sacred sites in Britain and Ireland with author Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem.

The Black Women’s Guide to Travel and Adventure: A rich collection of fifty-two stories covering the globe. Sister-to-sister advice on everything from destination selection, to travelling solo, to saving money on airfare.

Family Travel Tips by Eileen Ogintz; writer of 'The Taking the Kids' series of travel guides for children, published by HarperCollins. Website: http://takingthekids.com

An online boutique specialising in travel accessories for female travellers of all ages.

Experience the colour and culture of Morocco: Spend two weeks alongside Moroccan women weavers, as they teach you traditional hand knotting and weaving techniques. At the end you will be able to create your own piece of work.

WalkingWomen Holidays: walking holidays for women. Destinations range from a weekend in the Lake District to three weeks in Nepal!

Responsible Travel:

Responsible Tourism Awards 2007: The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest of their kind in the world and are a collaboration between on-line travel agent responsibletravel.com.

Go Differently donates a percentage (between 5% and 10%) of price to a project associated with that particular trip.

Tourism Concern works with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the out-going tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.

General Travel Resources:

www.companions2travel.co.uk: Companions 2 Travel is a vibrant and ever growing community of people from all over the world brought together by their shared interest in travel.

 Easy-to-use honeymoon wedding list service allows your friends and family help your dream honeymoon come true.

AllSafeTravels : Over 1000 advisories from governmental, commercial and other sources. The site is updated daily with new information.

Cybercafes.com: You can surf the Net or fire off an e-mail in even the furthest parts of the world. Search by a specific city name, or browse from their list of destinations.

Sleepinginairports.com: This humorous website is a budget traveller's guide to the best form of free accommodation: sleeping in airports around the world. It's full of practical tips and a huge database organised by world airport of over 1,300 submitted stories of people's experiences of sleeping in airports.

Travel as an air courier: Travelling as an air courier gives you a chance to see the world. Jet to exotic places you could never afford to see before. Explore the globe and widen your knowledge of the world.

Dates and times from around the world: You can customise this site to show the current local times for cities you are interested in.

The FCO The UK Government department responsible for foreign affairs.

Currency Converter A provider of Internet foreign exchange tools and services.

Writing:

Mslexia: The magazine for women who write: inspiration for creative writers and advice on poetry, fiction, journalism, short stories, children's writing and lots more.

Creative Women’s Network UK: A showcase and source of inspiration for talented and creative women. Contents include words of inspiration, articles, artwork and poetry, plus lots more.

Destinations:

Simple Tips (that make a big difference) for travel in the Southwest and other Western States , 400 photographs plus bonus information for California and Nevada.

FLASHPACKINDIA.CO.UK: A great website designed to meet the needs of people who want to travel in India, but not as a backpacker. The website content has been gathered from the numerous trips to India by Sarah Emery, and comprises information and thoughts she wished she had before her first trip.

Books, Magazines and TV:

Rough Guides Phrasebook Downloads! Recorded by native speakers, audio files can be downloaded for FREE online, and then transferred to an iPod or other MP3 player.

Find out what to do and where to go close to home, or places further afield when you go on holiday or visit friends elsewhere in England. These fantastic guides and e-publications are packed with hundreds of ideas of places to go and things to do for anyone with children to care for. Useful all year round, whatever the weather.

  The UK’s best-selling overseas property magazine, extending the hit TV series and, uniquely taking you to the very property of your dreams.

Around Britain:

VisitBritain: A gateway to over 3,000 UK museums, galleries and heritage sights.

LIVE Listings Magazine: The 'real' guide to what’s happening in multicultural London and the UK.

Museums and galleries: The 'real' guide to what’s happening in multicultural London and the UK: Great directory of travel sites on the subject of disability.

Students:

Student Travellers: Woman Student Online strives to provide information that is relevant and interesting to you.

Over 50s:

Travel information for the over 50s Exists to enable like-minded people aged 50 (ish!) and over to share their experiences, gain knowledge from one another and have fun with the Internet.

Disability:

Disability Travel Information: Great directory of travel sites on the subject of disability.

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