Travel time is the best time of the year. For the holiday to live up to its promise, good planning is important. Instead of leafing through tons of catalogues, most holidaymakers now use the internet to plan their trips. Whether a short excursion or a cruise, a city break or a package holiday, numerous travel platforms offer their services on the internet and provide valuable information about destinations, itineraries, timetables, accommodation and much more.
Trip planning on the internet
For modern globetrotters the internet is an extremely important source and treasure trove. Nowhere else can you find out about travel matters so quickly, thoroughly and up to date. The prerequisite, however, is that you know the right addresses. Simply typing keywords into a search engine is often not very helpful, because you are overwhelmed by the mass of results. You should therefore head specifically for the most important sites on travel and holiday topics. Below, some tips are given on helpful websites for holiday planning and trip preparation. The focus is less on booking than on information about destinations, weather, country and people, etc.
Destinations and travel reports
The site fremdenverkehrsamt.com offers a lot of valuable information about countries and regions. Basic facts about destinations can be found on Wikipedia. The German Federal Foreign Office informs in great detail on its website about travel countries around the world. Here you can learn about entry and customs regulations, climate, the health situation and the security situation. The addresses of the German embassies in the respective countries are also listed. The Foreign Office pages are a great help especially for planned long-distance trips. If, on the other hand, you want to stay at home, you should take a look at the site deutschlandreise.de. There the user finds extremely valuable travel information including booking options. The German National Tourist Board also provides on its site a comprehensive range of information on holidays and travel in the individual federal states and regions. Travel reports are a very helpful source when you want to find out whether a destination might meet your own interests and expectations. The site reiseberichte.com offers a wealth of exciting travel reports. In the form of blog articles, private travel reports about destinations from all over the world are collected here. The authentic reports are sometimes accompanied by interesting photos and videos.
The Tourletter travel magazine
The travel magazine of Tourletter Touristikmarketing GmbH offers varied travel information from a single source. On the modern site, not only individual destinations are presented, but also many hints and tips on the subject of holidays are given. Under keywords such as festival, holidays, Italy, Istanbul, airport, hotel, party, city break, Mediterranean or skiing, users find interesting and very up-to-date information articles. The travel tips on Tourletter (tourletter.de) are very helpful, for example on phoning abroad, on the new trend of couchsurfing or on travelling with pets. At Tourletter the latest articles are always shown on the home page. The other articles can be accessed via an extensive archive or via individual categories and keywords.