AIRSTOP Travel information - LINKS

On this page you'll find interesting travel links. You have some tips of your own, please let us know via mail.

Preparation of your journey

General country information
At Yahoo you will find lots of valuable information (in english) per country (from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe), divided in numerous categories : health, cities, lodging, ....

Another remarquable site (in dutch) is Reis om de wereld. Here you can find various information of more than 130 countries, an extended travel forum with handy tips to start to write your own travel story.

Embassies and touristic services
If you need extra information about formalities, the best thing to do is to contact the embassy or representative in Belgium of your destination country. Here you will find easily the right adresses and contacts,also the data of the Belgian Embassy in each country.

For touristic advise, please check the website of the touristic service of your destination.

Maps
The english site mapquest has a wide range of maps from all over the world. You can zoom in and out and print whatever you need. You will also find a handy itinerary planner and maps of the biggest airports in the world.

Travel Guides
The preparations for a journey are for many people as exciting as the actual travel. One leaves, ahead of the road, while another draws the routing carefully. A good travel guide is usefull and valuable.
The Trotter and the Lonely Planet are easy to find. Lonely Planet has also its own (english) website with lots of useful tips, nice travel pictures and exciting stories, surprising destinations, health information and more. The Text Express will satisfy the hurrying visitor.

Rough Guides is another interesting site.
Dutch speaking travellers can take a look at the site of Dominicus.

Languages
Would you like to memorise some standard sentences before you leave in order to get a good start, then you need to consult next site travlang-site (don't mind the publicity too much, just scroll down). Are you looking for a specific word or you would like to dig in to grammatics, then you better check yourdictionary.

Newspapers
To learn what's happening at your destination, read a newspaper. In this overview of online kranten you probably will find what you need.

Luggage

Always forgetting things you need to take with you on a journey ? Consult meeneem-site. Really recommended. You can make your own handy check list.

Also remember many countries use other electrical outlets, so you better bring an adaptor. To know which one you need see here.
Taking your mobile?
First check whether or not your mobile can be used at destination

Money matters

ATMs
Where can you find ATMs on your destinations ? On following sites of Mastercard and Visa list ATM's worldwide.

Exchange rates
Would you like to know how much Turkish Lira you will get for one euro or how much your dollarbills value at the moment? Please consult TijdNet to check the exchange rates.

Transport: international, national and local

Brussels National Airport
On the site of Brussels National Airport you will find lots of information about the policy and working in the airport of Zaventem.
You can also check the departures and arrivals of the day.
Do you need to depart or you have to collect someone? In real-time you will also find arrivals - and departures.

Domestic Belgian Airports

Nearby airports in neighbour countries:

Subway
Very interesting for who wants to know about subwaylines of big cities.

Weather and time information

The weather forecast at your destinationw
Yahoo will tell you if you need to bring an umbrella or winter coat.

What is the time ?
Would you like to know what the exact time is on this very moment in New York or Katmandu, have a look at

Travelling and health

Diseases during travelling and prevention
For information about any possible disease , information for disease prevention and other medical information, one adress: Institute for tropical medicine..

Links to Taxistop

Ferries

Thanks to the exclusive cooporation between Taxistop and the ferry company P&O, From 2 weeks in advance,you can reserve a ticket from/to Great-Britain to very sharp prices.

Eurostop

Via Eurostop, the hitchhike central of Taxistop, you can hitchhike with sharing costs to each corner of Europe. As a driver you can recover a big part of your travel costs by offering your free seats through Taxistop. For the hitchhiker is the hitchhike central a nice and espacially a cheap way to get anywhere in Europe.

Woningoppas

Some travelling people are not always happy to leave their house, garden and pets unguarded.
And for those who stay home, they might as well enjoy a holiday feeling as a house surveillant.
Taxistop brings both people (seekers and surveillants)together for a scratch.

Huisruil

The house exchange formule has been a successfull way of travelling during many years. This service of Taxistop makes sure you can exchange your own beloved house to a nice accomodation at your dream destination.