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Published 20:01 IST, October 29th 2019

Travel websites to consider before planning your next adventure

For travel enthusiasts, browsing through useful travel websites and getting more in-depth information about their destination helps enhance travel experience.

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The world comprises of many beautiful places that need to be explored. For those who love travelling to new cities, towns, or countries, it is necessary to know more about the people, culture, tradition, and history of places they choose as their next destination. There are many websites for travellers that provide comprehensive details about various popular destinations across the globe. Some are maintained by travellers who like to share information about various places and sometimes their own experiences in the form of popular travel blogs. Here is a list of top travel websites according to Alexa.com, a website that ranks websites based on popularity.

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Five Popular Travel Websites

TripExpert

When a traveller is about to embark upon a journey to a new place, consulting a website displaying reviews of various hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, etc. which would enable the traveller to make an informed choice, is essential. Unlike TripAdvisor (where anyone is allowed to submit a review), TripExpert is a website where reviews are collected from experts who write for renowned publications. It assigns an aggregated score based on the reviews from different magazines, travel guidebooks, etc.

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Rom2Rio

This is a comprehensive travel website that assists travellers with information about transport, accommodation, and car rentals. The traveller has to enter the starting point, and the destination and this website will provide all details regarding how to reach there via bus, train, flight, ferry, or by car. It also shows options for the hotel as per the preferences of the traveller.

Skiplagged

Primarily an online ticketing platform, this website helps travellers avoid booking the most expensive flight ticket option to their destination. It showcases various options to reach the destination. For example, you may get a stopover at another city or have an extended stopover at a transit location, whereby the ticket prices are sometimes quite lower as compared to direct airfare from the source location to destination.

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Skift

This travel news website keeps you informed about the latest news and trends from the travel industry. It also raises an alert about any issue with particular airlines or hotels. It also contains information about the latest technology that can make your travel easy and detailed reports related to companies that are shaping the future of the tourism industry.                                                       

Lonely Planet

This website has valuable information about various global destinations, including places to visit, food to eat, local tradition, and travel. The blog section on this website shares things/events to explore different places of the world. The above travel websites will help you to plan your travel better while saving plenty of time and money. You can stay in touch with the latest news and information about places that are on your travel checklist. All you need to do is pack your bags, and be ready for your next trip!

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18:46 IST, October 29th 2019