This is an extended list of the best travel resources when it comes to transportation, accommodation, gear, travel insurance, and more. They are the best out there, and continually offer the best deals.

Trip Planning

Sputnik– a platform for exploring and booking tours and master classes all around the world. 

Travelocity – An online travel agency and was founded and owned by Sabre Corporation.

Weatlas – Plan and book your perfect trip with expert advice, travel tips, destination information, and inspiration.

Tripadvisor – World’s Largest Travel Site. 200 million+ unbiased traveler reviews.

12GO– tickets for trains, buses, ferries, and charters.

TicketNetwork – the sports, concerts, and theater tickets all over the world. 

BusBud – an online bus-booking platform.

Discover Cars – Customers can find, compare and rent a car globally. 

Qeeq.com – Fastest-growing online car rental platforms worldwide. 

WikiTravel – The original free, crowdsourced travel guide with 300,000 writer/travelers visiting every day.

VisitorsCoverage– compare heaps of travel insurance quotes and find yourself the perfect policy!

Insubuy – the largest provider of visitors medical coverage insurance. 

Booking Airfares

CheapAir– Their flight search compares the best round-trip & one-way flight deals to destinations around the world.

Google Flights -Choose your flight from a simple list of results, explore destinations on a map, and find travel dates with the lowest fare with Flight Search.

Hotwire – Discount Airfare, Hotel rooms, Rental cars, Cruises, Vacation packages and Activities.

Kayak –  A flight search engine that finds hundreds of travel and hotel sites to help you book your hotel for the absolute lowest price.

Last Minute – All last minute airfare, hotel, attractions, and packages in one database.

Momondo – This will help you find and compare fares from 700+ travel sites, giving you access to the best rates for airline tickets online.

Orbitz – Book cheap airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, vacations and travel deals.

Aviasales – One of the largest online search engines for flights all over the world. 

SkyScanner – A multi-award winning flight app and website that search millions of flights from hundreds of airlines in seconds, saving you time and money.

Cheap Accommodation

Airbnb – Rent unique accommodations from local hosts in 190+ countries.

Hilton Honors  – loyal points programs for hotels, retail, goes on. 

Agoda – Discount Hotel deals on 755835 hotels worldwide.

Booking.com -Browse hotel reviews and find the guaranteed best price on hotels for all budgets.

Couchsurfing – Couchsurfers share their homes, cities and lives in profound in meaningful ways, making travel anywhere in the world a truly social experience.

Trivago–A vacation rental marketplace with more than 1,000,000 vacation rental listings in 190 countries

Hotellook – Helps you find and compare prices on hotels around the world. 

Hostel World – Book, Stay in a hostel and meet the real world, not the tourist brochure.

Travel Community

Adventurous Kate – The ultimate guide to solo female travel and inspirational adventures around the world.

Expert Vagabond – Popular adventure travel blog featuring inspirational stories, photography, and tips from around the world.

The Blonde Abroad – An award-winning solo female travel & lifestyle blog featuring travel tips, fashion, festivals and photography from around the world.

The Planet D – Adventure Travel blog by a couple that features advice, tips, inspirational stories and photography that will help you plan your next vacation.

ThePointsGuy – A blogger that helps travelers find the best deals around frequent flyer miles, credit cards, and hotel points, including trends, discounts & even free.

About.com Budget Travel – Source of information about budget travel, cheap hotels, cheap airfare and other travel deals.