Travel

Misc

• Don’t Spend a Dime Planning Your Next Vacation
• 7 Essential Tools Every Business Traveler Needs
• 12 Instagram Accounts to See Amazing Places Around the World
• What to Do When You Arrive Too Early to Check Into Your Hotel
• Airport Lounge
• How Google Trips Can Help You Have an Amazing Vacation
• Yonder app
• WikiCamps US
• First time taking a cruise? Here’s what you need to know
• The 13 Best Vacation Packages for Singles

The Best Time to Buy an International Plane Ticket

https://lifehacker.com/the-best-time-to-buy-an-international-plane-ticket-bas-1825046688. DC -> TPE.

For Asia

• Prime Booking Window: A little over a month to 7 months
• Best time to buy: About 120 days from your travel date
• The average airfare: $1,113
• Cheapest month to travel: November
• Most expensive month to travel: June
• Least expensive days of week to fly: Tuesday and Wednesday

Tips for buying tickets

• 5 Tips for Scoring Cheap Flight Tickets With Skyscanner
• The best time to book flights for domestic trips is 2-3 weeks in advance, and the best time to book international journeys is 5-6 months in advance. See skyscanner.
• https://www.skyscanner.com/ gives lowest prices from hop2.com. Don't book from there since the credit card info may be used in other places; see tripadvisor.com.
• What Is Google Travel and How Does It Work?

Live flight map

• flightradar24
• FlightAware Live

TSA Pre-Check

You Can Get TSA Pre-Check at Staples—Here’s How

Global entry

• TSA PreCheck, Global Entry, NEXUS And CLEAR: What You Need To Know
• Global Entry membership also includes TSA PreCheck, so you can double up on benefits with just one program.

Airport lounge, Layover

• Stuck at the airport? Consider purchasing a day pass to an airline lounge
• 7 Lifesaving Apps for Surviving Long Flight Layovers

Credit cards perks

These Credit Cards Come With Sweet Airport Perks

Luggage

Best luggage brands

The 9 Best Luggage Brands for Every Type of Travel and Budget

Lost Luggage

Airline Lost Your Luggage? 7 Things to Do Next

Canceled flight

How to Get a Refund If Your Flight Is Canceled

Hiking

• trail near me
• Trails.com. iOS app is available.
• AllTrails (android)
• 7 BEST HIKES IN MARYLAND (ACCORDING TO A LOCAL)
• 9 Picturesque Hikes In Maryland

• These 12 Hiking Spots In Maryland Are Completely Out Of This World
• https://twitter.com/MDStateParks Knowing the current status whether a state park is open or closed (eg due to capacity)
• Patapsco Valley State Park (the official park entry is 5120 south street but there is no parking there)
  • Trail maps
  • two swinging bridges, Patapsco Swinging Bridge in wikipedia
  • Cascade Falls near Hilton Area
  • Avalon Shelter #105, Shelter #106, Avalon Area - Orange Grove Parking
  • Hollofield Area
  • McKeldien Area (Very north)
• Little Bennett Regional Park
• Harper's Ferry. video by traveling Robert
• Shenandoah National Park
  • Dark Hollow Falls
  • Bearfence Mountain
  • Little stony man
  • Rose River fall

Scenic drive

10 Scenic National Park Drives Everyone Should Do at Least Once

Trip planner

• https://roadtrippers.com/
• 8 Awesome Road Trip Planners for Your Next Adventure
• https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/summer-vacation-ideas/
• 5 Travel Apps to Find Interesting and Unique Tourist Spots on Your Trips
• The Best Android Apps For Road Trips and Travel: Google maps, Waze, Roadtrippers, GasBuddy , Yelp, Airbnb, Booking.com, AllTrails, The Dyrt (campgrounds)

Mobile Passport

• All the Airports You Can (And Should) Use Mobile Passport. IAD and BWI are included!
• Use the Mobile Passport App to Breeze Through Customs Without Global Entry

Passport photo

Don't Overpay for Your Passport Photo

Passport for Your Child

How (and When) to Get a Passport for Your Child

Google maps

• Delicate Arch, usatoday.
• Find parking: type "parking near me" or "parking near LOCATION".
• https://spothero.com Save over half price when your book a parking space in advance

Copernix, Google maps and Wikipedia

https://copernix.io/about/. Copernix tells you about the most interesting places around using information from Wikipedia. Use it on the road or before you go to explore or simply learn about new places.

Local

• DC Smartrip Card - Adding Value (blue machine is for cash or credit card). Touch the smarTrip card first. How to Top Up Your Washington DC Metro Smartrip Card (black machine is for cash only)
• The Perfect Weekend in Washington DC
• 华盛顿特区景点玩乐, 华盛顿特区10大必去景点
• You saved 15 minutes on Amtrak’s new nonstop service to NYC. Now what?
• Things to do in Time Square, Bus from DC to New York
• Rockville Town Square
• A visitor’s guide to Washington area beaches
• 6 Fun Day Trips from Washington, D.C. including Hike to Waterfalls at Shenandoah National Park & Shenandoah Valley Kids Trail.
• 如何安排弗吉尼亚,大烟山,自然桥4日旅游行程
• Montgomery county zip code, city boundaries of Montgomery, Nearby cities
• Philadelphia 賓州十大景點 (上), (下)
• What you need to know about the reopening of Shenandoah National Park
• Your Guide to an Atlantic Coast Road Trip
• City cruises https://www.cityexperiences.com/
• Maryland State Park Directory from Maryland Park Service
• Brookside Gardens, Wheaton regional, Fairland regional park.
• Shenandoah National Park
  • Skyline Drive, Front Royal.
  • Stony Man Mountain summit (hiking, 1.5h), Luray, Virginia
  • 10 Must Do Hikes in Shenandoah National Park
  • 15 Fantastic Fun Things to Do in Bluemont Virginia

• The 14 Most Underrated U.S. Travel Destinations to Visit Now including Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
• 10 Best Places to Visit in VIRGINIA 2024 | US Travel Guide (video) by TRIP XTREME

Metro to IAD

• Washington DC WMATA map
• Don’t want to drive to catch a flight? We tried the new D.C.-Dulles train
• How to Ride METRO from Dulles Airport to Washington DC (video)

BWI

201 - GAITHERSBURG - BWI. Click on "Info & Maps]. Scroll down and download 'PDF schedule'. It'll show the fare.

EZpass

• Toll Rate Calculator
• One example
  • EZpass $2.72
  • Pay-by-plate $3.40
  • Video-tolls $4.08=$2.72 * 1.5
• Pay-By-Plate. Pay-By-Plate is an alternative payment system where you register your license plate and tolls are automatically billed to your credit card each time you use Maryland’s facilities.
• Video toll

USA

• 13 Easy Ways to Do a Road Trip in America
• 40 Affordable Destinations for a Family Vacation
• Tour National parks of the United States via google earth.
• The Best Bike Trail in Every State
• 12 Most Breathtaking Rock Formations in America
• Your Guide to a Utah Road Trip
• Your Guide to a Great Northern Road Trip
• 13 California Road Trips You Should Try to Take at Least Once
• Your Guide to an Oregon Trail Road Trip
• 3 Texas Road Trips You Should Try to Take at Least Once
• From Niagara Falls to the Grand Canyon of the East - Summer2021 Episode 10.1

Taiwan

• 台北車站 Taipei Main Station vs Taipei Metro
• 捷運台北車站立體導覽圖 B3: 板南線 B4: 淡水線
• 台北車站立體導覽:
  • Y: 台北地下街(市民大道),
  • K: 誠品站前站 車站上方,
  • Z: 站前地下街 忠孝西路正下方
• 桃園捷運
• 機場捷運
• 機場捷運台北車站出口 A1 -> 台北捷運 Taipei station of Airport MRT, Walk into the Taipei underground street route giude
  • After exiting, go to upstairs (following most people)
  • Turn right after seeing the first 3-way sign (exits information). Same direction if we need to connect to other Taipei MRT 台北捷運.
    • 去台北車站大廳: Slight turn right and use the elevators to go upstairs toward (北三門 市民大道). This would lead to the 台北車站大廳.
    • 去台北捷運: 左轉後 直走, 最後可以看到捷運淡水線(紅線) 或 板南線(藍線), 分叉.
• How to crack the maze at Taipei Station? 7 Routes Guide for Airport MRT A1 to Taipei Station ｜4K HDR
  • Airport MRT A1 -> Bannan Line

• 台北車站 -> 機場捷運 【2023 桃園機捷交通攻略】教你如何快速抵達機捷台北車站A1, (video) 保母級教學！如何從(台北車站)台北捷運板南線轉乘桃園機場捷運A1站
  • 捷運板南線 下車出發. 從捷運板南線刷卡出站後 (忠孝西路/M8/M9 exit 出站)，
  • Turn right 先搭乘手扶梯或電梯上來至 B1，
  • 找到往 桃園機捷 | 市民大道的方向前往台北車站 B1，
  • 再來就是重點了－－抵達台北車站 B1 後，往左側（西方）直直走，跟著桃園機場的指標直直前進
  • 右轉
  • 左轉，
  • 乘手扶梯下去, 再下去一次 就會抵達囉！ (約15分鐘)
• 看完這部影片 你永遠不會在台北車站迷路!!!(開玩笑的) │ 一部影片搞懂台北捷運所有地下街 鐵道事務所
  • 四區
  • 28出口
  • 誠品地下街 / K區地下街 誠品書店 誠品文具館. Google Map.
• 台北地下街導覽
• Frequency Bands.
  • Mobile networks and carriers in Taiwan use 2 GSM bands, 2 UMTS bands, and 4 LTE bands.
  • Chunghwa Telecom: LTE (B3, B7, B8), GSM (900, 1800).
  • FarEasTone : LTE (B3, B28), GSM (900, 1800).

China

纪录中国

Best places to go

52 Places to go in 2019

Retreats

12 Best Wellness Retreats to Help You Relax and Recharge

Beach house rental

50 of the Best Beach House Rentals

WebCam

• Grand Teton, Independence Pass
• Where to Live Stream Wild and Cute Animals in Real-Time
• Live Zoo Webcams
  • National zoo, San Diego Zoo

Videos

• One Strange Rock
• Journey with Dylan Dreyer Sat 11:00 NBC4. Using the incognito mode if we want to watch it online. Live streaming from stream2watch.cc.
• ISS timelapse from AstronautiCAST

Jet lag

The jet lag calculator/travel sleep plan

11 Things Nutritionists Eat at the Airport—and 4 They Avoid

http://time.com/5197380/food-nutritionists-eat-at-airport/

SFO

• Map, Don't miss your flight: SFO just renumbered its gates today
• Terminal 3. https://airport-san-francisco.com/terminal-3/

日本機場

http://www.yadyad.com/tw/img/travelinfo/airport-map.jpg

23 breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage destinations in the U.S.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/lifestyle/travel/us-unesco-guide/?utm_term=.7d681d1c4535

國際太空站 遨翔寰宇18年

https://www.worldjournal.com/5666156/article-國際太空站-遨翔寰宇18年/

ROC Visa, Passport

駐美國臺北經濟文化代表處 TECRO, 領務組業務, 4201 Wisconsin Ave., N W Washington, DC 20016-2137

Virtual travels

• You Can Virtually Tour These 500+ Museums and Galleries From Your Couch, National Palace Museum 國立故宮博物院
• Take a virtual tour of these 12 amazing museums closed because of coronavirus
• 13 Virtual Travel Experiences Your Family Can Enjoy Together
• 5 Outdoor Virtual Tours to Get Back to Nature With Hikes, Dives, and Spelunking
• ICYDK: You Can Virtually Tour Museums at Home with Google Arts & Culture
• You Can Virtually Tour 10 of the World’s Greatest Landmarks Right Now—Here’s How!
• San Diego Zoo
• How to Visit Japan’s Most Beautiful Landmarks Virtually
• 35 National Parks You Can Tour Online Right Now
• 15 Virtual Tours of America’s Greatest Landmarks
• 14 Virtual Tours of Attractions That Were on Your Bucket List
• The Most Popular Virtual Tour in Each U.S. State

RV

• For a newbie driver, the RV was her classroom and her subject matter
• Class B vs. Class C RVs
• What Is A Toy Hauler (And Why Should You Get One)?

Apps for van life

The 10 Best Apps for Van Life