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As of: 04-29-2008
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U.S National Gas Prices Map (Nationwide) up to the minute - What began a few years ago as a problem sadly remains a big problem still today (April 2008). See what the hottest (best and worst) gas prices are by area in the U.S and find out much much more on this informative site. Read Doc's plea for users around the world to unite and become more involved. If you know of more sites from around the world please let Doc's team know. . Click here or on the link below in our Gas Related Issues section of this page. See also our new Home Fuel Oil section as well. April 29th 2008


Seat Guru - See what others have to say about seat locations on major airlines economy, business class, and first class (good, warnings, bad seating etc), Mining for Cheap Flights A very good Technology Review Article - March 28th 2007, Farecast A website that advises a visitor whether to buy a given ticket immediately or wait,  and Kayak Displays the best ticket prices found by Kayak users over a two-day period. Click here on any of the links above or on the links below in our World Airlines Links section of this page. April 10th 2008


 

Yahoo Traffic - Just enter a zip code, location, etc. Click on Get Map, then click on View Traffic on Map, hover your mouse over a traffic condition or click on the condition for more information on live traffic events. Click here or on the link below in our Roadways Traffic and Travel section of this page for up to the minute traffic reports. April 8th 2008

 

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Airports - Around the World


*World Airports Guide.com
AIRPORTS.com with TSA (security) wait times
MASSPORT (Logan, Worc, Manchester, TF Green,Logan Express)
 

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Flight Tracking


Areoseek - Graphical, text, google earth
* *FAA - Flight Delay Information by Airport/Region
* FAA - Arrival/Departure Demand Charts by Airport
(See current Arrival/Demand/Cancellation Loads etc by airport)
* FlightView.com (Live) - Live Flight Tracking Info.
FlightAware - Up to Date Flight Tracker Info.
* FlyteComm - Live Flight Tracking Info

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Live-ATC.Net
(Listen to Live Air Traffic Controllers from around the World)
* Live-ATC.Net (World Map) Beta

* Passur.com
(View Live Traffic of a range of airports - Airport/Monitor Sites)

* Futura Studios
(Good Aviation links, flight data, webcams, etc)

- Search for 'Live Flight Tracking'
 

 


World Airline - Links



* SKYTRAX - World Airline Links (almost all)
HotelsTravel.com - World Airline links
Airlines.thelinks.com

* About.com - Airline Phone Numbers (almost all airlines)

Buying Airline Tickets!

*Note, Often tickets sold on discounts services, airlines etc will quote or post the prices so appealing, eye catching, attention grabbing prices are in BOLD print on your screen. Understand when you see these whether or not the prices include all the taxes & fees that the service or airline provides, what  denomination or currency the price is in ($USD etc), whether the tickets are e-tickets v.s mailed, have any restrictions (such as penalties imposed if you cancel them, whether they are transferable, have date restrictions, and whether or not seat the selections are confirmed and have been assigned. Most agencies will indicate that seat assignments will be made at the time of check in. In actuality the airlines reserve at least qty-12 seats or so in order to accommodate last minute situations which may and most often will include desirable seats. Another tactic which seems to have subsided somewhat is over booking which means you may have believed you purchased a confirmed ticket but may have actually acquired a standby ticket (voucher) when you made your purchase. This was usually the bargain fare discount tickets, much of these practices seem to have gotten better in recent years but when in doubt call and ask before committing. This is why it is so important for us all as consumers to support and lend a hand to the Airlines Consumer Bill of Rights (e.g ASTA, JetBlue, Google Search - 'Airline consumer bill of rights' or Airline passenger bill of rights').
 

Other things you should be aware of when seeking out air fares: Understand the tighter times you impose in your scheduling booking airfares (e.g - desired times arriving/leaving, dates (holiday seasons, popular dates) and how close to your actual trip you make the reservations (last minute, 1-2 weeks, couple days etc), the number of stops or transfers acceptable, flight class (Economy, Business, First Class, etc) the more likely the air fair price of being higher. Often the prices will change by the hour, and which times and days of the week you make your flights for (Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun), also the days when they are made (Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun) can make a difference this fluctuates however. Checkout some of the sites like Farecast below to see what trends may be developing. Finally as if all this isn't confusing check directly with the airlines themselves. Although most of the fairs quoted from discount services are real time polls from the airlines themselves sometimes the airlines will offer specials for times they know are not normally popular.

*NOTE:
Speeding things up at the airport
Boarding Passes - Have an E-Ticket?

 The night before or day of your flight get (print) your boarding passes at home and save time at the airport, even saves time for checking bags simply by using the kiosks in front of the airline terminals. Puts you in front of the queue of others wishing to obtain boarding passes and check luggage (that long line you see at the airport terminals). Go to the kiosk, enter your e-ticket or wave the barcode of your boarding pass, confirm the information, enter the number of bags to check (if any), if you did not have a boarding pass one will print out for you. If you have bags to check there may be one or two people ahead of you waiting around the kiosk facing the the counters and you will shortly hear your name called to proceed to the counter, easy haa!. If your not checking bags and have your boarding pass now you can proceed right the gate and to security (TSA).  P.S - Make sure your boarding pass and a form of identification (passport) is readily present to speed up your pass through TSA.
 


Useful Seating/Ticketing/Price Tips:

* Seat Guru
Discover good, bad seating on major airlines as rated by other fellow travelers

* Mining for Cheap Flights
Read This Very Good Article in Technology Review - March 28th 2007

* Farecast
A website that advises a visitor whether to buy a given ticket immediately or wait .

* Kayak
Displays the best ticket prices found by Kayak users over a two-day period

*See also Discount Travel Services below for details

 

 


Hotel Links - Around the World
(In Process)


* Hotelstravel.com - Major Name/World Hotel Links

*See also Discount Travel Services below for details

* Note: If your looking for Theme Parks, Casino's, and Places to Visit
 click here and visit our Entertainment page
.
 

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Cruise Line Links:



Major Cruise Line Services

Royal Caribbean
Princess
Carnival
Norwegian
Holland America
Cunard -- (e.g QueenMary-II)

Travel Services Associated with Cruising
--coming--
*See also Discount Travel Services below for details

Miscellaneous

International Council of Cruise Lines - Tips Reports etc

- Search for 'Cruise Lines'

*See also Discount Travel Services (below)
 

 

Roadways - Traffic & Travel



* Did you know most map sites on the Internet will also show Gas/Lodging/Food?

 (Please see Map Sites on our Main Links Page also for MAPS & Directions, etc)

 Road Traffic Conditions:
MASS TURNPIKE Authority Homepage
* ** Boston.com - Traffic Conditions (Live)
Live Traffic Conditions, Traffic by Route, More Traffic Links
* US Road Conditions.com
* * Autos.Msn.com - Traffic Reports
* Smart Traveler - Roadway Traffic Info 511 on your cell ph
Road conditions in your area
* Smart Traveler - Info
More specific city/region detail
* Traffic.com by NAVTEQ
Instant reports by city/region detail
* The Weather Channel Traffic Reports
Live Traffic and commute forecast by city/region detail
* **Yahoo - Traffic Updated
Enter a zip code, location, etc. Click on Get Map, then click on View Traffic on Map link,
hover your mouse over a traffic condition or click on the condition for more info.


* 511 What is It ?
"511" is a single traffic information telephone number to be made available
to states and local jurisdictions across the United States.

- Search for  'Live Traffic Conditions'

Highway Links Etc:
US-Highways.com - Links to most US State Highways
Link's to all 50 U.S State - Official Websites
US DOT - All 50 State DOT Websites
US DOT - Nat'l Traffic & Road Closure Information
Mass Highway Department


Road Services:
AAA - Auto Club
 

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*Gasoline - Related Issues:
GAS WARS
Clock Equals: 2 0 0 8



We added this section back in 2005
It's been and continues to be such a hot topic we had to continue to do something here !

*
Read this very interesting and enlightening email from Doc Dingley
 to TashaH. and friends in response to the topic of 'Gas websites, etc'...
 
*** Doc's Letter ***

Re:Cool Gas Site Letter
 (click here to read the correspondence)

* ** NewPaper Article: 'Pump It In, and Rip Yourself Off' **
by Peter Reuell - Staff Writer for the Metrowest Daily News
A Herald Newspaper Paper
July 28th 2006
Click above and read this wonderfully humorous written but fact filled piece on
what your currently paying for Gas and what the Big Oil Companies are pulling in $$Big$$

There are an ever growing number of Gas Tracking sites now on the Internet.
Contributors like yourselves (the public) are helping to keep these tracking's
up to date and show trends. So far the US and Canada have been some of
the best data thus far for the general public (e.g gasbuddy.com & GasPriceWatch.com).



A Plea for all for International Gas Users for Prices !!!
(updated 04-07-2008)
OK most all of you have heard it and been impacted,
sure there is things you can all do to conserve and help as well.
It's getting a bit more than insane and beyond ridiculous,
almost every industry worldwide (e.g food, services, utilities, etc)
are using fuel increase costs to justify outrageous
and absurd product or service price increases (30-40-60%).

While we recognize the need for businesses to be able to succeed
and survive it's simply demolishing or worlds economies, businesses,
and peoples lives worldwide. Is it a fanatic terrorist type scheme and plot
or insensible ravenousness greed for profit by a limited number of persons
whom most of the world will never know?

There are other alternatives (not just fuel) but they may and usually
have been found to take a long time to implement, may be impeded, or
meet with much debate before becoming reality.

 You Can HELP !
Doc is encouraging folks with other known international websites related to fuel prices
to let us know so we can contribute, share and help communicate with folks worldwide,
as well as media sources to what's going on in the rest of the world.
If you know of any such sites or lists, please let us know. We'll do our best to get
them listed here as soon as we can. Also please let some of the other website masters
(for example Gasbuddy.com & GasPriceWatch.com) know and possibly they
will expand to include more geographical areas around the world such as yours.
You can send info to the team by emailing
webmaster@docdingley.com

Other than everyone switching over to use other alternatives at once, fuel
conservation measures, fuel strikes (that would take everyone consumers, airlines,
freight carriers, travel industry, cruise lines, etc to have an impact) this is
one way to help share what's happening around the planet. Let us know and the other
sites as well as any stories you've heard from the field, refineries, businesses etc.
We'll do or best to get to pass the information along to hopefully the right sources

Want to help stop the insanity, insensible ravenousness super greed for profit ?
(it's a few number of individuals, not countries responsible for this) then get
involved.

Informative Sites
Massachusetts Gas Prices.com (All the Nation and much more)

* U.S National Gas Prices Map (Nationwide) up to the minute

* Canadian Gas Prices Map (Nationwide) up to the minute
* Gas Buddy.com (US and Canada)

* Gas Price Watch.com

Everyday Gas Station Prices

Worcester, MA Gas Prices.com

Gas Prices - via Fuel Economy.gov
(Locate by state/city, etc)

* US Dept of Energy - Retail Gasoline Facts
(Detailed information, historical data, gas reformulation reports, definitions etc)

* US Dept of Energy - Petroleum Facts
(Information on petroleum such as crude, gasoline, home heating oil, current prices, reports, definitions etc)

Proposed GAS WAR (Article) - Rense.com

* Why a Gas Strike Might Not Work via Walk on Mypath Blog
(One Article but a good one which references to the economics, structures, etc)
GAS (News) in Yahoo News

- Search for 'Gas Prices' in Google News



Fuel Home Heating OIL Prices

NewEngland Oil
See listing for a number of heating oil delivery companies

- Search for 'Fuel Oil' in Google News
 

 

Subway - Train - MotorCoach/Bus
& Mass Transit System Links:




Worldwide Subway System Links:



The Subway Navigator.com

Subways.net
The Subway Page

Subway & Mass Transit (Specific City) Links:

* Boston MA - MBTA
Los Angeles - Metro
Montreal Canada - STM Metro
New York City - MTA
Paris FR - MRERT
San Francisco CA - BART
Toronto Canada - TTA
Washington DC - METRO


Train System (National and International) Links:

 

Amtrack - Reservations/Schedules/Etc
Around the World with High Speed Rails
TravelNotes - Travel the world by Rail
The Orient Express Ltd - World Tours
BootsnAll Travel - Train Links


MotorCoach / Bus System Links:



The Bus Station - Worldwide

(Bus, coach, trolley, and transit links worldwide)

Greyhound
Peter Pan Bus Lines

Boston MA - MBTA
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
 
* Logan Express
(Massport Bus Transportation to/from Logan Airport Boston from surrounding communities)

BootsnAll Travel - Bus/Coach Links

- Search for  'Bus Companies'
- Search for  'Bus Stations'
 

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Fastlane and EZ Pass Highway Traffic Monitoring Systems
Quick/Easy Automated Traffic Toll Collection Systems - Used in over 10 US States
and other nations


         

MASS Fastlane Program
Fastlane FAQs where can you use

EZ-Pass Program (most other states)
EZ-Pass Links (participating states)
 

 


Airport Shuttle and Limousine Services

          

Massachusetts

Knights Airport Limousine Service
Worcester Airport Limousine Service
Zebra Shuttle Airport Service


Logan Express
(Massport Bus Transportation to/from Logan Airport Boston from surrounding communities)

Airport Transportation Services

National Toll Free - Airport Transportation Service by State

Limo Services
Limo.net - Limousine Transportation Services by State and by Country
 

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Travel Safety and Advisories:

* U.S Department of States - Travel State gov

U.S Department of Homeland Security - Travel Security and Procedures

The United Nations

Global Busn Resources
World Travel Advisories as reported by countries

* BootsnAll Travels - Round the World Travel Guide: RTW Safety
"Travel Warnings versus Travel Advisories - Know the difference between government-issued
Travel Warnings and Travel Advisories/Public Announcements. If you travel to a county where
a travel warning is in place, your embassy may not be required to help you."



Useful - Travel Health & Travel Tips Links:

We strongly recommend contacting the appropriate country or region in interest
 directly for official policies regarding visa/passport/health/and advisory information. The following
 have been listed here as potential sources and represent only a sampling.


Travel - Visa's and Passports

* US Department of State - Passport Home Page

* Embassy.Org
Links to contact info etc for Foreign Embassies in the Washington D.C Area

G3 Visas & Passports Visa Page

Use G3's free lookup service to determine if you may need a visa to travel  to a particular country or region. Note, G3 Visas & Passports provides visa, passport,  and documentation authentication services for individuals, corporations, flight departments,  travel agencies and tour groups throughout the United States and Canada. We have listed them here as a possible assistance to those traveling. For official policies regarding visa/passport information  please contact the appropriate country or region in interest directly.

Other suggestions - Try contacting the appropriate country or region in interest directly. Your own community (municipality, state, or federal) services such as US Department of State can often  give you accurate, up to date, pertinent information as well.

- Blank Google Main Search Page
 e.g - Try searching for the country name + 'passports'




Travel Health
* Travel Health Online - Useful Links
* CDC World Health Travel - (Pick a Country)
World Health Org - International Travel and Health Info


  
Travel Tips Sites (Safety/Do's and Don'ts/etc)

* Hunterdon County Sheriffs Dept - Travel Advice and Crime Prevention
Scroll down to 'When Your Going on a Trip !'
(Great Travel Advice/Crime Prevention Tips for all of us - Check it out)

* Teplis - (Useful) Travel Links
* Bootsnall - Round the World Tips (do's and don'ts)
Lonely Planet
Traveling alone ? - Check This out!

* World Travel Guide
The World Travel Guide provides a source of comprehensive and detailed
 information for most countries of the world.
 

 

   Discount Travel Services  
For Air Travel, Cruise Lines, Train, Hotels, etc
Travel Discount Services are just to numerous to mention and list all here.
Below is a list of some of the Discount Travel Services which
have become popular to use.

 

AAA Travel
CheapTickets.com
Expedia.com
Priceline.com
Oribitz

Travelocity.com
Foders Online


- Search for 'Discount Travel' to find more services

Suggestions:

*Note: You may also want to checkout travel groups/organizations such as 'Senior Groups', etc which can sometimes offer great discounts and savings. Also lookup local regions of interest (such as Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, or Tourism) which in collaboration with businesses in the region perhaps represent a more general and perhaps non biased view of packages available.


Luggage:
Luggage Online - Over 90 Brands Listed
(With an infinite number of brands to choose from why not start here)
 

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Banking and Currency Conversions Travel:



 (Please see the Banking section of our Main Links Page for a complete list). 

Banking
* US Banks on the Internet
* US Credit Unions on the Internet

* Quazell - Banks the World Over

Converters
 Universal Currency Converter
Yahoo Finance - Currency Convertor
* X-Rates.com


Food & Travel:



* Restaurant Row List - Find a restaurant (U.S and World Over)

Visit our Restaurant Page for a complete list
 of cuisines to where you are traveling
 

 

Other Useful Links:


Epinions.com
Read what others might have to say about an Airline/Hotel/Restaurant/Bank etc.


* Visit our Map Sites section of
our Main Links page for  geographical map locations, directions, Ariel views, etc


* Virtual Tourist World Map
(Find information quickly by clicking on world destinations)
* USA City Link
(Find Useful Comprehensive Information about almost any town or city in the US such as Gov, Hotels, Travel, Tourism, etc)

* 50States.com
(Facts, Contacts, Info, History,  and more on all 50 States) 

 

Visit our Hiking - Walking - Rail Trail - Biking - Nature -  Camping, Astronomy, Zoo's, Aquariums, Canoe and Kayaking Page. Find links and maps for Hiking, Walking, Rail  Trails, Running, and  Bicycling. Locate useful information and links about Birds, Tree's, Flowers, Insects, Astronomy, Zoo's,  Aquariums, Canoeing and Kayaking. Locate Campgrounds, Park Services, and Botanical Gardens nationally and worldwide by clicking on the link above.

Visit our Entertainment Page. This page not only contains Movie listings, Television listings, on going Theatrical and Musical Events, Music Searches, Movie Listings, Concert Events, Air Shows, Car Shows, Auto Auctions, State & World Fair Schedules, Places to Go, Arts and Artists, Comedy, Theme Park Links, Casinos, Blues-n-Jazz, Motion Picture Studio info, Sound Bites, etc as well.
 

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