Resources

• U.S. State Department: international travel tips for students

• U.S. State Department: background notes on the countries and regions of the world

• U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide

• U.S. Passport Services

• U.S. Customs Service

• Embassy.org: embassies and consulates in the U.S.

• Embassy world: embassies and consulates worldwide

• Students Abroad: U.S. government site

• Absentee Ballot Information for U.S. elections (from NAFSA: Association of International Educators)

• World Fact Book

• Centers for Disease Control: travel information

• U.S. State Department Travel Warnings

• Sara's Wish: important information about staying safe while studying abroad

• World Health Organization

• SAFETI Clearinghouse (Safety Abroad First Educational Travel Information)

• UK Travel Advisories

 Travel Agencies and Services

• Passport Photos may now be taken in the OIP, 66 Vernon Street.  For more information, call us at x2005 or e-mail oip@trincoll.edu
• International Student Identity Card (ISIC) information. The ISIC cards are now sold at the OIP.

• STA Travel

• Kayak.com

• Orbitz

• Student Universe

• Travelocity

• Travelzoo

• Internet Travel Network

Other Travel Sites

• Atlapedia Online: full-color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world

• Computer-Equipped Travel: resources for everything from roaming Internet access providers to the correct plug adapter for computers

• Finding ATMs Abroad: Mastercard; Visa

• Virtual Tourist: maps, currency converter, time converter, driving directions, weather forecasts

• Go Currency: currency converter and other information on currency and exchange

• World Time Zones

• The Internet Guide of Hostelling

• Lonely Planet: online information from one of the leading publishers of guidebooks

• Americans for Informed Democracy (AID): a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to raise global awareness on more than 250 U.S. university campuses and in over 10 countries

• Global Scholars: a Web site designed to help prepare you to study abroad

• What's Up With Culture?: great site to help you learn more about culture

• Foreign Language and Culture: extensive, worldwide links, organized by country and language

Europe—General

• CampusFrance: registration site for French student visa application, with general information on studying and living in France

• PARIS

• Goethe-Institut

• The American-Scandinavian Foundation: educational and cultural exchange between the U.S. and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

• Study in the UK: links to British educational institutions, scholarships, and other sources of information

• UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Marshall Scholarship: for any British university

• Rhodes Scholarship 

• Australian Government Information

• Study in Australia: official Australian Government site

Work/Volunteer Abroad

• University of Michigan's Site on Work Abroad

• Global Volunteers

• Council on International Educational Exchange

• BUNAC: work abroad programs

• Iowa State Work Abroad Page

 Special Interest

• Mobility International USA: information and resources for travelers with disabilities

• NAFSA Association of International Educators, Committee on Underrepresentation in Education Abroad

• Underrepresented Groups

• Travelgrrl

•  Journeywoman

• NAFSA Association of International Educators, Rainbow Special Interest Group: internet links for many aspects of gay and lesbian life including travel and study abroad information

• LGBT Travel Guide

• Global Peace Index