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Travel

Recreation/Travel lists sites which:

Engage in the business of travel, whether it be direct travel providers (airlines, hotels, etc.), tour operators, or travel agents. Such sites may be considered for a maximum of one listing in Recreation/Travel categories.
Offer personal travel accounts (primarily in Recreation/Travel/Travelogues)
Offer travel tips and advice.

This category lists only comprehensive travel resources. All other sites should be listed in a more specific subcategory.

Multiple submissions of the same site or multiple sites for the same business is abuse and against guidelines.
Travel agents, tour operators, and travel providers may be considered for a maximum of one listing within the Recreation/Travel subcategories.
Sites for all lodging establishments (including hotels, motels, inns, resorts, vacation rentals, bed and breakfast establishments, and hostels) will be listed once in the Lodging category for the city or town where they are located. Please submit such sites directly to the most specific category, starting here: Recreation/Travel/Lodging.
Personal travel accounts with significant narrative content should be submitted to the Recreation/Travel/Travelogues category and its subcategories.

Submitting to the correct category will speed the listing of your site. For more information, please see ODP Travel Guidelines.

Attractions

This category lists few, if any, sites. Its purpose is to link to categories throughout ODP which provide lists of attractions of interest to tourists (and non-tourists).

Please do not submit sites to this category. Sites should be submitted to the most appropriate topical category. If none exists, the site should be submitted to Regional according to its geographic location.

Consolidators

A consolidator is an entity who negotiates bulk contracts with travel suppliers, and then sells those services to travel agents (or, occasionally, the general public), usually at a discount. This category lists only travel consolidators which offer a variety of packages.

Travel agencies are not listed in this category.

This category lists only travel consolidators - entities which negotiate bulk contracts with travel suppliers, and then sell those services to travel agents (or, occasionally, the general public), usually at a discount. Consolidators which are limited to specific services, like airfares, cruises, or lodging, must be submitted to the more specific category.

Destinations

This category does not list sites. Rather, it enables navigation directly to travel and tourism categories for each continent and country.

No sites should be submitted to this category. Please submit sites directly to the relevant continent or country Travel and Tourism category.

Guides and Directories

This category lists only comprehensive travel guides (descriptive content) and directories (primarily lists of other sites) relevant for global travel. Sites which are specific to one of the following are listed in more specific categories:

A continent, country, region, or city
A component of travel, like lodging or air travel
A travel specialty, like cruises, adventure travel, or business travel.

Please submit only comprehensive travel guides and directories to this category. Submitting to the correct category will speed the listing of your site.

Guides and directories specific to one of the following should be submitted to a more specific category for prompt listing:

One continent, country, region, or city
A component of travel, like lodging or air travel
A travel specialty, like cruises, adventure travel, or business travel.

Image Galleries

This category lists sites which contain travel images from multiple continents with a focus on the destinations themselves.

This category lists sites which contain travel images from multiple continents with a focus on the destinations itself.

Sites which contain travel images within one continent only should start with one of these Maps and Views categories.
If you need a more specific region or locality, just follow the links at the top of the continent Maps and Views page
Business-oriented travel guides should be submitted to the most specific category starting in Recreation: Travel: Destinations.

Sites with personal travelogues which contain significant narrative content about trips taken by the author to more than one continent should be submitted to the most specific category starting in Recreation: Travel: Travelogues.

Sites from professional photographers, featuring their travel photographs and photographic skills, should be submitted to Arts: Photography: Photographers: Solo Exhibitions: Travel and Location
Sites with personal travel images from multiple continents where the focus is not on the travel destination itself but more on you or your relatives should be submitted to Recreation: Travel: Image_Galleries: Personal

Sites with offer photo sharing facilities should be submitted to Computers: Internet: On the Web: Web Applications: Photo Sharing

Submitting a site to the correct category might speed the listing of your site so it''s smart to suggest your site to the right category.

Lodging

The vast majority of lodging/accommodations sites are listed in Regional/../Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging categories according to the city or town where the establishment is located. Recreation/Travel/Lodging is a primarily a system of pointers leading to these categories.

No sites for individual lodging establishments will be listed here. Please submit only sites for global lodging chains or global directories to Recreation/Travel/Lodging categories.

News and Media

Travel publication include magazines, E-zines, and reviews of travel related activities, destination, and lodging accommodations.

Please only submit sites dealing with travel publications such as travel magazines, E-zines, or reviews of travel related activities, destination, and lodging accommodations.

Sites containing travel narratives, journals, articles or even travel diaries that are well written and organized are considered travelogues and should be submitted to: Recreation/Travel/Travelogues/

Sites that sell multiple travel magazines and/or travel books should be submitted to: Shopping/Publications/Books/Travel/

Preparation

Submit only sites about software designed for travelers. Sites about software designed for the travel and tourism industry should be submitted instead to Computers: Software: Industry-Specific: Tourism.

Specialty Travel

This category is for resources and information on specialized forms of travel. These sources are specifically geared toward attracting a particular customer, whether it be music lovers or culinary enthusiasts. These resources should be the primary focus of the site.

Please submit all sites to a more specific category. Submitting to the correct category will speed the listing of your site.

Travel agents, tour operators, transportation companies, and other businesses which do not have a specific and clear specialty will not be listed here. Please submit to either Travel Agents, Tour Operators, or Transportation.

Tour Operators

This category contains links to World regions and countries that have tour operator's sites. Click on the Region of your choice and follow the links to the counties and their localities.

To speed the review of your site and its listing in the directory, please go to Regional and add use the request form in the correct category of your locality.

Transportation

Recreation/Travel/Transportation and its subcategories list sites for providers of transportation services (like airlines or car rental companies) relevant to travelers and related resources.

This category lists only comprehensive transportation resources relevant to a traveler. Submitting to the correct category will speed the listing of your site.

Sites relevant to a specific mode of travel (air, car, etc.) should be submitted to a more specific subcategory.

Travelogues

This category lists personal travelogues, travel journals, and other sites which contain significant narrative content about trips covering more than one continent. Sites which focus on trips to a particular continent or country are listed in more specific categories.

Please submit only personal travelogues which contain significant narrative content about trips taken by the author to more than one continent. Submitting to the correct category will speed the listing of your site.

Collections of travel pictures and multimedia should be submitted to Image Galleries.
Commercial travel guides must be submitted to the most specific Travel and Tourism category.
Professional photographer sites should be submitted to Photographers - Travel and Location.

Travel Agents

Travel agents or agencies sell travel services to the public. Travel services includes things like airline tickets, cruises, car rentals, or hotel reservations. The agent is a representative of the travel supplier, and is compensated for providing business to that supplier. This category only lists global travel agency chains. All other travel agencies should be submitted to the appropriate Regional category according to the city or town where the agency is located.

Individual travel agencies are not listed in this category.

This category only lists global travel agency chains. All other travel agencies should be submitted to the appropriate Regional category according to the city or town where the agency is located. Submitting such sites here will delay the listing of your site.