Archive Booklist Index Adult Youth Media RBB Booklist Home Page ALA Home Page How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine Launching Travel from the Web by Linda Scarth and Susan Awe Armchair travel continues to be a pleasant pastime, even though the easy chair and book are sometimes replaced by the ergonomically correct chair, keyboard, and mouse. Whether traveling in straight lines using guides such as this, or wandering the byways of the Web, the traveler will find much to enjoy and use. The authors have used the WWW for several years to plan weekend jaunts and longer trips. Some of our best stops were found because of a Web search prior to the trip. Graphics are both a blessing and an annoyance on many travel sites.
Pages often load slowly.
This is a small price to pay for the convenience provided. Web sites are notoriously ephemeral, so as well as this list of sample sites for the cybertraveler, the savvy Web traveler will use several of the various search engines to search for specific information. The advance search functions of search engines usually help to limit the number of hits and find those that have the desired specific keywords. When keyword searching, use words that are specific and direct. If looking for sites in which to do a particular activity, one should name the activity and several associated words.