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TRAVEL GUIDES

Destination Guides from Travelocity
Destination guides can save you time and money.  Planning for your next travel adventure should be fun and a quality travel guide will help you select your destination and navigate through the landscape.  Guides can include area descriptions, maps and interesting travel tips from travelers who have been there before.  Travelocity offers a variety of colorful travel guides on their Web site.

TravelNow provides recommendations on attractions, restaurants, and hotels, and up-to-date weather, health tips, and general information for thousands of destinations.

Best of... Guides from Lonely Planet
There's nothing like diving into a new city and getting lost in the lanes and alleyways. Our Best of... city guides are like friendly locals - full of insider knowledge and opinions and advice. They've been there for years and know exactly how the city works. Hitch a ride with these guides and you'll feel like a local too.

City Map Series from Lonely Planet
Don't get lost. Find your way around town in the world's most happening urban centers with these sturdy and easy-to-use maps. These 8-fold maps feature a write on, wipe off laminate surface, handy street index, city directory, points of interest, and in-town transit maps.

US State Department International Travel Page
The Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management (ACS) exists to serve Americans traveling or residing abroad.  There primary goal is to meet the needs of American citizens while providing them with premier customer service.  
ACS administers the Consular Information Program, which informs the public of conditions abroad that may affect their safety and security. Consular Information Sheets, Public Announcements, and Travel Warnings are vital parts of this program.

ACS supports the work of US overseas embassies and consulates in providing emergency services to Americans in cases of arrest, death, crime victimization, repatriation, medical evacuation, temporary financial assistance and welfare-and-whereabouts cases.  They assist in non-emergency matters of birth, identity, passport, citizenship, registration, judicial assistance, and estates. ACS can facilitate the transfer of funds overseas to assist U.S. citizens in need, repatriate the remains of loved ones who have died overseas, assist with medical bills, assist victims of crime, and help U.S. citizens who are detained in foreign prisons. In other words, ACS is here to assist you and your family whenever and wherever we can.

US State Department Current Travel Warnings

Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid a certain country. The countries listed below are currently on that list. In addition to this list, the State Department issues Consular Information Sheets for every country of the world with information on such matters as the health conditions, crime, unusual currency or entry requirements, any areas of instability, and the location of the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate in the subject country.