Whether you’re looking to study abroad or simply vacation abroad, most likely the first place you’re going to look for information about various countries/cities is going to be the internet.

Below are the top travel sites (some of which you may never have heard of) that we feel are the most helpful for any person looking to experience the world!

Lonely Planet

• Lonely Planet is an easy go-to websites for information on any country or city in the world.  They also have printed guide books if your interested or simply browse information from their site.

Fodor’s Travel Guides

• Great site to plan your trip, find deals and get new ideas for wherever you’re thinking of going.  Also the site has a useful area to read-up on travel blogs.

Trip Advisor

• Very helpful for the future traveler that needs advise for how to make a great plan of attack on their destination.  The site is also very helpful for finding tastey restaurants!

Rick Steve’s Europe

• Basically this guy has been everywhere and knows everything.  His site lets you browse tours you can join, helps you plan your trip and gets you off on the right foot.

BootsnAll

• If you’re more of the independent traveler this site is just for you!  Not only can you book flights and hotels, but you also get great articles and ideas for starting your trip.

Travelistic

• Once you’ve narrowed down maybe a country or city, check-out this site and watch tons of videos from people that have visited the locations you’re looking at going to!

Frommer’s

• This is another great all-in-one travel site that’s good for anyone.  It’s an easy to navigate website that offers a lot of information on a variety of different subjects.

Good luck with your abroad plans and adventures!