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I believe I can fly: travel tips on the web.

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"Beware the myth of easy travel," a friend once cautioned. His warning seems increasingly apt as security measures put in place after 9/11, high gas prices, and the falling dollar have made traveling more of an ordeal than an adventure. It's even worse during the holidays as crowds struggle through foul weather to reunite with their families.

Just as it helped us to find the cheapest fares, the internet can help us manage our travel so that we can reach our destination without disaster. Many of these websites can also work on web-based cell phones or deliver text messages. That's a great advantage for the traveler who can't always use a computer to connect to the internet.

General Travel Tips

Visit these sites for advice about how to cope with the strange, oddly hostile, new world of travel.

The Independent Traveler

http://www.independenttraveler.com/resources

Here, this subsidiary of TripAdvisor will supply you with all kinds of travel tips for planes, trains, and automobiles. In addition to offering travel deals and message boards on which to chat with other sojourners, the site features traveling advice in a section called Travel Resources [http://www.independenttraveler.com/resources] with articles such as "How to Find a Clean Hotel Room" and "Top 10 Reasons to Travel by Train." A subset of this section features a biweekly column called Travelers Ed written by veteran globetrotter Ed Hewett. Hewett discusses the implications of recent travel news and offers advice on how to cope with it.

Smarter Travel Tip of the Day

http://www.smartertravel.com/all/?content_type=tip_of_the_day

Get ideas about how to smooth your travel by browsing these tips that answer questions like "When is it cheaper to drive than fly?" and rules of thumb for avoiding those dreaded added flight fees.

Elliott

http://www.elliott.org

National Geographic Traveler's Christopher Elliott, the "Travel Troubleshooter," explains modern travel problems and how to solve them.

Seat 2B

http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B

Joe Brancatelli, Conde Nast's business travel writer, offers tips and insights gleaned from his bitter experiences. One recent column...