Helpful Web Sites

General Health & Safety Web Sites

University of Southern California's Safety Handbook

National Center for Infectious Diseases - Travel Health

Travel Health Online

Health and Travel Insurance

International SOS

MedEx

Travelex

Travel Guard

General Information

Lonely Planet

The Travel Chanel

The Weather Channel

U.S. Department of State (for U.S. Government information and country and travel updates)

Atlapedia Online (A-Z country index that provides an overview of each country)

The World Fact Book (CIA factbook)

Embassy World (Links to embassies around the world, including foreign embassies in the U.S. that provide information about traveling to their country)

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory (Provides links to the official tourism office of each country)

Portals to the World (Provides links to a variety of web sites from the host country)