Travel Tips

www.DriveNow.com.au
A great site for those who wish to hire a car or campervan to travel around Australia. Would suite backpackers and those looking for that sea change. .

www.Just Drinks.com
A good site for those who wish to find up-to-date news, research and analysis into the drinks industry.

www.aussietourism.net


www.wotif.com
Hotels, accommodation, flights and other related leisure pursuits (worldwide).

www.ase.net
Hotels, flights, car hire etc (worldwide).
www.atc.net.au
Official website of the Australian Tourist Commission.
www.quickbeds.com

 www.villageitalia.com This website contains a various selection of Italian vacation rentals from villas, farmhouses, castles etc. in Tuscany.
www.lastminute.com
Hotels, flights, car hire and other leisurely persuites (Australia only).
www.cia.gov /www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
The CIA's world fact book. Plenty of information on history, natural hazards, commercial facts, transport etc. This covers every country in the world.
www.embassyworld.com/embassy/directory Search for any embassy in any country. It includes addresses, telephone numbers, email, web addresses, together with local info including jobs

Australia
www.needtoescape.com

www.atn.com.au This website is for countrywide tourism around Australia, which includes links to accommodation and car rental sites together with places to go and things to see and do.

www.travelaustralia.com.au This website is more specific to regions of Australia.

www.oztravel.com.au A great site for links and recommendations for food, wine, travel and accommodation etc.

www.citysearch.com.au A terrific website devoted to each capital city in Australia, what's happening, what's on, where to go and what to do.

www.greatwinecapitals.com This link gives you much information about the major wine capitals of the world and includes places to stay, things to do and how to get there. It also has many more pieces of information related to the area in question.

USA:
 www.sanfranciscosightseeing.com

The United States Dept of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service has information on world markets, trends and world agriculture production. Information and reports are available for nearly 130 countries prepared by this dept. Export/import data and WTO tariff schedules are available. Search by keyword, including country and commodity. This site is update daily.

 www.greylinessanfrancisco.com

This coachline company takes tours of SF, Napa Valley, Alcatraz & Bay Cruises including Monterey and Carmel and much much more.

 www.sfvisitor.org.usa

SanFrancisco Convention & Visitors Bureau.

 www.handlery.com

The Handlery Union Square Hotel is a Family run hotel located in downtown San Fransisco.

 www.sfbhc.com

San Fransisco Bay Hotel Collection.

 www.pier39.com

Premier Festival Market Place on the Bay is the No 1 attraction in San Fransisco.

 www.kimtongroup.com

The Kimpton Group has a number of Boutique hotels and restaurants in Aspen, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Fransisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Tacoma, Vancouver BC & Whistler BC.

 www.scenic.com

Scenic Airlines has flights over the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park and much more.

 www.seaworld.com

The famous San Diego Seaworld which includes the Haunted Lighthouse.

 www.disneyworld.com

The world famous Disneyland Theme Park in Anaheim, California.

 www.usda.gov

The United States Dept of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service has information on world markets, trends and world agriculture production. Information and reports are available for nearly 130 countries prepared by this dept. Export/import data and WTO tariff schedules are available. Search by keyword, including country and commodity. This site is update daily.

www.atf.treas.gov

The site of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has information on alcohol regulations in the US. Includes publications, pressroom and labeling laws.

www.wineinstitute.org

Industrial and statistical information, events, ATF regulations and regulations regarding direct interstate wine shipments in the USA with the individual state laws, as well as information on American viticultural areas.:

www.fao.org

The website of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Has a wide variety of information on agriculture as well as the Uruguay Round Agreements, economies, news and more. There is also access to statistical database that allows the user to search for statistics on wine production of wine and population by country including year.

www.wcoomd.org

The World Customs Organisation has 153 customs organisations around the world as members. Click on the region of your choice and find duties and regulations for importing wine into those countries. Choose the customs website option. If the customs organisation you are seeking has a website you will find the link here. This site is in both English and French.

www.e-winegifts.com

www.finewine@nycap.rr.com

.......These are retail and e-commerce wine stores in the state of New York".


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