General Travel Guides
- Audissey Guides: Download free audio guides (for most major cities) that play on your Ipod.
- American Association Of Museums: Extremely useful “find a museum” feature.
- Convention And Visitors Bureaus: Portal to every CVB and visitor info office in North America.
- Discover America: The “official” travel and tourism website for the entire U.S.
- Frommer’s Budget Travel: See the world for less with these money-saving travel tips.
- Lonely Planet: Guide to more adventurous (and less crowded) activities than typical tourist spots.
- Museums USA: Check out this state-by-state listing for art, culture, and history in your area.
- Trip Advisor: Extensive travel planning search engine with unbiased reviews of any location.
- Virtual Tourist: Info about your next stop from the real-life local people behind the places.
Things To Do Calendars
- Art Festivals: See where the upcoming exhibitions and craft shows are as you travel.
- Fest 300: Your guide to the world’s best festivals, all in one location.
- Festival Searcher: Searchable database of event lists, maps, calendars, and lineups.
- Festivals And Events: Browse all sorts of upcoming activities by month or state.
- Film Festivals: Find an indie film lineup along your route.
- Top Events USA: The biggest, best, and most unusual festivals the country has to offer.
Getting Off The Beaten Path
- Amusing Planet -- points you toward attractions designed to make you smile
- Atlas Obscura: A massive online compendium of the world's wonders and curiosities. Jim’s Big Things: A man with a mission to find every oversized plaster animal, giant molded food item, gargantuan piece of furniture, and mammoth roadside sculpture
- Roadside America: If you like weird off-the-beaten-path roadside attractions (and who doesn't), this is the definitive guide.
- Roadside Architecture: Old gas stations, soda fountains, dinosaurs, Paul Bunyans, kiddie amusements, and all things retro-roadside-kitsch
- Road Trip America: Locate all the really super cool things to do on your next road trip
- Roadtrippers: Maps built for travelers (filled with attractions, natural wonders, and weird stuff)
Supporting Local Businesses
- Coffee Seeker: Love a good cup of locally brewed joe? Find a hip, cool coffee shop wherever you travel.
- Community Supported Agriculture: Find a CSA farm where you can work for a share of the crop or purchase a contract for an annual share.
- Eat Well Guide: Find locally run farmer's markets, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. through this web directory.
- Farmers Market Search: Sponsored by the USDA, you can search for farmers markets in your area by city, state, or county.
- Local Harvest: Find farmers markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food at your next stop.
- Pick Your Own: The freshest produce comes straight out of the ground, so find a u-pick in your area.
- Vinyl Hunt: Independent music stores where you can still buy vinyl and CDs.
Travel Discounts
- CityPass: Discounted admission to local sights and restaurants (available for most major cities).
- Destination Coupons: Printable coupons for cities around the world.
- Eat Drink Deals: Tons of discount dining information (coupons, special savings, happy hours).
- Entertainment: Choose between print coupon books and an online app-based membership.
- Free Birthday Meals — Cheap (and what’s even better, but free) ways to celebrate.
- Goldstar: Free to join, get half-price tickets to concerts, performances, and other live events.
- IDine: Earn up to 15% cashback every time you eat at a participating restaurant.
- Kids Meals Deals: The cheaper way to feed your little ones.
- Restaurant: Buy discounted dining certificates for your favorite restaurants, eat for up to 50% off.
- Smart Destinations: Hundreds of America’s top attractions, thousands of dollars in savings.
- Yippit: View all the “daily deal” websites for a city with one click.
Thank you, Ramona for sharing all your top resources with us! We hope these links come in handy on your next adventure! Do you have a resource or tip that you’d like to share with the Airstream community? Be sure to let us know on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!
