Everything Else
These resource pages are ongoing and come from many sources including online searches, word of mouth recommendations, books, pamphlets, brochures, and my own travel experiences. If you have anything to add, would like something removed, or something isn’t working correctly, please let me know.
The flags below are meant to give you an idea of which nationalities the link is for or where the company is located. Common sense should tell you if you’re able to use a given link from another country.
Packing
Great shops to get your goods – most with online stores:
- Blacks: www.blacks.co.uk 
- Cotswold: www.cotswold-outdoor.com
- Gear Zone: www.gear-zone.co.uk
- Go Go Gear: www.gogogear.com.au 
- Itchy Feet: www.itchyfeet.com
- Kathmandu: www.kathmandu.com.au
- Magellans: www.magellans.com 
- Mountain Designs: www.mountaindesigns.com
- Nomad Travel & Outdoor: www.nomadtravel.co.uk
- North Face: www.thenorthface.com
- Packing Light: www.packinglight.net
- Paddy Pallin: www.paddypallin.com.au
- REI: www.rei.com
- Travel with care: www.travelwithcare.com
- US Outdoor Store: www.usoutdoorstore.com
Customs
- Australian Customs Service: www.customs.gov.au
- Canadian Border Services Agency: www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-eng.html 
- HM Revenue & Customs: www.hmrc.gov.uk
- New Zealand Customs Service: www.customs.govt.nz/travellers 
- US Customs: www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/
Tipping
- Lousy Tippers: www.lousytippers.com
- Original Tipping Page – www.tipping.com
- Tramex Travel Tip: www.tramex.com/tips/tipping.htm
Money
- ATM/Credit Cards: (double check they cover your destination)
- Mastercard/Cirrus: www.mastercard.com
- Mastercard/Maestro: www.maestrocard.com
- Visa/Plus: http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global
- Travellers Checks:
- American Express: https://home.americanexpress.com
- Thomas Cook: www.thomascook.com
- Travelex: www.travelex.com
Carbon Trading
- AtmosFair: www.atmosfair.de
- Carbon Neutral: www.carbonneutral.com
- Carbon Neutral: www.carbonneutral.com.au
- Climate Friendly: https://climatefriendly.com
- Future Forests: www.futureforests.co.uk
- Greenfleet: www.greenfleet.com.au
- Greenseat: www.greenseat.nl
- My Climate: www.my-climate.com
- Offestters: www.offsetters.com
Women Travelers
- Journeywoman: www.journeywoman.com
- Women Travel the World: www.womentravelblog.com
Guidebooks
- Avalon Travel Publishing: www.travelmatters.com
- Bradt Travel Guides: www.bradt-travelguides.com
- Guidebook Writers: guidebookwriters.com
- Insight Guides: www.insightguides.com
- Let’s Go: www.letsgo.com
- Lonely Planet: www.lonelyplanet.com
- Moon Travel Handbooks: www.moon.com
- Rick Steves’ Guides: www.ricksteves.com
- Road Trip USA: www.roadtripusa.com
- Rough Guides: www.roughguides.com
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