Passport Junkie

Budget/Independent Travel Message Boards

• BootsnAll
• Travellerspoint
• Lonely Planet Thorntree
• Matador

Budget/Independent Travel Resources

• Travel Independent– everything you need to know about independent budget travel (backpacking)
• The Man in Seat 61– all kinds of good info about traveling Europe by rail, plus help using foreign rail sites for English-speakers
• Seatguru– never sit in a crappy airplane seat again

Travel Blogs

• Lost Girls
• Nomadic Matt
• Vagabondish

European Rail Websites by Country

• Austria National Rail – OBB
• Czech Republic – Ceske Drahy
• France National Rail – SNCF
• Germany National Rail – Deutsche Bahn
• Italy National Rail – FS-Trenitalia
• Spain National Rail – Renfe
• Switzerland National Rail – SBB
• Netherlands & Belgium – NS Hispeed
• United Kingdom, France, and Belgium via Eurostar trains
• Switzerland and Italy via Cisalpino trains
• France, Belgium, and Nethlerlands via Thalys trains