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Where To Find Travel Maps

Before going on any trip whether you are driving it or going by another other modes of transportation, it is important to have a variety of travel maps available. The last thing anybody wants to have happen is getting lost on his or her trip. Being lost takes valuable time away from enjoying yourself if it is a pleasure trip, or takes away from working time if the trip is for business.

There are several places to find travel maps, and most of them are very easy to come by. The two most obvious places in first getting travel maps is to go to your local grocery or convenience stores. They may not have a wide variety of maps, but they are a very good source for road maps that cover all of the United States. Another obvious place to go to for purchasing travel maps, in particular road maps is most any gas station. Anyone who has ever been lost in a strange town knows how important gas stations can be when in desperate need of a map.

Along with these places, another good source for obtaining various types of travel maps is by contacting the tourism office of your travel destination. They can be contacted through the internet or by phone. Along with maps, they can also send other information regarding their destination. This can be very valuable to people who have never traveled to that particular place before. Keep in mind, this source is usually best for people who have ample time to prepare their trip as it may take a little while to receive the requested maps.

Travel agencies can also be very helpful in getting travel maps. They generally have a wide variety of maps, which may be included in brochures for certain destinations. If they do not have a particular travel map you need, they usually know where to go to get it because of their large database of contacts.

Along with the traditional ways of getting travel maps, another source that has become very popular, are online travel maps. Using a variety of sites, all one needs to do is type in the starting point and the end point and a map along with driving directions can be printed up. This can be very valuable to anyone who is traveling last minutes and does not have the time to find maps other ways.
If you are planning to rent a car, talk to the car rental agency. They too can be very helpful in getting travel maps for practically any destination, or general road maps.

If the trip involves traveling by plane, just about any gift shop in every airport has some sort of travel map available. If you travel often, it may not be a bad idea to get several maps of various locations that you are interested in traveling to.

Once arriving at your destination, if you are still in need of travel maps, hotels are another place to look for these maps. You can obtain them either by simply asking the front desk for maps they can give, or by visiting the gift shop. They will also have brochures available for their destination, which will include small maps of the area.

There are many ways to getting travel maps, and while one source is not necessarily better then another, the most well informed traveler will say that using two or three sources for obtaining travel maps will generally be the wisest idea.

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Where To Find Restaurants

When at home, a person does not think much about finding restaurants, usually people have a few favorite places they like to go and keep going to these places. Occasionally when a person is in the mood for something different, he or she probably pulls out a phone book and looks for other restaurants in the area. These methods work great for people who are in their hometown, but for people who are traveling and looking for a restaurant, these same methods will not work. Unless the traveler has been to the same location several times and knows which restaurants to stay at, the person will have know way of knowing which restaurants are his or her favorite, let alone where they are and if they are any good.

The second idea of a phone book generally does not work for travelers since most likely they do not have available a phone book for the location they are at. Of course, this is not always the case. Many hotel rooms have phone books available, which is one good source to find a restaurant while traveling. If the person is just driving through and does not have a hotel room, or if the hotel room does not provide a phone book, a person can stop at a gas station, or any other place that has a pay phone and look through the phone book there. This may work sometimes, but other times it is a lot of extra trouble, besides that, telephone books are not going to tell a person how to get there, only the address. For people who are in an unfamiliar town and has trouble finding addresses, this information may not be too helpful.

Another method some people use when looking for a restaurant to eat at is to drive until they see a familiar name. There are several restaurant chains that can be found throughout the country, but if no familiar restaurant is found, how does a person know which one to stop at?

Word of mouth is good. Ask local people what they would suggest. Another way is to prepare in advance and by using travel maps, find out where certain restaurants are located in relation to where you will be traveling. There are several maps available that will show where different restaurants are in a particular city or town. These can be obtained at most hotels in the area, through the travel and tourism office and even on the internet. Most internet sites that provide maps also will show where some of the more popular restaurants are located, which helps a person decide in advance where they will stop to eat.

For those that like to wait until they are at the location, and want to use the phone book, the use of maps will be helpful once the person does find the address of the restaurant he or she wants go. Instead of trying to find the address on his or her own, using a map will make the task much easier and less stressful.

When people are hungry or tired from a long trip, finding a good restaurant will make the difference in the travel experience. It is worth the time to find the restaurants ahead of time, using travel maps will certainly be of value in these times.

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Where To Find City Maps

Anyone who has traveled knows the importance of having maps available while in a city they are unfamiliar with. Along with that, most people know where they can find road maps, practically any store or gas station has them, but what about detailed city maps? City maps are just as easy to find, if a person knows where to look.

One of the first places to consider is the internet. On a map site, all a person has to do is type in there desired destination city, and depending on the website, can get a lot of information regarding that city in terms of where hotels, restaurants and other points of interests to travelers are located. This type of printable map becomes very handy to those that are traveling on short notice and does not have the time to obtain maps in other ways.

Another good source for city maps is a local travel agent. These offices have many different types of maps available for many cities both in the United States and around the world. If they do not have a specific map, they usually know how to get them. This is only an advisable venue for acquiring maps if the traveler has a little bit of time to wait for a map, in case it is not immediately available.

Another source, which often time may be overlooked, but is probably the most reliable source is the cities travel and tourism office. These offices can be found online and often times can be contacted by email or by the phone. They will be able to provide a person with not only good city maps, but also other brochures and information that would be interesting or evEn valuable to a traveler.

If renting a car is part of the trip, the car rental agency can also be a help in obtaining city maps. Talk to the agency either before traveling so the map can be studied, or upon arrival to pick up the car.

Hotels are also good for getting smaller city maps once arriving at the destination. Often times these maps are available in the room, and if not, the front desk should have them or know exactly where to get them.

If it is a real tourist city, there will be city maps practically at every turn, on the back of brochures, at gas stations, restaurants and anywhere else a tourist might go.

City maps are probably the easiest to obtain, depending on the actual city. They can also be of the most value to travelers who are unfamiliar with a city and do not want to waste time exploring the city on their own. Many people like to plot out their trip, know where there hotel is in relation to the specific sites or attraction being visited along with where other establishments are located that will make their trip more enjoyable. That is the purpose of city maps, and that is why they are probably so easy to get.

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