Travel, maps, etc.

KNOWHERE: A User's Guide to Britain
UK public transport information - comprehensive air, coach, ferry, rail links
Rail timetables, etc.: UK --- Europe --- USA; and Subway navigator
See also: [Live departure boards (UK)] [Eurostar] [RailEurope] [A2Btravel]
and, for UK fares, times, and ticket purchase: Qjump
TravelTerminal.com - guide to online air travel information
SkyScanner - searches major budget airlines for cheapest European flights,
though TravelJungle and Cheap Online Flights claim to find cheapest available fares worldwide.
Routes International gateway to people movers worldwide
fit for travel - travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK.
Just because I think it's such a splendid VR tour: Sydney Opera House
Bank Holidays of the World and The Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site
Need an excuse to decline that conference invitation? Look at:
time and date - time zones, custom calendars, intervals, countdowns ...
The Universal Currency Converter (from Xenon Laboratories); FXConverter (from OANDA)
World-wide: [HotelInfoPlus] [HotelNet.com] [HotelNet.co.uk] [1000-hotels] [World Stay]
UK: [SmoothHound] [A1Tourism] [Hotels in UK]
Route planners, road information, etc. from: [AA], [MapQuest], [Michelin], [RAC]
[MapQuest] [UK Street Map] [Multimap] [Maporama] [ Perry-Castañeda map collection]
... and, if you lose anything en route, try