Web sites to help you on your next vacation or business trip.

• AAA - American Automobile Association -  AAA's travel planner presents recommended hotels, restaurants and attractions in the United States and Canada.  A few preplanned online travel guides are also available.
• Off We Gooo Travel Guides - 415 guides in PDF, one per destination. Each one fits in a few sheets: the itinerary day by day, the map, what to see at every stop, what costs nothing, and the practical page. Every guide can be read online for free; enter your email to get the PDF, which stays readable once you are there with no signal.
• In Your Pocket Essential City Guides - Free online guides (primarily on central and Easter European cities) of about 60 pages contain useful informationon on hotels, resturants, and what to see.
• Schmap: Beyond the Map - Schmap offers over 200 free, interactive destination guides.  The information can be printed but is best viewed online, downloaded to a computer along with the Schmap 2.0 program, or accessed via iPod.  Users can also create personal travel gluides.
• Traveldk.com - This site allows users to compile content from DK's "Eyewitness Travel" guides and submissions from enthusiastic travelers, which can be accessed online for free, downloaded as a printable pdf for $5 or bought as a printed book for $15.
• Visit London -  With a variey of information services for travelers, the site allows users to download current accommodation guides and monthly planners.
• Rick Steves - Free MP3 files galore, including the complete archives of Steves's radio program, excerpts from his TV show, and audio walking tours for cites in France and Italy.
• Rough Guide to Everywhere Podcast -  In The Rough Guide to Everywhere, host Aimee White, Rough Guides editor, chats with people from around the world with inspiring travel tales to tell, and get the odd dispatch from Rough Guides writers on the road.