Budgeting

Food, shelter, recreation, local transport, intercontinental transport, and investment

Currency Exchange Rates
        
www.x-rates.com/
        
www.xe.com/ucc

www.oanda.com/convert/classic

Open Directory
Dmoz.org "exchange rates" and "Exchange services"

Yahoo Directory
Dir.yahoo.com
"Currency Exchange Rates"
"Currency Brokerages"

Cash

International ATM Locator
www.businesstravel.about.com/csbankingcurrency/index.htm?terms=atm

Stylish Money

Love22
www.love22.com

Noney
www.noney.net

Hoffman Mint
www.hoffmanmint.com

Personal Checks

Add USA to printed check address

Travelers Checks

Pre-paid Plastic

Visa TravelMoney is a pre-paid travel card
Http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/visa_travel_money

Western Union Prepaid Mastercard
www.westernunion.com/info/osPrepaidMC.asp

TravelFunds Prepaid Travel Cards from American Express
www.americanexpress.com/travelfundscard

Sending Money

Western Union
www.westernunion.com

Postal Money Orders

Overseas Citizens Services
http://travel.state.gov/overseas_citizens.html

Emergency Services to US Citizens Abroad
http://travel.state.gov/acs.html#emr

Currency Declaration

Minimum Expenditure Requirements

Sufficient Funds Requirement

Companions

Dir.yahoo.com

"Travel companion services"

Tipping

Bargaining

Barter

Gift and trade items

Philanthropy

Univerasal Giving
www.universalgiving.org

Seeds of Hope Publishers
www.seedpublishers.org

Plenty International
www.plenty.org

Habitat for Humanity International
www.habitat.org

Covenant House
www.covenanthouse.org

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
www.itdp.org

Seva Foundation
www.seva.org

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org

Cultural Survival
www.csc.org

Human Kindness Foundation
www.humankindness.org

Greenpeace International
www.greenpeace.org

WWF
www.wwf.org

Rainforest Action Network
www.ran.org