• Guides/General Starting Point

• Search Engines/Portals

• Maps & Driving Directions

• Hotels etc

• National Parks

• Car Rental

• Air Travel

• Weather

• Travel Clinics in Canada

Mapquest Road Trip Planner (U.S. only)

Lonely Planet

Frommer's Guide

• I like Frommer's Guide a lot; it helped me to find some really great restaurants in Banff.

National Geographic

Search Engines/Portals

Google

Yahoo

MSN Maps & Directions

Mapquest

Yahoo Maps & Driving Directions

Expedia Canada

Travelocity

Destina

• Get 1 Aeroplan point for every 3 dollars spent... as long as Air Canada doesn't go under. 

Hotels.ca

• Usually offers the best hotel deals of the listed websites. 

For the budget travelers:

Hostelling International

Motel 6

Travelaxe

• Download an application which searches thru multiple websites for the best hotel deals.

Wotif.com

• Last-minute discounted hotel rooms. 

Late Room

• Last-minute discounted hotel rooms.

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Canada

U.S.

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Instead of going thru the individual car rental companies' websites, I found Travelocity to be the most comprehensive site, with the most user-friendly features. 

Alamo

• Discount code: 699338

• Discount code: 307525 (10% off)

Avis

Budget

• BCD X702600 (10% off standard weekend rates and 15% off standard weekly rates)

Dollar

• RBC04 (10% off standard weekly and weekend rates)

Enterprise

Hertz

• Good for Leisure weekend or weekly rate rentals, through May 31, 2004

• CDP: 221417 (up to 10% discount)

• CDP: 436521 (up to 10% discount)

• CDP: 1166620 (10% off standard or leisure rates)

• PC#: 949664 (double upgrade from compact to premium)

• 750 Aeroplan miles

National

• 5126424 (20% off standard or best available rates)

Thrifty

• I had a very bad experience renting from Thrifty in May, 2004.  Basically, upon returning the car at the Calgary airport, thrifty noticed a barely visible dent on the front bender for which I wasn't responsible for, and proceeded to charge me for the damage 5 months after the car rental.  I have another friend who had an even worse time with thrifty.  Highly recommend against renting vehicles from them.

• CD#: 1660530590

• CD#: 1660541555 (Aeroplan Super Elite)

• CD#: 1660541553 (Aeroplan Elite)

• CD#: 1660541551 (Aeroplan Prestige)

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Tango

• Discount airfares for flights within Canada and to the U.S.

Air Canada

CIBC Aerogold Visa

Annual fee: $120.  Get an annual (to be verified) complementary companion ticket anywhere Air Canada flies.

American Express Gold Card

Annual fee: $120.  Get an one-time complementary companion ticket.  With the free supplementary gold cards, I think this is a better deal than the CIBC card.

The Weather Channel (U.S. only)

Weather Underground (U.S. only)

The Weather Network

Environment Canada