Have a nice virtual/real trip!

Virtualtourist.com is a wonderful place on the web for travelers. If you are planning to travel wherever in the world you can plan your trip reading tips and suggestions by the others travelers or by the people living in the place you wish to visit. In this community you can find travel guides with a lot of information about any places in the five continents, things to do, hotels, restaurants, local customs, nightlife, transportation, tourist traps and so on. There is also a search engine that helps you in finding prices and book hotels all over the world: in this section you can also read ratings and comments by the other travelers on the hotel where you would like to stay. If you cannot find the information you are looking for you can ask for help to the forum section and post a question to the community: in a short time you are likely to receive a lot of answers. Just as an example have a look at the forum about Florence.
If you wish to make just a virtual tour and see the world through the eyes of the other travelers you have the opportunity to visit the pages of the Virtual Tourist members: some members have their own page with albums of their past travel itineraries and they are willing to be contacted directly.
Finally, if you are planning a holiday you may find very useful the Trip Pannel where you can create custom print-and-go guides in three easy steps.
Of course you can sign in this community for free. Have a nice virtual/real trip!