Where you should check out...

Travel Advice:
www.thorntree.lonelyplanet.com
www.bootsnall.com
www.vagabonding.net
www.johnnyjet.com (mostly just other links, but one of the most comprehensive lists of links I've run across. Actually, it IS the most comprehensive list of (relevant) links I've seen.
www.atlasnavigator.com A virtual phone book for...everything
www.budgettravel.msnbc.com
www.travelzoo.com for some cool, some fishy deals
www.transitionsabroad.com Interesting magazine for potential Expats

www.igougo.com Similar to bootsnall and thorntree
http://travel-library.com One of the oldest references on the net
www.worldskip.com Country tip sheets, new, info and services for every nation on earth
http://wtgoonline The World Travel guide has pretty basic info, including guides you can download
www.artoftravel.com How to See the World (pretty cool, depsite the title, inlcuding 25 chapters covering all the ins and outs of budget travel
www.mendicott.com/vgconten.htm Marcus Endicott's 1989 Vagabond Globetrotting book is here
http://travel.state.gov U.S. State Department
http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html Passport Services (US)
http://travel.state.gov/foreignentryreqs.html Foreign Entry Requirements for Americans travelling worldwide
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook CIA World Factbook
www.lonelyplanet.com To be honest, other than second hand shops, I mostly look at their very nice maps for planning purposes (usually the first site that comes up on google when you type a country name and 'map' but they do darned good guidebooks, if you're into that sort of thing. I heard that someone once said that they buy Lonely Planet guidebooks to check out where NOT to go...
www.moon.com More guidbooks
www.letsgo.com Even more guidebooks
www.footprintbooks.com Even eve- sigh.
travel.roughguides.com
www.bradt-travelguides.com
www.travelerstales.com Not as much practical information as enjoyable experiences of place
Independent travel magazines include OUtpost Magazine www.outpostmagazine.com (many articles online) Tales from a Small Planet http://talesmag.com (online mag) Wanderlust www.wanderlust.co.uk, World Hum http://worldhum.com, Islands www.islandsmagt.com, and, of course, www.antionalgeographic.com/adventure, www.nationalgeographic/traveler, http://outsidemag.com, www.travelandleisure.com, http://studenttravels.com
Gear:
www.freitag.ch

Accomodations: www.ase.net (Accomodation Search Engine
www.hotels.com
www.iyhf.org (biggest online directory of hostels, regardless of affiliations
www.iyhf.com only has its own facilities
www.infohub.com
www.cybercafes.com
www.globalfreeloaders.com At GF you can do just that...
www.affordabletravelclub.net Cheap rooms, but mind the yearly fee...
www.allhotels.com
www.wotif.com (last minute hotel deals in Australia and Asia)
www.hotels-london.co.uk (Under "Select Hotels" click "Budget" and you can get bargains down to $62 a night- this kind of "bargain" is why I'm not staying long in England's capital...B&B Cheap London Hotels knocks the price down a bit, but not much)
www.asiatravel.com
www.hospitalityclub.org
www.english.ctrip.com
www.venuemasters.com (rent rooms during Birtish holidays for really good rates)
www.edubabnet (students and teachers host each other for $32/night)
Getting there:
www.counciltravel.com
http://hasbrouck.org/faq/ (online tips on finding cheap air tickets from "guru" Edward Hasbrouck
www.studentuniverse.com
www.gsr.com.au (the amazing and astonishly expensive Australian rails)

www.airtreks.com Most people consider this the definitive source for RTW tickets; I discovered that two of the more mainstreams had a better deal for me. Check out their online pricing tools
www.icelandair.com Not just for Iceland any more. "Lucky fares"
www.ebookers.com
www.atab.co.uk
www.cheapflights.com
www.virginexpress.com
www.eurolines.com For those interested in terra firma, check this site out for 35 lines in 25 European countries
www.skyauction.com (bid on available tickets)
www.airhitch.org (last-minute air seats, mostly European)
www.raileurope.com Best source for rail passes and deals

www.europebyair.com Consortium of 21 little tiny airlines- its flightpass is considered the "Eurail of the Skies" allowing you to fly between 150 European cities for just $99 per leg (with a minimum of 3 legs)
www.pti.org.uk (UK Public Transpo Info)
www.easyjet.com
www.virginblue.com.au
www.buzzaway.com
www.aerfares.net airfare search engine for the top intra-European el-cheapos
www.degriftour.fr (leaving France? Check here first)

Meeting interesting people:

www.toshare.org French site compartir.org's english version
www.travelchums.com
www.whytravelalone.com (for the older and has a fee)
www.planetout.com/travel (Info for my uncles, unfortuneately, as uninformative as Spartacus)
www.osolomio

Want to do something fun while vacationing?
www.wildernessvolunteers.org
www.globalvolunteers.org
www.americanhiking.org

Air Courier Association (800) 282 1202 (Golden, CO)
International Association of Air Travel Couriers (561) 582-1581
Freighter Travel- Columbus Lines (212) 432-1700 leaves US west coast for New ZEaland and Aussie
Lykes Lines (800) 5351861 (leave the east coast of the US for Africa and the Mediterranean)

Wildland fire links:
www.ffp.csiro.au
www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au
www.act.gov.au
www.csiro.au
nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
palm.act.gov.au
www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/fire/firehome
kakadunationalpark@ea.gov.au
tntmagazine.com.au

Random Links:
www.artist-at-large.com/submit.html
www.jenleo.com/blog
www.getobapost.com
writersmarket.com
www.infocus.to/outback Feel free to contact me with incorrect spelling or links that are no longer accurate, but no promises!