Embassy of the United States Helsinki, Finland

Tourism offices of individual states and territories

Alabama (AL) Alaska (AK) Arizona (AZ) Arkansas (AR) California (CA) Colorado (CO) Connecticut (CT) Delaware (DE) Florida (FL) Georgia (GA) Hawaii (HI) Idaho (ID) Illinois (IL) Indiana (IN) Iowa (IA) Kansas (KS) Kentucky (KY) Louisiana (LA) Maine (ME) Maryland (MD) Massachusetts (MA) Michigan (MI) Minnesota (MN) Mississippi (MS) Missouri (MO) Montana (MT) Nebraska (NE) Nevada (NV) New Hampshire (NH) New Jersey (NJ) New Mexico (NM) New York (NY) North Carolina (NC) North Dakota (ND) Ohio (OH) Oklahoma (OK) Oregon (OR) Pennsylvania (PA) Rhode Island (RI) South Carolina (SC) South Dakota (SD) Tennessee (TN) Texas (TX) Utah (UT) Vermont (VT) Virginia (VA) Washington (WA) West Virginia (WV) Wisconsin (WI) Wyoming (WY) Washington, D.C.

General travel information

• 50states.com: States and Capitals  

Consular, visa, and customs information

• See You in the U.S.A.: e-Journal from the U.S. Department of State, updated in 2010
• Travel.State.Gov: U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Customs: Find Answers

Planning resources

• City Search: a city guide to entertainment, restaurants, events, hotels, movies and businesses
• Fodor's.com
• Frommers.com
• Hidden America
• Lonely Planet: USA
• MagazineUSA.com: travel guide about the U.S.
• Road Trip USA
• Discover America
• Travelocity.com
• USA CityLink: a comprehensive listing of states and cities offering information on travel, tourism, and relocation
• USA Tourist
• Virtual Tourist: North America Travel Guide

Accommodation

• 1800Hotels: discount hotel rates and lodging reservations
• All-Hotels: travel, hotels, discount hotel reservations and lodgings
• Bed and Breakfast Inns Online
• Budget Hotels
• CampNet America: campground, RV parks, and camping directory
• Discount Hotels
• Go Camping America: official website of the non-profit National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds (ARVC), the trade association representing the commercial RV park and campground industry throughout the United States
• Guest Ranches of North America
• Hostelling International-USA: American affiliate of the Hostelling International network
• Innplace.com: Gateway to Bed and Breakfast Travel: Professional Association of Innkeepers International
• Motel 6
• Ranchweb.com: directory of ranch vacations, dude ranches and guest ranches
• Super 8 Motels
• YMCA of the USA: Young Men's Christian Association
• YWCA of the USA: Young Women's Christian Association

Attractions

• National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior
• Native Tourism Alliance
• Recreation.gov: Recreation.gov is a partnership among various agencies aimed at providing a single, easy-to-use web site with information about public recreation areas. The site can be searched for recreation areas by state, by recreational activity, by agency, or by map
• Theme Park City: directory of theme parks, amusement parks, waterparks, and zoos
• Theme Park Insider: attraction ratings and reviews
• World Heritage Sites in the U.S.: National Park Service

Currency and units converters

• Exchange Rates: The given values on this site are gathered from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the International Monetary Fund, according to their availability
• Foreign Exchange Currency Converter: Oanda.com
• Interactive Units Converter: measurements available for conversion include weight and mass, distance and length, capacity and volume, speed, and temperature
• XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter

Maps

• Freetrip.com
• Maps On Us: a service of Switchboard.com
• MapQuest.com: maps and directions
• Rand McNally: maps, driving directions, planning a trip

Time

• Daylight Saving Time: California Energy Commission
• The Official U.S. Time
• World Time: a service featuring an interactive world atlas, information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities worldwide
• World Time Server: provides accurate current local times

Understanding Time Zones

EST (Eastern Standard Time) = MEZ - 6 hrs
CST (Central Standard Time) = MEZ - 7 hrs
MST (Mountain Standard Time) = MEZ - 8 hrs
PST (Pacific Standard Time) = MEZ - 9 hrs
Alaskan Time = MEZ - 10 hrs
Hawaiian Time = MEZ - 11 hrs

Transportation

• Airports and Air Traffic: Federal Aviation Administration
• American Automobile Association (AAA)
• Amtrak: National Railroad Passenger Corporation
• Autoliitto: information about international driver's license
• eHow.com: How to Rent a Car in the United States
• Greyhound: Greyhound Lines, Inc.
• Historic Route 66
• State Transportation Web Sites: Federal Highway Administration/U.S. Department of Transportation
• United States Local and State Transit Links: American Public Transportation Association

Weather

• National Hurricane Center
• National Warnings: from the National Weather Service
• National Weather Service: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• USA Today: Weather Forecasts
• The Weather Channel