Plan your trip with these links:

Travel Insurance: Protect your travel investment with the best, Travelex. Travelex is IRT’s preferred travel insurance supplier. Legions of our guests agree.

Foreign Currency:  Buy currency ahead of time with Travelex’s new My Travel Wallet. What a great idea: Arriving with some local currency, and not standing in line once you get there!

Books & Maps: Longitude Books has great reading lists for travelers, which we send to you upon booking as a travel benefit.  Longitude is a great source for maps, too.

Phone services: The Wireless Traveler has great rates for our clients, and is a Virtuoso preferred supplier because of its great service for international calling, even in hard-to-reach places.

Clothing & Accessories:  TravelSmith has sturdy and attractive travel clothing and accessories. We're still wearing items that we purchased over 20 years ago. Owen loves his blue blazer, cargo pants and trench coat. Eleanor never leaves home without her compression socks and khaki skirt with hidden pocket. Our travelers get a 10% discount.

Luggage Delivery: Luggage Forward is an excellent way to ensure smooth sailing, from start to finish.

General railway links:

Railfan.net: By railfans, for railfans.

Visa Processing: A Briggs is our preferred visa supplier because of their excellent service and great cooperation.

Rail Passes: Rail Europe is the leading provider of European railpasses and point-to-point tickets.

U.S. State Department: Information about how to obtain a passport, get more visa pages inserted, obtain visa forms and requirements, travel warnings and more.

CDC Health information: Health information on specific destinations, including recommended vaccinations.

U.S. Customs: Find out how much you are allowed to bring home duty free – before you leave.

Currency rates: Up-to-the minute exchange rates for currencies worldwide.

Karl Zimmermann: Website of talented rail author and photographer and very popular tour  host. Visit his website for a complete list of his books, including his brand-new book on narrow-gauge trains.

University of Louisville Vaccine and International Health and Travel Center: It's our superb source of health information and prevention for our travels.

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