Travel Resources

Below are some of the resources that have been useful in planning our trip.

Accommodation
HotelClub.com
roomorama.com
eurocamp.co.uk
TripAdvisor.com
HostelWorld.com
Lonely Planet: Europe on a Shoestring
Lonely Planet: Western Europe
Lonely Planet: Central Europe

Equipment
Anaconda
Kathmandu
Bootsnall.com (There are some good posts on there about what to pack)
Lonely Planet's Thorntree Forum
REI.com
eBags

Transport
Kayak.com
seat61.com (THE ultimate web resource for train travel anywhere in the world)
Flight Centre
raileurope.com.au (Be wary of actually booking your tickets on this website, as it can charge a lot more than the country's rail website. It is useful for finding out times though.)
bahn.de (the German rail website, but it has a lot of content for rail trips in other countries too).
eurail.com

Where to go, what to do, what to see
TripAdvisor.com
wikitravel.com
Lonely Planet
visiteurope.com
timeout.com
Backpackeurope.com
Offtoeurope.com
Sandeman's Free Tours
Lonely Planet: Europe on a Shoestring
Lonely Planet: Western Europe
Lonely Planet: Central Europe

Destination Guides
I cannot recommend TripAdvisor and Wikitravel enough!

UK
www.visitbritain.com/
www.daysoutguide.co.uk
www.visitthecity.co.uk
www.timeout.com/london/

France
http://uk.franceguide.com/
http://www.tignes.net/en
http://www.beaune-burgundy.com/
http://www.paris.com/  

Germany
http://www.germany.travel/en/index.html
http://www.welterbe-mittelrheintal.de (Very informative website about the Middle Rhine Valley)
http://www.muenchen.de/int/en/tourism.html

Belgium
http://www.visiteurope.com/Belgium
http://www.in-bruges.co.uk/
http://www.visitgent.be

Switzerland
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/home.html
http://www.mylauterbrunnen.com/

Italy
http://www.italia.it/en/home.html
http://www.parcoappiaantica.it/en/
http://www.revealedrome.com/

Austria
http://www.austria.info/au
http://www.salzburgerland.com/en/
http://www.salzburg.info/en/

Czech Republic
www.czechtourism.com/eng
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/kaktualita.xml