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DeTeMedien
www.teleauskunft.de
Provider: DeTeMedien is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.
Description: The DeTeMedien website offers a search engine for its German telephone directory plus options for searching the "Yellow Pages”. It also offers an e-mail directory.
Languages: Telephone directory in German, English, French, Spanish and Turkish, other pages only available in German
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Car-sharing agencies
A value-for-money form of transport is offered by car-sharing agencies (Mitfahrzentralen). These arrange contacts between drivers and passengers; the passenger normally pays the car-sharing agency a small fee and the driver a proportion of the travel costs.
Many of the "traditional” car-sharing agencies now offer web-based services:
- www.citynetz-mitfahrzentrale.de
The homepage of the 10 or so "Citynetz” car-sharing agencies; requests can be submitted online.
The following sites provide databases for arranging car-sharing deals, although these websites are not associated with the "traditional” car-sharing agencies:
- www.mitfahrzentrale.de>> A Europe-wide, web-based car-sharing agency, with a search engine for car-sharing deals.
- www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de
Contact platform for car-sharing in Germany and Europe.
VerkehrsmittelVergleich
www.verkehrsmittelvergleich.de
Provider: Spin-off of the RTWH Aachen University, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Description: This website offers a search engine for all traffic connections available across Germany and compares the connections by price and travel time.
Language: German
German Railway Timetable
www.bahn.de
Provider: Deutsche Bahn AG
Description: The search engine provides details on the timetable, train connections, travel times and ticket prices for German railway services operated by Deutsche Bahn AG as well as offering an online ticket reservation service. The Deutsche Bahn homepage provides access to further topics, such as prices and special offers.
Languages: German; "International Guests” section in English, timetable also available in French and Italian
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Booking Flights
You can book flights by going to the websites of the various airlines. However, some websites also enable you to compare several airlines. The following websites offer this service, for example:
- www.flug.de
searches for available offers in international flight databases and also lets you book the flight online. - www.sta-travel.de
a tour operator specialising in offers for students. Flights can also be booked online here. - www.billigflieger.de
compares offers by airlines and various tour operators. - www.ebookers.com
compares all available flights by price and shows you the cheapest results first.
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Date: 2010-03-15