TripAdvisor.com

Plan your summer vacation at TripAdvisor.com, an online mecca for traveler reviews. While there, guests can research more than 30,000 destinations, 75,000 attractions, and 200,000 hotels by reading first-hand testimonials from travelers. Among the database’s millions of daily browsers is Terry Bowman of Homeland Creamery, who’s planning a trip to Alaska. “I’ve been researching the types of wildlife in the area,” Bowman says. “From everything I’ve read, it sounds like a place to get some great pictures.” 

Recommended by Terry Bowman, page 16.