Travel Advice
| General | Air tickets | Embassies | Health and Security | Apartments | Relocations | Routes | Time zones |
General information
- UNDP - Travel Services Section (intranet)
- UNDP - Official Travel Guide (intranet)
- UNDP Frequently Asked Questions on Travel
- Expatworld.net - Links to various resources websites for expatriates
- Relocation Guide to New York City
- Check my trip
- Airlinequality.org - Airline, airport, seat and lounge reviews
Air tickets
Links to plane tickets online purchasing sites:
- Anyway.com
- Cheapflights.com
- E-bookers.com
- Expedia.com
- Flitesite.co.uk
- Flylc.com
- Lastminute.com
- Momondo.com
- Opodo.com
- Priceline.com
- TraveloCity.com
- TravelonWeb.com
- Tickets.com
- Which Budget
- Zuji.com (for travel in South East Asia)
Embassies
- Escapeartist.com website groups the addresses and phones numbers of the embassies worldwide.
Health and security related information for travellers
Newly-appointed JPOs or JPOs that are about to travel for a mission/holidays may wish to get vaccinations and travel medical and security advice at the following links:
Health
- Cimed - health information for travelers and expatriates (in French)
- Travelers' health section of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pasteur Institute - vaccinations and travel advice (in French)
- Preventing Malaria - Information about Malaria, risk zones and preventative drugs
- Shoreland's Travel Health Online - health and travel advice
- Travel Medicine - information and products for safe travel
- WHO's international travel and health checklist
Security
- Office of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) - travel advisory
- UN Headquarters - Staff Emergency Information
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - travel advice (site in French)
- US State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Apartments for rent
Relocations
JPOs that are planning to move to another country can be interested in the following links. Please don't hesitate to give us feedback on your experience regarding relocation.
- Bagagesdumonde.com
- Transeuro.com - various useful links
- Excess-baggage.com - very convenient
- AGS Worldwide Movers (France) - international moving and storage specialist
- Corstjens Group (Netherlands) - worldwide activity, local expertise
- DuPont Moving Solutions - relocation in the USA
- Forwarders - directory of freight forwarding services
- Maersk Logistics (Denmark) - more than 200 offices worldwide
- Map Relocations - Based in the Benelux
- Panalpina (Switzerland) - supply chain management
- Sterling International Movers (UK) - one of the top 5 international movers in Europe
- Stevens Worldwide Van Lines (USA) - specialists in relocation and international forwarding
- Voerman International (Netherlands) - international moving and storage specialist
- 21st Century Relocations - worldwide
- French JPOs can also contact the competent Foreign Affairs
specialised agency :
21 bis, rue La Perouse
75775 Paris Cedex 16
tel : + 33 1 43 17 73 25
fax : + 33 1 43 17 68 69
Contact person: Ms. Aurelie Lacoste
Routes
Time zones
- TimeandDate.com website offers various useful lists of current local times around the world.