Beginning the Search

Step Two is Accessing Relevant Information. My approach is the same as with my questions. I will start wide of scale and work my way toward more specific information. I started by looking for reputable sources for information on traveling to Boston. This was broken into two parts: physical and electronic. I started by going to the library and browsed the Boston section of the travel guides. There weren't as many as I was hoping to find. Certainly there were as many books on Boston as there were on more popular travel destinations such as New York or Orlando. There were a few, however, and I basically cleared their shelves.

I then moved on to the internet and quickly came up with the usual suspects. Travel websites. Travel websites as far as the eye could see. And while I understand the usefulness of sites like Expedia.com etc, I was looking for something a little bit more specific and all encompassing. When I get to the point that I want to know exactly what the price of a rental car from X company picked up at Y airport and rented for Z days then I will use those sites. But in the meantime I will be exploring my stack of books and the following Boston specific informational sites.

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/massachusetts/boston/

http://www.boston.com/travel/boston

http://www.cityofboston.gov/visitors/

http://www.bostonusa.com/