travel maps limited

Travel Maps Ltd

• Last Updated: {page_last_updated}
• {company_category}
• Company No. 08256830

Comprehensive Business Report

• What's included in this report?
• Credit Scores & Limits
• CCJ's, Gazette Notices & Charges
• All Director and Secretaries Information
• 5 Year Financial Accounts
• Shareholders & Group Structure
• Contact Data & Trading Addresses
• 7 Day Money Back Guarantee
• Includes Downloadable Report [ View Sample ]

Stay updated with Travel Maps Ltd

Upgrade to view Credit Score and Limit

Upgrade to view Shareholders

Upgrade to view Group Structure

Cookies on Companies House services

We use some essential cookies to make our services work.

We'd also like to use analytics cookies so we can understand how you use our services and to make improvements.

You've accepted analytics cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.

You've rejected analytics cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.

We use cookies to make our services work and collect analytics information. To accept or reject analytics cookies, turn on JavaScript in your browser settings and reload this page.

Please press ENTER to search

TRAVEL MAPS LTD

Company number 08256830

• Company Overview for TRAVEL MAPS LTD (08256830)
• Filing history for TRAVEL MAPS LTD (08256830)
• People for TRAVEL MAPS LTD (08256830)
• More for TRAVEL MAPS LTD (08256830)

Next accounts made up to 31 October 2023 due by 31 July 2024

Last accounts made up to 31 October 2022

Confirmation statement

Next statement date 3 July 2024 due by 17 July 2024

Last statement dated 3 July 2023

Nature of business (SIC)

• 79909 - Other reservation service activities not elsewhere classified

• CATALOG/SAMPLES
• HOW TO ORDER

Excursion to our past, present and future

ITMB Publishing Ltd., which is just a formal way of saying International Travel Maps and Books, began as partnership between a frustrated Australian cartographer who loved South America (and railed against the inadequacies of maps of that continent) and a Canadian map distributor and retailer who was equally frustrated by the lack of maps related to South America for his customers. That was in 1983, when only cartographic houses in Europe published international travel maps and then only of areas of significant travel interest to Europeans. Thus, one could find excellent maps of Malta or the Costa Brava, but exceptionally little related to Africa or Asia, and virtually nothing of any part of Central or South America .

The two bright sparks who spent two weeks together in Vancouver planning to map an entire continent had no money, no resources, and no thought as to how (or by whom) these wonderful maps of South America would be published. It was assumed that established map publishers would love to have maps of the southern portion of the western hemisphere. The cartographer, Kevin Healey, and the businessman, Jack Joyce, blissfully unaware that what they were planning to do was deemed to be completely and utterly mad, if not impossible, self-published, with a very supportive British publisher, Bradt Publications, a two-sheet map of South America at 1:5,000,000 scale in 1984, using artwork previously published by Kevin privately in 1980. Sales provided funds to keep Kevin in peanut butter until the next title (North West South America at 1:4,000,000) was ready to be shown to European map publishers in 1986. Jack duly presented it to every cartographic publishing house in Europe in the hopes that one of them would 'snap it up'. The memory of the howls of derision and contempt expressed by these European firms at the effrontery of two 'colonials' thinking they could make maps, remains fresh forty years later.

Most publishers refused even to look at the artwork; one even turned his back on Jack while they were talking and blithely started a conversation with a colleague. Only one publisher, Rudiger Bosse of Ravenstein Verlag, was encouraging, although he too gave five very good and logical reasons explaining why ITM's attempt was foredoomed to fail, which he was big enough to retract five years later!

Forty years later, ITMB is one of the largest and most successful map publishing houses in the world, with more than 600 maps in print of continents, regions, countries parts of countries, and cities around the world, many of which are two separate maps sharing one sheet of paper. New titles are always under development, and an average of one new map is being published each week, week after week, month after month. This is a production rate unmatched by any other mapping house in the world.

Kevin was a brilliantly artistic cartographer whose titles transcended technical excellence and became sort of works of art. To this day, no one has approached his level of quality or detail - and I'm not just saying that as his publisher. His South America map was finally retired in 2005, after a quarter century in print, and still forms the base of the new digital version of his map, which continues to be the best selling map of the continent in print. His version of Panama is still noted in the Lonely Planet guide book. His map of Canada's west coast Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands revolutionized recreational mapping in Canada. His artwork has all been copied into digital format artwork, and updated, but his work is so accurate that, to this day, no one has surpassed his quality.

The key to ITMB's success was the release of our first country map in 1990, Costa Rica, just as tourism to that country started to explode. Other beautiful creations followed, flowing from Kevin's fertile vision - Belize , Baja California , Mexico , BC's Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands, Yucatan Peninsula , Ecuador , Galapagos Islands, Guatemala , Panama , Venezuela . Suddenly, ITMB was a recognized name and we found ourselves filling a niche that everyone else had ignored. ITMB then began developing recreation maps for British Columbia at the request of the Outdoor Recreation Council, and buying artwork from other publishers to expand our range to include Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and other travel destinations.

Perhaps because neither partner was sophisticated in the perceived realities of how maps were supposed to be prepared (the "It was good enough for my grandfather" mentality dominated map publishing at that time), or because they 'lucked' upon a business structure that made sense, ITMB started gathering a coterie of excellent independent cartographers and joint venture partners who shared ITMB's growing conviction that long-term success would come from a variety of firms sharing production costs and marketing under a common cover, regardless of ownership. Thus, ITMB worked out a joint venture agreement with the Government of Vietnam in 1992 that created a definitive travel map of that country, to be followed by several other maps, such as detailed regional maps of central and northeastern VN, beautiful maps of Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon and the Mekong Delta, and first-ever maps of Laos and Cambodia that have helped open the doors of tourism for the entire region. We now have our own production facility in Hanoi .

Perhaps the story of ITMB's growth is getting ahead of itself. The actual reality is that ITMB struggled for years to produce and market maps of countries and cities that relatively few people visit. It took eleven years for ITMB to show a profit. Maps of Central and South American travel destinations have, after all, a limited and finite appeal. Also, they sell reasonably well from September to May, but sales are slow during the rest of the year. Kevin and Jack realized pretty quickly that ITMB needed something more than excellent Latino titles to bring in revenue during the 'off' season to stave off starvation.

In 1989, Bob Peart of British Columbia 's Outdoor Recreation Council approached Jack with the idea of preparing maps of selected areas of recreational significance in BC for publishing. The ORC would pay the development costs and own the films, but ITMB would publish the maps and market them. Jack arranged with two cartographers, David Sami and Gyan Verma, who prepared the artwork for the recreational maps, using material provided by the ORC and the provincial government. A dozen titles were produced before the ORC changed direction and stopped mapping, but by then recreational mapping was well-established. ITMB now publishes its own series of BC recreational titles, with such interesting titles as the Bowron Lakes Canoe Route, Algonquin Park, BC's West Coast Trail, and Whistler. We now also publish excellent recreational maps of American destinations and a growing series of famous mountains in Europe and Asia (Everest, Mont Blanc, Fuji, Rocky Mountains, Andes etc.)

Another Canadian cartographer, Eric Leinberger, joined us in 1996, producing our own artwork for maps of Australia and New Zealand and a special series of maps interpreting Canada to map users - Western and Eastern Canada, Alberta/BC, Prairie Provinces , Northwest Territories , and Atlantic Canada. These titles have now largely been replaced by more refined provincial/territorial maps, but Eric showed the way. We now have published maps of each province and territory in Canada (13), and several maps using Canada Map Office artwork, somewhat modified by ourselves to add travel-related information, and we are the third largest publisher of Canadian material in the world (after CMO and GMJ).

In 1999, Andrew Duggan, of Toronto , joined us to focus on a new series - Cities of the World. His first two titles, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aries, Argentina, led to Santiago de Chile, Istanbul, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and a series of American city titles. ITMB is now the world's leading publisher of international world class cities, with more than 100 titles in print. The era of great city maps is probably passing, as technology enables individuals to find their way around urban areas using GPS and Google, but there will always be a steady demand for paper maps of major travel destinations. Volker Schniepp undertook creating the first-ever digital map of any part of Latin America (Uruguay), and followed it with a project to map Peru that took him seven years to complete, as resource material was extremely limited.

Our joint venture with the Government of Vietnam has blossomed into an independent production facility in Hanoi managed by ITMB. Using half a dozen groups of dedicated cartographers, marvelous maps of exotic travel destinations are emerging regularly. We are now using GIS technology quite a bit in creating new maps. We also bring promising young cartographers to Vancouver for extended training.

Stephen Stringall and Gary Sawyer joined us in 1993 to prepare a map of Alaska, which, by the way, has anchored our growing American series of titles ever since. Initially, we ignored the USA for the obvious reason that local publishers were serving the public reasonably well with state and city maps. That all changed in 2007 as the Great Recession swept across the USA and decimated the mapping industry, among many others. Every single publisher of maps in the USA went bankrupt within months, with the exception of National Geographic and a few recreational regional publishers. Suddenly, in the course of a few months, an entire publishing industry shut down. Demand was still present, but supply rapidly dried up. ITMB had developed its marking in the USA by using such firms as Map Link, Treaty Oak, Mapsco, and AMC. Almost overnight, 25 years's worth of marketing expertise disappeared as each of these firms shut down. ITMB responded by devoting all its energy into creating a new series of maps covering major American regions, states, and cities, and is now a major publisher of maps of all of North America, which includes Mexico and Central America.

Stephen also agreed to concentrate on producing high-quality artwork for African countries. Over the next ten years, he created more than two dozen country maps of this almost unmapped continent. His artwork has largely been replaced by more modern digital-format material, now that satellite imagery is available, but the world owes him credit for spending years attempting to map a continent single-handedly. ITMB has dedicated itself to the challenge of mapping Africa comprehensively, and virtually every country of this vast continent has been completed to date, including a brilliant continental map and a series of regional maps. ITMB is the world's number one mapper of Africa. Michaela Fritz, who produced ITMB's award-winning Rwanda/Burundi map, developed the title as a cartographic student in Germany and refined it for publishing by ITMB upon graduation. Torsten Claussen's map of Sierra Leone , also initially prepared as a graduating thesis, was re-worked by him into its current published format after graduating. Kevin Philip, of Zimbabwe, developed maps for ITMB of Swaziland, Bulawayo, and Harare. Gizella Bassa, of Hungary, developed an excellent map of Zimbabwe. The 'dark' continent of Africa is, as a result of the brilliance of these cartographers, emerging as travel destinations for the world to explore.

GIS technology and satellite imagery has revolutionized map production, but the work of the cartographer remains as vital as ever. If GPS mapping is ever to get out of the simplistic style we see in in-car navigation, computer-trained cartographers have a lifetime of work ahead. Also, many parts of the world remain poorly mapped; Africa in particular needs continuous attention, but much work remains to be done in the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and cities in Asia. ITMB still has an enormous amount of work ahead. Although the US and Canada had been well-mapped by others, touristically, most cartographic firms have shut down and new maps need to be prepared for visitors to enjoy. As well, while changing market needs are reducing the need for Rand McNally-type street maps, need for regional, state, and recreational maps of such areas as the USA Pacific Coast, the USA rail network, and the USA Southwest continues to be strong.

ITMB has now completed 40 years in business as a publishing house and retail venture, and has evolved from a couple of incompetents naively deciding to map an entire continent to a professional cartographic publishing house mapping the world, one little piece at a time. We use the latest technology, do our level best to ensure that ITMB maps contain the most accurate and up to date information that can be published, and assertively stake out the entire world for mapping and marketing. ITMB now has 60 titles on Latin America, more than any other publisher, 101 world class city maps, 35 titles on Asia, 45 on Africa, and another 75 on Canada , the USA , and Mexico , with more new and exciting titles being released each week. That's the good news; now, we need to move on to the human toll.

The most painful aspect of ITMB has been left for the last. In 1994, having just completed a beautiful map of Venezuela , Kevin Healey died of heart failure at age 48. Not only was a brilliant cartographic talent cut off in his prime, he was the soul of ITMB and the mentor to the other cartographers. Furthermore, his intimate knowledge of South America and his focused concentration on productivity were legendary. As a business partner, his contribution was crucial to ITMB's success. The relationship joining Kevin and Jack transcended normal business conduct and his death had a profound affect on the structure of the company. Imagine, if you would, Gilbert carrying on without Sullivan, or Rolls without Royce (or, if you prefer, Abbott without Costello). The magic guiding ITMB was the unswerving conviction that what the team was producing was beautiful, accurate, and necessary. Whether or not it made money was not considered. For ten years, the firm's fundamental goal had been to map South America; all else was seen as a means to that end. Suddenly, the one person who could realize that vision was gone. It was devastating on a personal and on a corporate level. It was left to Jack to restructure ITMB and carry on, somewhat sadly, the formidable challenge of mapping the world, with no one in place to fill the master's cartographic shoes.

A new master designer was found, expectedly, in Ha Noi. Thanks to Jack's interest in promoting travel to Vietnam to overcome the trauma caused by the war years in that country and it's effect on America, Jack visited that lovely but isolated (at that time) country in 1992 as a guest of the Vietnamese government, to advise them how to open the country to increased tourism, which at that time was about 2,000 individuals per year. His assigned minder, Do Ngoc Lan, a lovely and talented cartographer and printer working in the government's cartographic printing office, proved to be irresistible. They married in Hanoi in 1995 after a long and difficult courtship and many trips to VN by Jack. She arrived in Vancouver in 1996 as a new Canadian immigrant to find that chaos reigned supreme in ITMB. Over the next decade, she gradually tamed the cartographic monster and developed production standards and digital equipment that now operate smoothly all over the world, whipping electronic files from Russia to Vancouver to Toronto to Vietnam and cowing printers from China to England to Korea with her superb grasp of print technology. Under her iron fisted softness, ITMB has matured and grown into a cartographic house of significance, producing an average of 75 new releases annually. During her 28 year tenure (to date), ITMB has grown from 40 maps to 610.

ITMB is the most international cartographic house anywhere, with production and marketing arrangements operating in parts of the world that most of us don't even realize exist. Much of ITMB's success lies with Lan, with her ability to grasp the essence of a concept and develop it with teams of colleagues who hardly know what she is talking about into a finished piece of artwork that becomes a published map before anyone realizes what is happening. Lan and Kevin were on opposite mapping teams during the American/Vietnam War. They never met. How remarkable that two such strong-willed individuals seized a vision of mapping an entire world, an impossible concept exceeding anyone's grasp, and gradually realized it over a lifetime's dedication to interpreting the world using rapidly-changing technology. We aren't finished yet. GIS technology is revolutionizing how maps are made and improving accuracy precision, and traditional cartography is evolving as a result.

Now, we are in the process of transferring responsibility for mapping the world to the next generation. Lan is showing no signs of wanting to slow down, but Jack has accepted that responsibility and authority must be transferred to someone younger, although he continues to govern the mapping projects from an overall perspective. The business management responsibilities governing ITMB have passed to daughter Phuong and son-in-law Linh so that Jack and Lan can concentrate on developing cartography. This involves a considerable amount of travel to weird and wonderful parts of the world, but someone has to do it. So ,when you contact ITMB or send in an order, you will be dealing with Linh and his team, and when you see a new map coming out, increasingly, Phuong will be behind it, although Lan is far too strong a personality to stop doing what she loves for many years to come. In the meantime, someone has to pick up the grandchildren from school and tell them stories about long ago adventures in Africa and Asia, and remind them that, despite its problems, we live in a world full of exciting things to see and do. That’s my new career.

Sincerely, Jack Joyce, Pres., ITMB Publishing Ltd., and passionate map maker who can't draw a straight line with a ruler, but has ground-truthed 150 countries and has a wife who can design and children prepared to carry on a very unusual business.

Retail Location | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Wholesale Division | BC Legislation | Friendly Links | FAQ

© 2024 Copyright ITMB

Enrolment record has been deleted successfully.

TRAVEL MAPS LIMITED

• 旅行团 (批发 / 组团社)

Animated travel infographics

Zero-config animated maps

Visualize your journey with beautiful animated maps. Perfect for adventurers, travelers, and explorers wanting to showcase their routes and destinations.

Johnatan Cook

Hey mate, this site is awesome! As a s/w product mgr myself, this is very well-done! I was googling for something exactly like this for a while, I've used relive.cc for cycling before but it doesn't support non-sports activities.

David Osterholt

For years I've been looking for something this simple. I've been doing it i powerpoint and it takes forever to do something that looks presentable. This is really great.

Superb Quality and great animation, maybe it would be nice to have more parameters to play with during the animation. Will recommend though to other doing trips to create awesome content ! Thanks to the support as well from the team it was incredibly helpful for my case

The Google Maps Features All Travelers Should Know About

I 'm a nerd for maps. As a kid, they inspired me to want to travel, and as an adult they're my comfort reading. My colleagues at AFAR even let me make a podcast episode about them . But of all the maps I love (Middle-earth included), the one I spend the most time with these days is Google Maps. I'm betting most of you can say the same thing. I'm on that app every single day. I use it for work (for the research I need to do in my job here as an editor and writer), I use it for fun (I can spend hours armchair exploring remote islands in the middle of oceans), and I use it, most invaluably, for trip planning. If you're only using Google Maps for directions, you're missing out. Here are a dozen ways I use Google Maps for smarter travel.

Collaborate an itinerary with friends

I make Google Maps lists of everything: I have one for vegetarian restaurants, another for ice cream shops-I even have one that's a cocktails and cookies trail. (I created that last one with my cousin when we celebrated her 21st birthday.) More often, I use lists as a trip-planning tool. As I'm researching things to do in whatever destination I'm headed to (recently Argentina, Nairobi, and Manchester ), I create a list, add places of interest (museums, restaurants, shops, libraries, etc.) and share it with my travel crew so that they can weigh in on my picks and add their recommendations. While that's useful, it's only 101.

In the past year, lists have leveled up: Now, for each place listing, your friends can react with an emoji (heart, smile, fire, thumbs down, or flying money) and add their tips and suggestions into a comments field (e.g., "I read that dulce de leche is the flavor to get!" or "Let's go here after our street-art tour on Monday."). I especially like that I can customize the order of the items on the list; for example, I could make them match the path of cookies I plan to follow, or I could arrange our collective Argentina picks chronologically so that the list doubles as our itinerary. A fun bonus is that you can assign any emoji to the whole list so that all of the places show up in map view with that themed icon-say, the Argentina flag or an ice cream cone.

Walk like you know where you're going with navigation

Turn-by-turn navigation isn't just for drivers. Google Maps offers it for walkers and bikers too. Once you type in your destination, select "directions," then "walking," then "start navigation," and the app will speak out loud to guide you, the same as if you were in a car. When I'm in a new city, I use this with one earbud in so I don't have to keep looking at my phone (because I will inevitably trip and fall over).

If you prefer to look at your phone, you can follow your route in both 2D (that little blue arrow moving on the map) or in 3D Live View. In this mode, you point your camera at the real world to get the app situated and then follow arrows and directions overlaid on the IRL view of the streets that you see through your phone. (Another settings option allows you to tilt your phone to enter Live View rather than tap.) Even more helpful, the recently released Glanceable Directions feature shows a minimap and navigation on your lock screen, so you don't have to open the app and turn on comprehensive navigation mode to get the benefits (toggle this feature on in settings). Conveniently, it'll automatically reroute if you take a different path.

Use augmented-reality Lens to find what's nearby: shops, restaurants, ATMs, and more

In addition to navigating with augmented-reality Live View, you can also use an augmented-reality (AR) function called Lens in Maps to see what's around you, including restaurants, public transportation stops, and landmarks. When in Maps, tap the little camera icon in the search bar, then point your phone at the street, and you'll start to see icons on the buildings. Note that this feature works only for select locations, but new cities are consistently rolling out. In the meantime, all of this information is still easily available in the app: Right under the search bar, you'll see popular search categories, including gas, restaurants, hotels, and groceries-and be sure to scroll all the way over to the "More" button. Tap that to see a couple dozen additional, and very specific, categories, including ATMs, libraries, live music, hospitals, pharmacies, and even EV charging stations.

Plan your EV charging route

Speaking of EV charging stations, Maps has expanded the info it provides on electricity pumps. To find them while you're on an EV road trip , type or speak "charging stations" into the search field or tap the "More" category button directly under the search bar. You'll immediately see red pins with a little lightning bolt inside them populate the map. In the information card below, the app will tell you which kind of chargers a station has (fast, medium, slow), how many are available, and whether they're compatible with your car.

Check what's open right now

When I was in Manchester last year, my friends and I went to a concert that let out late, and instead of heading directly to bed, we wanted to go out for a drink and a bite to eat. That's when I pulled out Maps to check what places were still open around us. In the app, look for "open now"-it's one of the options right under the search bar.

Use photos to get a sense of a place before you go

Nearly every listing in Google Maps has photos now, culled from public reviews and the establishments' owners. Admittedly, this isn't so much of a secret-but it is a secret weapon. You can use those photos to evaluate hotels, to check if a coffee shop is comfortable for laptop working, to see if a restaurant is likely to fit your big group or your mood, and to view images of menus. A recent AI-powered update uses those photos to give more travel inspiration. Try typing something like "cherry blossoms," "public art," or "swimming holes" into the search bar, and the results will include a carousel of photos and videos culled from public uploads, under the headline "Discover through photos."

See the future, and plan for it

Google Maps' Immersive View is photos on steroids. Well, on AI. For more than 500 landmarks around the world (including the London Eye, the Empire State Building, and Tokyo Tower), the search results include what looks like a video labeled "Immersive view." What you're seeing is actually a ton of photos that the app stitched together to create not just an image but a whole knowledge roundup of a particular destination. Want to see what traffic will be like on the Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow morning? Want to see the view from the Eiffel Tower as the sun sets tonight? You can do it now, through Immersive View. A small icon in the bottom right corner shows the weather and a clock-tap it to change the time of day, up to four or five days into the future, and the view will change too: the number of cars on the bridge, the clouds over Paris.

Share your real-time location to stay safe

When I am traveling solo , I always keep my location services turned on for safety (and also to ensure that my 7,000 photos of street art, grocery-store finds, and random architectural details are geotagged for later reference). But even if I'm traveling with friends or family, I use real-time location sharing when I head off on my own so that people know where I am. This is especially helpful if I'm running late, because they can see my arrival time and use that to make important decisions, like whether to order appetizers without me. On the map, you can tap your blue dot to see sharing options or go to your account icon in Maps and open location sharing to choose who and what you want to share. Bonus hint: Tapping the blue dot is also how you get to the option to save your parking location.

Download an offline map

If you're concerned about eating up mobile data-or if you're going to be in a location where you won't have good internet service, Google Maps has you covered. Tap your circular account icon at the top right of the app and go to Offline Maps to select the region you want to download; it will work the same as the live version. Whenever I travel, I download a big swath of the area I'm going to, even if I think I'll have plenty of internet access. You never know when you'll be in a dead spot.

Use overlays to get more information out of your map

Maps are like ogres and onions-they have layers. To find those layers, go into the app on your phone or desktop and click the icon that looks like a stack of tiny squares. You may already know that Maps can show you a satellite view layer, a terrain view layer, and the default cartoonish view layer. (The local weather forecast is always available too-look for the small icon on the left side of the screen just under the search bar.) But did you know that it can also overlay public transit routes, traffic statuses, bike paths, wildfires, and air quality? The public transit overlay is one of my favorites, whether I'm traveling or at home in NYC-the subway lines are even correctly color-coded.

Discover the Easter eggs

You've seen Google Maps' little orange Pegman, right? He's the icon that lives at the bottom right of the screen in the desktop app. Drag him into the map and you'll see a street view of almost any location. But in some spots around the world, he hides an Easter egg. Navigate to Loch Ness in Scotland, and when you pick him up, he's wearing a Nessie costume. At Area 51, he turns into a UFO. And in the Galapagos Islands, he has a mermaid tail. Can you find any others?

Stay tuned for more AI-powered features in the future

Google is working on bringing generative AI into its maps , and one project that's underway is a feature that will allow users to ask questions like "What are rainy-day activities I can do with kids?" When the feature is available (expected later this year), the map will show indoor suggestions such as bowling alleys and movie theaters. Google's community of more than 300 million "local guides," as they call their contributors, are working to test this now, and I'm already lining up my questions: Hey Google, what are some places that cartography nerds would like?

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Delta
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• LGBTQ+ Diversity
• People with Disabilities
• Veterans and the Military
• Sustainability
• Awards & Recognition
• Global Partners

It’s back by popular demand — Delta and American Express unveiled the next iteration of the limited-edition Boeing 747 Delta SkyMiles Reserve Card on the heels of the overwhelming response from Card Members when first launched in 2022 .  

The new limited-edition cards are cloud-white in color and made from two Delta Boeing 747 aircraft 1 that were retired after more than 27 years of service and feature each plane’s history, including their first and last flights, tail number and number of miles flown.   

The card is available exclusively for new and existing Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Reserve Business Card Members from April 25 through June 5, 2024, while supplies last. The new design comes after recent enhancements made to the Delta SkyMiles American Express Cards to improve the travel experience and deliver everyday value to Members, both in the air and on the ground. 

“At Delta, innovation and experience are at the core of everything we do,” said Prashant Sharma, V.P. of Loyalty at Delta Air Lines. “Each card carries the legacy of countless journeys and embodies the spirit of exploration that drives our customers and all of us at Delta. When combined with the recently upgraded benefits, these cards provide a nod to our storied past and symbolize the elevated experiences our customers can expect in their future travels.” 

In 2022, Delta and American Express launched the first iteration of the limited-edition Boeing Delta 747 Card design, one of the most iconic airplanes in aviation history. The new design is made with 33% metal from a retired Delta Boeing 747 plane and has a white glossy finish, which is inspired by clouds.  

“We’re bringing back one of our most popular Card designs ever with a new look honoring the ‘Queen of the Skies,’” said Jon Gantman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cobrand Product Management at American Express. “Given the strong response from customers with our first Card design, we wanted to find another exciting opportunity for aviation enthusiasts and Card Members to have a piece of aviation history in their wallets.” 

The Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Reserve Business American Express Cards offer premium travel benefits for Delta loyalists, including an enhanced Companion Certificate each year after renewal 2 , an MQD Headstart that helps you get closer to Status, miles accelerators, access to exclusive reservations through Global Dining Access by Resy 3 , and more. 

For more information about the Delta SkyMiles Reserve and Reserve Business Cards, visit go.amex/747card . 

1 The new limited-edition Boeing 747 Card design is made with 33% metal from retired Delta Boeing 747 aircraft.

2 The Companion Ticket requires payment of the government-imposed taxes and fees of no more than $80 for roundtrip domestic flights and no more than $250 for roundtrip international flights (both for itineraries with up to four flight segments). Baggage charges and other restrictions apply. See terms and conditions for details.

3 Card Members must add their Delta Skymiles Reserve or Reserve Business American Express Card to their Resy profile to access Global Dining Access by Resy.

• American Express
• Delta Reserve Business AMEX Credit Card

Not finding what you need?

Over 19,000 maps and travel guides, hiking maps, posters, globes and decorative products in stock!

MapsCompany - Travel and hiking maps import 'components/image-element'; import 'components/image-element'; import 'components/image-element'; import 'components/image-element';

• Travel maps France France - Atlas & General Maps France - General travel guides Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Burgundy-Franche-Comté Brittany Centre-Val de Loire Corsica Great East Hauts-de-France Ile-de-France Normandy New Aquitaine Pays de la Loire Occitania Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Paris Europe Balkans Western Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe Northern Europe (including Scandinavia) Baltic States North America Canada United States Mexico Caribbean Central America Belize Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Salvador South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana French Guiana Paraguay Patagonia Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Caribbean Lesser Antilles Cuba Guadeloupe Haiti Jamaica Martinique Dominican Republic Africa Southern Africa North Africa East Africa Central Africa West Africa Asia Central Asia Southeast Asia Indian subcontinent China South Korea North Korea Japan Mongolia Taiwan Tibet Middle East Cyprus Israel Jordan Lebanon Palestine Syria Turkey Yemen Persian Gulf Oceania Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea South Pacific Polynesia The Poles Antarctica (South Pole) Greenland & North Pole
• Hiking IGN TOP 25 and SÉRIE BLEUE maps (France) Long distance hiking trails (GR) Alps French Alps Italian Alps & Dolomites Swiss Alps Austrian Alps Bavarian Alps Massif Central (France) Pyrenees (France, Spain) Way of St James Western US National Parks Canadian Rockies Andes Himalayas Practical guides for hiking Hiking accessories

• Decorative Globes
• Inflatable Globes
• Globes for kids
• Travel diaries
• Hiking accessories
• Bicycle accessories
• Reading accessories
• Inspirational travel guides
• Practical guides for hiking
• Practical guides for cycling
• Motorhome travel guides and maps
• Motorcycle travel guides and maps
• Nature guides
• Conversation & translation guides
• Historical guides and maps Europe
• All practical guides
• All gift ideas
• Travel books
• Decorative objects
• Educational games for kids
• icon-chevron Travel maps
• icon-chevron France
• View all icon-chevron
• France - Atlas & General Maps icon-chevron
• France - General travel guides icon-chevron
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes icon-chevron
• Burgundy-Franche-Comté icon-chevron
• Brittany icon-chevron
• Centre-Val de Loire icon-chevron
• Corsica icon-chevron
• Great East icon-chevron
• Hauts-de-France icon-chevron
• Ile-de-France icon-chevron
• Normandy icon-chevron
• New Aquitaine icon-chevron
• Pays de la Loire icon-chevron
• Occitania icon-chevron
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur icon-chevron
• Paris icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Europe
• Balkans icon-chevron
• Western Europe icon-chevron
• Central Europe icon-chevron
• Eastern Europe icon-chevron
• Northern Europe (including Scandinavia) icon-chevron
• Baltic States icon-chevron
• icon-chevron North America
• Canada icon-chevron
• United States icon-chevron
• Mexico icon-chevron
• Caribbean icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Central America
• Belize icon-chevron
• Costa Rica icon-chevron
• Guatemala icon-chevron
• Honduras icon-chevron
• Nicaragua icon-chevron
• Panama icon-chevron
• Salvador icon-chevron
• icon-chevron South America
• Argentina icon-chevron
• Bolivia icon-chevron
• Brazil icon-chevron
• Chile icon-chevron
• Colombia icon-chevron
• Ecuador icon-chevron
• Guyana icon-chevron
• French Guiana icon-chevron
• Paraguay icon-chevron
• Patagonia icon-chevron
• Peru icon-chevron
• Suriname icon-chevron
• Uruguay icon-chevron
• Venezuela icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Caribbean
• Lesser Antilles icon-chevron
• Cuba icon-chevron
• Guadeloupe icon-chevron
• Haiti icon-chevron
• Jamaica icon-chevron
• Martinique icon-chevron
• Dominican Republic icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Africa
• Southern Africa icon-chevron
• North Africa icon-chevron
• East Africa icon-chevron
• Central Africa icon-chevron
• West Africa icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Asia
• Central Asia icon-chevron
• Southeast Asia icon-chevron
• Indian subcontinent icon-chevron
• China icon-chevron
• South Korea icon-chevron
• North Korea icon-chevron
• Japan icon-chevron
• Mongolia icon-chevron
• Taiwan icon-chevron
• Tibet icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Middle East
• Cyprus icon-chevron
• Israel icon-chevron
• Jordan icon-chevron
• Lebanon icon-chevron
• Palestine icon-chevron
• Syria icon-chevron
• Turkey icon-chevron
• Yemen icon-chevron
• Persian Gulf icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Oceania
• Australia icon-chevron
• New Zealand icon-chevron
• Papua New Guinea icon-chevron
• South Pacific icon-chevron
• Polynesia icon-chevron
• icon-chevron The Poles
• Antarctica (South Pole) icon-chevron
• Greenland & North Pole icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Hiking
• IGN TOP 25 and SÉRIE BLEUE maps (France) icon-chevron
• Long distance hiking trails (GR) icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Alps
• French Alps icon-chevron
• Italian Alps & Dolomites icon-chevron
• Swiss Alps icon-chevron
• Austrian Alps icon-chevron
• Bavarian Alps icon-chevron
• Massif Central (France) icon-chevron
• Pyrenees (France, Spain) icon-chevron
• Way of St James icon-chevron
• Western US National Parks icon-chevron
• Canadian Rockies icon-chevron
• Andes icon-chevron
• Himalayas icon-chevron
• Practical guides for hiking icon-chevron
• Hiking accessories icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Wall maps
• Relief maps icon-chevron
• Magnetic boards icon-chevron
• Pin boards icon-chevron
• Geographic planispheres (world) icon-chevron
• Maps with fixing system icon-chevron
• Thematic maps icon-chevron
• Murals for kids icon-chevron
• France icon-chevron
• Europe - General maps icon-chevron
• Germany icon-chevron
• Austria icon-chevron
• Belgium icon-chevron
• Spain & Portugal icon-chevron
• Italy icon-chevron
• United Kingdom & Ireland icon-chevron
• Russia & Eastern Europe icon-chevron
• Scandinavia icon-chevron
• Switzerland icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Americas
• North & South America icon-chevron
• North America icon-chevron
• Central America icon-chevron
• South America icon-chevron
• Africa icon-chevron
• Asia icon-chevron
• Middle East icon-chevron
• Oceania icon-chevron
• Arctic & Antarctic icon-chevron
• Space and planets icon-chevron
• Wooden maps icon-chevron
• Cork maps (pinnable) icon-chevron
• Scratch maps icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Globes
• Decorative Globes icon-chevron
• Inflatable Globes icon-chevron
• Globes for kids icon-chevron
• Globes-bar icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Travel accessories
• Travel diaries icon-chevron
• Bicycle accessories icon-chevron
• Reading accessories icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Guides
• Inspirational travel guides icon-chevron
• Practical guides for cycling icon-chevron
• Motorhome travel guides and maps icon-chevron
• Motorcycle travel guides and maps icon-chevron
• Nature guides icon-chevron
• Conversation & translation guides icon-chevron
• Historical guides and maps Europe icon-chevron
• All practical guides icon-chevron
• icon-chevron Gift ideas
• All gift ideas icon-chevron
• Travel books icon-chevron
• Decorative objects icon-chevron
• Puzzles icon-chevron
• Notebooks icon-chevron
• All games icon-chevron
• Educational games for kids icon-chevron

Plan your trip

All our travel maps to discover the world:.

Our hiking maps and topoguides classified by region:

Relief wall map - Paris - 61 cm x 41 cm | 3D Map

3D map of the city of Paris published by 3D Map.

Rediscover Paris through this map. It is full of information on historic places, neighborhoods, trails, GRs, crossings and much more.

• Planimetric scale: 1:30,000

• Dimensions: 41 cm x 61 cm

A finishing frame is also available as an option : We strongly recommend it to facilitate hanging and highlight your card.  

Our wall maps, relief maps, globes and much more!

Embossed Wall Maps

Wall maps of France, Europe or the World to observe and touch!

Planispheres

Political or physical World wall maps of all sizes including wallpaper!

From the playful minimalist globe to the classic decorative globe, via the vintage globe-bar.

Travel accessories

Notebooks, bags, mugs, travel bottles, and much more!

Children's wall maps

Colorful wall maps of the world and animals suitable for younger children.

Educational games for children

Puzzles, board games and other coloring activities.

What our customers say about us on Trustpilot...

★★★★★ Very serious company with a professional conscience which is rare. My package permit arrived damaged by MONDIAL RELAY. The card company immediately compensated me by sending me a new product. Valid E. Morez, France

★★★★★ Simple and fast as we would always like it to be. Site to be used without moderation. Patrick B. Seillans, France

★★★★★ Great, quick and efficient service. Very useful and easily accessible site for finding an IGN map. Joseph C. Echirolles, France

★★★★★ Always perfect, fast delivery and well packaged Christian S. Railroad worker, France

★★★★★ Card company tracking works great. Happy with this site, I will return. Joel N. Le-Vivier-sur-Mer, France

★★★★★ Huge selection of cards! Serious site. Impeccable delivery Aziz S. Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, France

★★★★★ Perfect transaction, fast, secure, compliant, nothing to say except recommended seller. A big thank-you ! George M. Courcelles-sur-Seine, France

★★★★★ Everything went very well from order to delivery. Total satisfaction Guy L. Jussy, France

★★★★★ Very nice product. Delivery problems but strong involvement of the card company to solve this problem. Chantal G. Le Bernard, France

La Compagnie des Cartes, the travel card specialist

We sell road maps and hiking maps for every corner of our planet.

Our products are stored in France, and delivered to your home between 1 and 5 days after your order (several delivery options are available).

Delivery of your travel cards is (almost) free from an order of €50 (€0.01).

Between 30 and 50 € of order, the costs are only 2.90 €, and 4.90 € under 30 €.

100% of shipments are made with tracking.

We also ship to other European countries, Canada and the United States.

• American Express

Get in touch

• instagram Instagram
• twitter Twitter

SOME USEFUL LINKS ...

• Access to your customer account
• We present !
• Shipping and returns
• Maps for schools
• List of publishers
• All our news!
• Do not sell my personal information

Travel firm Viking aims for up to $10.8 bln valuation in US IPO

• Medium Text

Sign up here.

Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema and Maju Samuel

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. New Tab , opens new tab

Markets Chevron

Gulf bourses end mixed; Egypt extends decline

Stock markets in the Gulf put in a mixed performance on Sunday amid rising oil prices and receding hopes of rapid interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve after a series of inflation readings.

Where Your Travel Memories Come to Life

The Better Way to Share Your Travel Memories

Wow your friends with an animated travel map .

Check out  one of our animated travel maps created with PictraMap®!

Why is this the tool that you've been waiting for ...

No credit card required, create your first animated travel map within minutes.

It's different

WOW your friends and get them talking  about you and your travels.

It's all you want

Free online tool to create animated maps from travel photos. Ain't that right?

No wait time

The tool is entirely web-based - you register and get instant access to the system. Create your first animated travel map within minutes!

Beautiful maps

It is not yet another tool with Google maps, offering the same old same old map layout. Find the map that matches your taste and type of trip.

Customization

No other online tool offers so many customization options - you choose the map, pins, intro, ending, music theme, not to mention the color options.

Easy to use

You don't need any tutorial because of the super-easy interface - register and within minutes, you can have your first animated travel map.

Easy to share

Because it's all online, you can always share your animated travel maps with the world - on Facebook, via email, even embed it on your blog.

It just is ...

Passionate travelers badly needed such a tool (we know, they told us so). Be among the first to create an animated travel map with PictraMap®!

Are you ready to be a pioneer? Dare to be different?

What passionate travelers say about pictramap®.

I was pleasantly surprised of what I saw when a friend shared the link to PictraMap. The unique way I can create and share my albums there lets my friends and family enjoy the fun moments of my trips. I like the flexibility and variety of the maps, the transitions between locations, and the music scores I can choose from – all in a very quick and intuitive way. Thank you, guys!

What a great way to give life to my countless otherwise boring photos! The maps, the music, the colors make every album special and help add an emotion to it. It's easy to use and the result is a fun adventure I could share with all my friends and family! I know they will love it too!!

Busy? No problem - we'll remind you!

If you're too busy to create your first animated travel map right now, or you think your friends can wait being WOW-ed by your last amazing trip, join our community. We'll remind you later that your travel photos can still get the attention they deserve 😉

Browse Site

• Start Here!
• Plans & Pricing
• Log in to PictraMap
• Create an account

From The Blog

• Convert PictraMap Animations to Videos: Built-in Feature Released
• Search by GPS Coordinates, Full HD Pics and New Maps Released
• New Customization Options Now Available in the ‘Extras’ Tab

Get in Touch

Want updates via email.

County Road 26 opens to limited travel on Monday due to U.S. Highway 50 bridge closure

GUNNISON — This weekend, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Gunnison County officials have been working together to speed up improvements to County Road 26 so it can open on Monday.

Once open, this county road can be used for limited travel between Montrose and Gunnison.

According to a press release from CDOT, engineers are continuing to perform safety inspections of the U.S. Highway 50 bridge.

This bridge closed on Thursday, April 18, after an inspection revealed a crack in one of the girders.

WATCH: CORRECTION: A crack causes a bridge to close between Gunnison and Montrose

CDOT says that they recognize that the U.S. 50 bridge closure creates a significant detour for those looking to travel between Montrose and Gunnison which is why they have been working to get this shorter access route opened up.

They also say that their partnership with Gunnison County will continue as the county road is fortified with gravel and traffic is mangaed to a level that the road can safely withstand.

Starting Monday, April 22, pilot cars will lead passenger vehicles along the county road two times a day in each direction.

Because CR 26 is an unpaved, high-mountain road that was not built to accomodate the same amounts of traffic as the U.S. 50 bridge, travel times will be limited to

• 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. & 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. for westbound travel
• 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. & 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. for eastbound travel

Those looking to travel westbound can meet the pilot cars near the intersection of CO 149 and CR 26. Those looking to travel eastbound can meet the pilot cars near the intersection of U.S. 50 and CR 26. The travel time using this access route is expected to be 30 minutes or more.

Commercial vehicles over a 16,001 gross vehicle weight are prohibited from using this route.

County Road 26 will only be available for essential travel and only during the timeframes listed above.

During all other times the road will remain closed due to the ongoing restoration work needed to make sure that the road remains safe to travel.

The recommended detour for northbound travel continues to be via Interstate 70. The recommeded detour for southbound travel continues to be via U.S. 160.

These detours add six to eight hours of travel time.

For additional information about this project, you can

• visit the project website
• call the project team at 970-648-4423
• email the project team at [email protected]

____ Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5 , download and start watching.

Report a typo

Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information.

Now signed up to receive the breaking news newsletter..

News5 Mobile App

We've detected unusual activity from your computer network

To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot.

Why did this happen?

Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy .

For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below.

County Road 26 to open Monday for local, critical trips

Limited travel for commuters using the lake city cutoff opens after state and county collaboration as bridge closure continues.

Montrose and Gunnison Counties — This weekend, CDOT and Gunnison County are working together to accelerate improvements to County Road 26 (Lake City Cutoff) so it can open Monday for local commuter travel between Montrose and Gunnison.  At the same time, engineers continue to conduct safety inspections of the US Highway 50 bridge crossing the Blue Mesa Reservoir at Dillon Pinnacles. This bridge, located west of Gunnison at Mile Point 136.3, closed Thursday in the interest of public safety after an inspection revealed a crack in one of the girders. The technical structure name for the bridge is K-07-B. 

Recognizing the US 50 closure creates a significant detour for commuters traveling between Montrose and Gunnison, CDOT and Gunnison County officials this weekend prioritized getting a shorter access route in place for local travel between the two communities. That collaboration will continue as officials work to further fortify the road with gravel and manage traffic to a level that the road can safely carry.

“We are starting slow in order to increase the chances we can go faster later. The impact on western Colorado cannot be understated and we are exhausting all opportunities and partnerships to mitigate the impacts of the bridge closure,” said Martin Schmidt, Assistant Gunnison County Manager for Public Works.

On Monday, April 22, pilot cars will lead  passenger vehicles through the access route two times a day in each direction. Because CR 26 is a high-mountain, unpaved road that is not intended to accommodate the traffic volumes of US 50, travel times will be limited and commercial vehicles exceeding a 16,001 gross vehicle weight rating are prohibited. The schedule for piloted travel is:

• 6 to 6:30 a.m. and 6 to 6:30 p.m. for westbound travel 
• 7 to 7:30 a.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m. for eastbound travel 

The queue for westbound pilot car operations will start near the intersection of CO 149 and CR 26 and the queue for eastbound travel will start near the intersection of US 50 and CR 26. The travel time on the access route is expected to be 30 minutes or more.

County Road 26 will only be open for local, essential travel during these timeframes. The road will remain closed at all other times for the ongoing restoration work needed to ensure the road remains safe for travel.

A hotline and email continue to be in place to assist customers with questions about the closure. Anyone with questions can reach out via 970-648-4423 or [email protected] . Calls will be closely monitored and will receive a prompt reply. Information is also available on the project website at bit.ly/us50bridge . Travelers should refer to COtrip.org or the smartphone COtrip Planner app to plan an alternate route.

“CDOT appreciates Gunnison county’s dedication and hard work as we cooperate to offer more options to help the western slope manage this safety closure.  CDOT will continue to support the county as we focus on the opening of County Road 26 to serve the critical needs of residents,” said CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew. “County Road 26 is an important local route that is up to five hours more efficient than detouring via state highways. However, this road currently has a natural roadbed and can only accommodate limited traffic - so it is important that we help Gunnison County focus this capacity on the needs of local communities most impacted by the closure.”

There are two recommended detours for through travel via Interstate 70 to the north or US 160 to the south and these detours add six to eight hours of travel time. CDOT is coordinating with emergency service providers to ensure emergency response is unaffected.

Travel Impacts  

• US 50 is closed between Montrose and Gunnison
• Recommended alternate routes are I-70 to the north or US 160 to the south
• A limited, local detour is in place for travel at specific times

Project Contact Information 

For additional information about this project, contact the project team.  

• Webpage: bit.ly/us50bridge
• Information hotline: 970-648-4423 
• Email: [email protected]  
• Fact Sheet: County 26 Local Access
• Hoja informativa del proyecto:  Ruta de acceso local en la County Road 26

Download the COtrip App!

The new free COtrip Planner mobile app was designed to meet the growing trend of information on mobile and tablet devices for the traveling public. The COtrip Planner app provides statewide, real-time traffic information, and works on mobile devices that operate on the iOS and Android platforms. Visit the Google Play Store (Android devices) or the Apple Store (iOS devices) to download!

Item added to your cart

Hd inkjet handmade photo books.

Our newest products. Handmade photo books with high definition inkjet printing for superior quality. Perfect bound and lay flat options too.

Digital Travel Maps

You can now order custom travel maps for your photos books. Please click the 'Learn More' button to read the essential information about the creation process.

Digital City Maps

City Map highlight visited locations within one city or town. The markers are not connected by a path. Great for city breaks or touristic maps. Add travel icons and illustrations.

Digital Itinerary Pages

Itinerary pages with pre-designed timeline elements to give your photo books a proper start! More sizes and designs are added daily!

Layout Templates

Travel Photo Book layout templates that you can use with any photo book printer/editor. Design your photo book, receive it JPG and upload it your favourite photo book printer!

Travel Journal Company

Our handmade products: Travel Journals, Travel Posters and Travel Gifts are now on our new dedicated sister website.

Tarn Bainbridge (02 Apr, 2022)

This item is top quality. I first got a map of sicily and was so good I got a map of greece with our honeymoon destinations. Fast service and can altar things to your design.

Irene (30 Mar, 2022)

Very prompt delivery as requested. Sent on day it was ordered! So pleased with the look of this journal for my daughter’s sketches on her trip to Brazil.

Emily (27 Feb, 2022)

Such helpful, personalised service from Stefan, super-quick delivery, and a lovely product. Thanks!

• Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.

Maps, Tours and Travel Your tour, your way

Maps Tours & Travel offers a range of prescribed holiday tours as well as bespoke itineraries planned to your taste.

Amazing Destinations

Maps Tours & Travel offers a wide range of destinations across the entire African continent.

Special Offers

Going on holiday doesn’t mean you need to break the bank. We have affordable deals for you and your family.

Destinations

Discover the heartbeat of africa.

Encounter the Big Five up close, get front-row views of world wonders like The Great Migration, or witness the majesty of the mountain gorillas in the heart of Africa’s rainforests.

Our wide-ranging choice of destinations offers something for everyone in your travel group.

Tailored tour packages

Special offers, exclusive tour offers await your adventure.

Drawing on our many years of experience in turning holidaymakers’ dreams into reality, we have curated these tour packages for you to choose from. Book and pay right here on our website or choose one as a baseline and submit an enquiry if you would like to tweak anything to your taste.

Testimonials

What some of our clients had to say, join our newsletter today.

Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know about new deals, special offers, holiday club opportunities, and more!

Travel Maps

you are using an outdated browser. please upgrade your browser to improve your experience.

+(91)-(422)-223 6549

[email protected], maps travels coimbatore.

We love to help your travels plans

Ticket Bookings

We help you to book travel tickets

VISA Services

Providing Services to get VISA for All Major Countries

This is MAPS Travels

These are some of the services we offer

Maps Travels

Our portfolio.

These are some of our previous works

• Airline booking
• Car Booking
• Bus Booking
• Visa Services
• Hotel Packages

Tour Packages

• Vacation Packages

We love to help with your travel, please let us know how we can

This is some filler text about nothing in particular

This is the stage most often forgotton, but is vitally important

May seem like a waste of time, but we want to make sure we get it right

The bit where all the fun and magic happens

Our Process

This is some information about the services we offer.

Maps Travels Private Limited

Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. art is knowing which ones to keep., creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties., visa service, ticket booking, tour guides, watch our video.

• Customisation
• 2 revisions

GET IN TOUCH

• PURANI HOSPITAL SUPPLIES LTD, 117, Purani Trade Center,Sengupta Street, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore-641009, Tamilnadu - India.
• Phone : --> +(91)-(422)-223 6549
• Email : --> [email protected]
• Address : 115, 116, 117, Sengupta St, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641009

MAPS Travels

This is us, drop by sometime.

Region by region: How these states could broaden abortion access

The year began with nationwide conservative efforts to shrink abortion access . Advocates for the procedure hope to end 2024 by reversing some of these restrictions, via the ballot box.

And the outcome of their efforts could have major implications for something opponents have long waged war on − interstate abortion travel.

With ballot initiatives underway in nearly a dozen states to let voters weigh in on where to set the limits, the success or failure of these measures will have impacts beyond state lines and on regions broadly, advocates told USA TODAY.

Acting as a sort of sanctuaries for neighboring abortion access deserts, states with more liberal abortion laws have seen an influx of out-of-state patients since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case guaranteeing a constitutional right to the procedure. 

And a slew of proposed abortion-related constitutional amendments in 2024 could add to the map.  

Prep for the polls: See who is running for president and compare where they stand on key issues in our Voter Guide

How many people got abortions in 2023? New report finds increase despite bans

“Unless there's a national right to abortion care, we're absolutely doing it state by state, community by community as best as possible,” said Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. 

Abortion travel escalated post-Roe

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and decades of federal abortion precedent in June 2022, decisions around the procedure and any limits or exceptions returned to states, creating a nationwide legislative patchwork.  

Over a dozen predominantly red states have implemented near total bans on abortions, while a handful of blue states including Oregon and Vermont allow abortions regardless of the gestational period, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. Some states restored an abortion limit similar to that of Roe. 

The varying laws have led to a rise in patients traveling between states seeking an abortion, Mansanares said.

Planned Parenthood’s health centers in Colorado, a state with wider abortion access, saw a tenfold increase in patients seeking care from nearby Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona between 2020 and last year, according to the organization's records. In October 2020 through September 2021, their Colorado health centers saw 374 of these out-of-state patients; from October 2022 through September 2023, the clinics served approximately 3,800 patients from the same three states. Over 75% of these women scheduled appointments for abortions.

The bulk of women came from the Lone Star State, where the procedure is almost completely banned. 

"When state bans go into effect, they impact the entire country,” Mansanares said. 

This year, voters in at least three states will decide whether to enshrine abortion access in their constitution. And there are still ongoing initiatives to add such a decision to the ballot in about a dozen more states, including Colorado. 

If passed, these referendums could cement some states’ statuses as abortion access points, while opening new points of access in others. 

Women travel both to and from Florida for abortions

Sitting in the southeast where some of the country’s tightest abortion laws are concentrated, Florida has been a relative haven for patients in the South in the wake of Roe’s overturning. 

But with the state’s current 15-week limit about to drop to six weeks, after a recent state Supreme Court ruling, women in Florida and the surrounding region could face a shortage of care, said Serra Sippel, interim executive director of The Brigid Alliance, a group that provides resources for abortion travel. 

Already, Florida is among The Brigid Alliances top states from which they help patients travel, often seeking abortions in D.C. or Maryland, Sippel said.

And she said the group is bracing for this need to grow after May 1, when the six-week limit is set to go into effect. 

November ballot measure could change Florida yet again

The Florida Supreme Court at the same time cleared the way for a measure protecting abortion through viability, often around 24 weeks, to appear on November’s ballot.  

Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the “100% pro-life" group North Carolina Values Coalition, said she is worried about the effects of both Florida court decisions in her own southern state. 

“All states in the South, once Florida's heartbeat bill goes into effect, will have either a heartbeat bill or a gestational limit at conception,” Fitzgerald said. “And so that means North Carolina's 12-week limit on abortion will cause women to flood across our borders, again, to obtain abortions.” 

Along with Virginia, which allows abortion through 26 weeks of pregnancy, North Carolina has some of the lowest restrictions on the procedure compared to the rest of the south. Even after the state legislature last summer lowered the limit from 20 to 12 weeks, with exceptions, North Carolina saw one of the highest number of out-of-state patients in 2023, behind Illinois, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Fitzgerald said she wants a limit like other southern states for the Tar Heel State and is concerned about referendums like Florida's.

“It should be a concern for everyone who believes in the sanctity of human life,” she said. 

Travel for abortion care is 'not ideal'

Still, abortion access advocates say interstate travel is an imperfect solution. 

“It is not ideal," said Tara Romano, executive director of Pro-Choice North Carolina, “because not everyone can leave the state to access abortion. And this is really just how chaotic it's been since (Roe was overturned).” 

“If you're in a state where you cannot access abortion, being able to get to another state is going to be really critical,” she added. “It's just that it's not going to be able to help everyone,” including patients in emergency situations, Romano said. 

For those seeking an abortion, Mansanares said considerations range from travel costs to finding somewhere to stay in a different state, along with taking time off work and, for the many women who are already parents, finding childcare. 

“It's a huge financial burden. And then the act of traveling out of your home state for care has a tremendous psychological impact as well,” Mansanares said. “Our patients are very fearful. They experience a deep amount of shame or stigma. Many of them feel terrorized." 

And aid from organizations like The Brigid Alliance are “being stretched to the max, Sippel said. 

“I want to emphatically say that it's a good thing that this referendum will be on the ballot,” Sippel said of Florida. “If it's passed, that is excellent news for Florida. And then, of course, it won't be enough.” 

Update April 12, 2024

Information for u.s. citizens in the middle east.

• Travel Advisories |
• Contact Us |
• MyTravelGov |

Find U.S. Embassies & Consulates

Travel.state.gov, congressional liaison, special issuance agency, u.s. passports, international travel, intercountry adoption, international parental child abduction, records and authentications, popular links, travel advisories, mytravelgov, stay connected, legal resources, legal information, info for u.s. law enforcement, replace or certify documents.

Share this page:

Learn about your destination

Take 90 seconds for safer travel.

Travel Advisory Levels

Enroll in step.

Subscribe to get up-to-date safety and security information and help us reach you in an emergency abroad.

Recommended Web Browsers: Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.

External Link

You are about to leave travel.state.gov for an external website that is not maintained by the U.S. Department of State.

Links to external websites are provided as a convenience and should not be construed as an endorsement by the U.S. Department of State of the views or products contained therein. If you wish to remain on travel.state.gov, click the "cancel" message.

You are about to visit: