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In the body text of articles, the first occurrence of a term to be abbreviated should be spelt out in full with the abbreviation to be used in the rest of the article following immediately afterwards in parentheses.
An exception to this rule are those abbreviations and formats listed here and at Wikivoyage:Currency, Wikivoyage:Measurements and Wikivoyage:Time and date formats

Abbreviations should be uniform and consistent and generally should not include full stops or periods.

In prose, do not use an ampersand (&) instead of spelling out "and" in full.

Using abbreviations is especially encouraged in listings.

Editors may want to choose the appropriate abbreviation from those below which are both widely understood and unambiguous. However, don't knock yourself out "correcting" Rt to Rte - there is more important work to be done in plunging forward and writing an up-to-date and accurate free Travel Guide!

Expatriate (noun and adjective): expat
For example (from the latin phrase exempli gratia): eg
In other words (from the latin phrase id est = that is): ie
Includes, including: incl

Currencies

See: Wikivoyage:Currency

Dates and times

See: Wikivoyage:Time and date formats

Facilities

Air conditioning: air-con
Dormitory: dorm
Double: dbl
Single: sgl
Wireless internet using access points (hotspots): Wi-Fi

Geographical

North: N
East: E
South: S
West: W

Addresses

Avenue: Ave
Boulevard: Blvd
Corner: cnr
Crescent: Cres
Drive: Dr
Expressway: Expy
Freeway: Fwy
Highway: Hwy
Jalan: Jl (Road in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore)
Junction: Jct
Lane: Ln
Mount: Mt
Mountain: Mtn
Park: Pk
Place: Pl
Road: Rd
Route: Rte
Street: St

("Saint" should normally be spelt out in full to avoid confusion)

Square: Sq
Turnpike: Tpke

Buildings

Building: Bldg
1st floor: 1F, 2nd floor: 2F, etc

US routes

Numbered highways in the US may be abbreviated like the following examples:

Interstates: I-80
National highways: US-395
State highways: CA-49
For county routes or other smaller roads, spell them out completely.