Help Please: IS Lens Choice

[John Q. Camera]

I'd really like to get my hands on a stabilized lens for my Rebel XTi. A search of the options available completely baffles me, there are so many choices. I want a "tourist" lens, a jack of all trades as it were. I realize that a lens like this will not have spectacular performance at either end of the spectrum, but something that can do decent "person(s) standing in front of landmark" pictures, as well as a good zoom to get a good look at some far off object.

I do have another "want", and that is decent low-light performance. I don't need night vision, but one of the most frustrating features of my multiple-stock-canon-lens collection is that anytime you're in a low light situation, the lenses demand a flash - or, you have to play statue or brace the camera against something solid in the hope of preventing motion blur. Anything I could get that would delay the necessity for a flash or tripod would be nice.

I was thinking something like one of these might be OK:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._5_5_6_IS.html