I've built this section of best travel sites including tips to save you money on many aspects of travel including cheap airfares, cheap cruises, cheap hotel deals, cheap gas prices and the best car rental deals. Since travel is so expensive it's important to save in every way that we can.
Tips:
When comparing the price of Airfares, don’t forget to add-in the cost
of baggage fees. Frankly, I think that
these fees are a rip-off, and we all know that the Airlines have used these
fees to boost their profits. The only
way to avoid these fees is to use carriers that still do not charge for
baggage, or at least provide the first bag for free. Add the fare and baggage fees and use whoever
is the least expensive, if the best price is your goal.
Best Baggage Deals:
Snacks/Meals:
Since most Airlines no longer provide a free meal and many even charge for a snack, I suggest you bring your own snacks. Do not bring your own beverages, however, because of the Airlines liquid carry-on limitations.
Best Travel Sites:
Southwest.com
There are 2 reasons that I suggest you price your tickets on Southwest. (1) As I state above, your first 2 bags per person are free. This will save you anywhere from $40 to $50 dollars. (2) They have a fantastic tool available on their site that will tell you the cheapest days to fly with them. It's called the Low Fare Calendar. You can get to this calendar a few ways, but here's the easiest: Go to southwest.com, hover your pointer over "Air" and you'll see Low Fare Calendar option. Simply plug in your travel information and pricing will come up.
Tips:
Best Travel Sites:
Cayole.com
I love this site! It's so easy to use. It helps you to find cruise deals. You simply select where you'd like to go, select where you're departing from, select a specific cruise line or you can select "any," select the highest price you can pay, select the specific cabin style you'd prefer or select "any," you can select departure dates or you can leave it blank for the best available prices and an option of dates, select how many nights you'd like to be on the cruise, then click "View All Cruises". A list of available options with prices will come up. It also gives you future price predictions that tell you whether they expect the prices to increase, decrease or remain about the same for your selections/options.
CruiseCompete.com
Cruise agents compete for best cruise prices on discounted cruise deals, so they're actually competing for your business. They also have live chat agents available to help guide you through the process and answer your questions if you've never been on a cruise.
CruiseCritic.com
On this site you can see pricing information as well as reviews from travelers.
HOTELS
Tip(s):
Best Travel Sites:
Priceline.com
You can use the Name Your Own Price bidding feature where you'll likely get the best price, or if you don't wish to bid (where you're offer may be rejected, accepted or counter-offered), you can also use their Express Deals option. Typically you can save up to 60% off the rates that the hotels publish. With the name-your-own-price option, you will not find out which hotel you're staying at until after you've paid, but you can select the star rating in advance.
Hotels.com
One of the great things about this site is that you can search hundreds of thousands of hotels and rooms/room rates at once. They also have a Welcome Rewards Program that's great for frequent travelers - you earn a free night's stay for every ten nights you spend at their member properties.
TripAdvisor
An extremely popular hotel review site. Use it to check on hotels prior to booking. Reviews from real people.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
Best Travel Sites:
Airbnb.com
This
site is great if you're travelling and can't afford to stay in a Hotel;
if you wish to rent out just a room, a boat house, apartment, or house
of someone who is out of town; or if you're travelling and simply enjoy
the company of others. It connects people that wish to rent out their
digs to persons looking to rent for a day, a week or even a month. Then
after their stay, each person leaves reviews for the other person(s),
so you can read about the space and the people before staying there
and/or accommodating them. The renter or homeowner makes some money,
and the person that stays there, saves some money. Win-win.
HomeExchange.com
This is a home exchange or home swapping program that connects homeowners that wish to swap/trade homes when travelling. You pay HomeExchange.com an annual fee for the service.
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