I have written a lot of details and tips in my previous posts, I came across another blogger post the other night and thought how nice it was that she kept it very simple which lead me to write this basic travel tips.
Travel during the off-peak seasons for 3 reasons:
1. Cheapest flights and cheapest hotels, this is a chance for you to stay in a 4 stars hotel for the price of a 2 stars. I would suggest March or October, weather is still good during these two months. I traveled to Italy in March and London in October.
2. Less crowded for places that would typically have a higher volume of visitors (i.e., the Roman Forum or the Coliseum, Louvre - Paris, Tower of London - London, etc.), which will also allow more opportunities for pick pocketters. See my blog: How to avoid Pick Pocketters
3. Cruising or All inclusive resorts will have lower volume of kids as school is back in session for that that would like a quieter or more calming vacation.
Days to look for flights, vacation packages:
Look to book flights on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, flights and vacation packages are the cheapest by a few hundred. My last trip, I looked at it on a Friday, Sunday and booked on a Tuesday as the price dropped by $300.
Additional Savings:
After finding your flights, use ebates.com to reduce the cost by an additional 2-11% for some travel sites (i.e, Orbitz 10.5%, Expedia 5%, Travelocity 3.5%), you will need to have an account with ebates and bookings need to take place inside the ebates site as a redirect.
Reduce cost of check-in luggage: this is typically $25 or more by doing these 2 things:
Reduce cost of pet fee if you are flying with a pet by booking with these:
Bring your own earphones for on plane entertainment, unless you are flying international, you can save $5 by bringing your own or if you don't have one, buy one at the airport, at least they are quality earphones or get some nice ones from Amazon.com or even find some good deals for $19.95 Earphones.
Bring some of your own snacks (pretzels, trail mix or even buy some decent food at the airport better than food on the plane) as most airlines do not even give crackers or peanuts any more, you can save $8-$15, I believe a cheese plate on USAirways is $8.
When staying in a hotel, keep those little shampoo/conditioners/lotion bottles so that when you are planning to travel light, these will come in very handy.
- Book flights with Southwest.com - free checkin bags (2), Frontier - free for classic and up
- Pack light with clothing that are that are convertible, there are women dresses that are convertible, rain jackets, shirts, wrinkle free option, and wrinkle free shirts for men, roll your clothes to maximize space.
- Convertible women's wear: Gloves, Coat, Convertible dress, Raincoat, Royal Blue Convertible dress
- Convertible Men's wear: Jacket, Gloves, Pants
- Southwest: $75
- Frontier: $75 class, $125 economy
Happy Travels folks.
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