I usually consider myself to be relatively good at finding deals online, whether they be for electronics, home furnishings, or anything else you can probably think of. Unfortunately, one area where I am sorely lacking is securing good deals on travel and airfare. This could possibly be because it’s somewhat hard in today’s day and age to get a truly “good” deal on travel and airfare, or maybe because I’m just not looking in the right places. The following is a list I compiled (with some help – see below) of some potentially good sites and locations where such deals may be had:
- Expedia
- Orbitz
- Travelocity
- SideStep
- Priceline
- when using Priceline, also use BiddingForTravel.com
- Hotwire
- OneTravel
- CheapTickets
- Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel
- SmaterTravel
- Travel Tips : elliott.org
- Student Traveler
- Cruise Critic
- Cruise411.com
- Vessel Sanitation Program (CDC)
- TravelPage.com
- CruiseTalk.com
- Zagat Survey
- OpenTable Restauarants and Restaurant Reservations
- Smoke Free World : Directory of smokefree dining, entertainment & travel
- Lonely Planet: the world’s best guidebooks, travel advice and information
- Viator.com : Tours, sightseeing, attractions and things to do
- Frommer’s Travel Guides
- Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Let’s Go Travel Guides
- Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door
- Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory (towd.com)
- Citysearch
- Vindigo: location-specific content delivered to mobile devices
- About.com
- Site59.com – Last Minute Deals
- Bestfares.com
- LastMinuteTravel.com
- Quikbook Hotels: Discount Hotel Reservations (quikbook.com)
- Hotels.com
- VacationSpot.com – Vacation Rentals
- Worldwide Bed and Breakfasts Inn Directory (bedandbreakfast.com)
- Karen Brown’s Guides to Inns, Hotels, and Bed & Breakfasts (karenbrown.com)
- Hostelling International (iyhf.org)
- Hostels.com
- Adventure Travel and Outdoor Recreation (gorp.com)
- National Park Service (nps.gov)
- Adventure Travel and World Travel (iExplore.com)
- Trails | Topo Maps | Hiking | Mountain Biking (trails.com)
- Speciality Travel (spectrav.com)
- Travelers’ Health (CDC)
- Travel Health Online (tripprep.com)
- TravelZoo.com
- Kayak.com – Cheap Airfare, Hotel Reservations, Car Rentals
- FlyerTalk – The world’s most popular frequent flyer community
- ITA Software (Airfare Pricing and Shopping)
- Farecast.com – Airfare Predictions, Find Cheap Airline Tickets
- Upgrade: Travel Better
Special thanks to: Tracie Rosenbaum, the Washington Post, Yahoo!, and Google for assistance in compiling this list