Travel deals

Many threads have been started requesting help in finding travel deals. Here are some locations that should be checked first before posting requests for additional assistance.

These are price comparison sites for airfare, hotels, cars and general travel deals:
www.airfarewatchdog.com
www.bookingbuddy.com
www.expedia.com
www.farecompare.com
www.flightorder.com
www.iexplore.com
www.kayak.com
http://us.lastminute.com/ - last minute travel deals
www.lonelyplanet.com
www.mobissimo.com
www.orbitz.com
http://www.pricegrabber.com/home_...romo_id=63
www.sidestep.com
www.studentuniverse.com - fantastic student prices (especially airline)
www.travelocity.com
www.travelzoo.com
www.qixo.com
farechase.yahoo.com

This website will give you reviews of hotels, resorts and vacations from people who have stayed there:
www.tripadvisor.com

If you want to try your hand at bidding for travel or lodging, try these out:
www.hotwire.com – price provided, no names (lodging or carrier)
www.priceline.com – tells you the lodging place or carrier, but not the price

Now, wouldn’t you like a cheat sheet for hotwire or priceline? Why not check these great sites out to help you?
www.betterbidding.com
www.biddingfortravel.com

If Southwest Airlines flies to/from where you want to go, try installing their notification software that provides great prices – it has no spyware and works great. While you’re there, check out their hot fares.
www.southwest.com/ding
www.southwest.com/hotfares

Here is a guide to getting a better price on car rentals:
http://www.betterbidding.com/inde...opic=17412

Coupons for car rentals from our friend mlhm5 @ FW:
http://www.fatwallet.com/t/63/521905/

If you want to talk travel points, miles and more, you must check out the forums at:
http://www.flyertalk.com/

Here are some new sites that use predictive technology to figure out how much the fare will go up or down. It is limited in its cities right now, but should be expanding in the near future.

http://alpha.flyspy.com/ - Northwest Airlines out of Minneapolis only right now (8/18/2006)
http://www.farecast.com/

Group Travel Planning Made Easy - www.triphub.com

Priority Pass (gets you into airport lounges) 15% off - http://forums.slickdeals.net/show...?p=7250920

Always get Boarding Class A on Southwest Airlines - http://www.iBoardA.com

Check out the great posts below for specialized travel info!