The Ultimate Travel Hacking Guide. The Savvy Explorer - Stylish Travel on a Budget. Spendthrift Shoestring. Research: The Traveler's Best Friend. Matt Gross for The New York TimesMy key research tools: books and a long list of websites. As the Frugal Traveler, I’m on the road three to six months out of the year, and all that wandering takes not just stamina but organization as well. From researching destinations to booking flights and hotels to actually figuring out what to do when I arrive, I have a long list of Web sites and other resources — some well known, others less so — that I use to learn what’s new, interesting and inexpensive.
Since so many are planning their summer vacations, I thought I’d share my tried-and-true process. It’s less about secret Web sites and exotic booking strategies than about sheer thoroughness. Once my editors and I have decided on a destination, I head straight for an obscure little Web site to do research. Www.luckyfarm.com. Hotel Room Reviews - Find the Best Hotel Room on TripKick.com. Budget Travel | Travel Deals, Travel Tips, Vacation Ideas. Frommer's Travel Guides: The Best Trips Start Here!
Booking a Flight the Frugal Way. Joshua Lott/ReutersAn airplane departs Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. It used to be so simple. You wanted to go to Paris, so you called a travel agency, gave them your dates and budget, and with any luck, you soon had in your hands a real paper ticket with a real dollar value. Even in the early days of the Internet, it was easier. You went to one of the few booking sites — Travelocity or Expedia, most likely — searched for your route, paid with a credit card and that was it. Maybe you even got a paper ticket in the mail. Those were the days! Today, however, booking a flight is a total mess. I’ve covered this territory a bit before — here and here — but today I’ll try to go into more detail. My first stop is, as it’s been for years now, Kayak.com. Kayak gives me two decent-looking options: $231 on American Airlines (Newark to Jackson via Chicago) and $241 for Delta (via Atlanta); taxes and fees included in both figures.
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