Travel Discounts

Posted by admin on July 21, 2010

Seven Ways

To Get Travel Discounts

By Lee Dobbins

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Do you love to travel discount but don’t have the money to take all the trips you want? What if you could cut your travel costs? You might be able to take more vacations or finally visit that special destination you’ve been dreaming of.

Finding travel discounts does take a bit of legwork, but in this age of computers you can do a lot of the legwork right in the comfort of your own home. You can find travel discounts on airfare, hotels and car rentals at major airline and travel web sites if you want to invest a little bit of time in surfing the web.

But getting travel discounts on your airfare and hotels aren’t the only way to save on vacations. Here’s seven things that might help you cut costs the next time you take a trip.

1. Shop around for the cheapest flight online either at the airlines website or the big travel sites. Airlines offer discount tickets periodically so you should check their sites often. The big travel sites have specials as well and it can really save some time if you register to receive an email when a discount to your destination comes up. Don’t forget to check these sites often since you never know when a good deal might pop up.

2. Look for web-only travel discounts offered by hotels and airlines for people who don’t mind making reservations online. You must commit to your reservation but sometimes you can save half the cost with one of these specials.

3. Check on detour flights other than the straight one you’ll most likely get when you inquire. Your total flight prices can be cheaper when you take two flights instead of one. Some people save thousands booking their flights this way.

4. Check out package deals for your dream vacation as you can usually save a bundle and it’s a bit more convenient for you too. Packages that combine airfare and hotel can be had at a steep discount compared to what they cost when paid for separately. Even better, try to get a trio package that combines airfare, hotel and car rental for a really great travel.

5. If you’ll be staying in the same hotel for more than 7 days, call ahead and ask if they have any week long stay discounts. Sometimes you can get a free day or a bit off your overall price.

6. Travel to great vacation places that have a low cost of living – the prices there will tend to be a bit less than other vacation spots. Malaysia and the Philippines are good examples where both have great scenery and tourist spots but prices are reasonable. Make sure there is plenty of English speaking people there unless you enjoy the challenge of communicating with people who do not speak your language.

7. Once you’ve gotten all your travel discounts on hotels and airfare, you can still save some money on your vacation by buying food at the grocery and cooking it yourself instead of eating out for every meal. Restaurants tend to have cheap food that might not be the healthiest so do your wallet and your health a favor by eating in. Of course, you’ll want to make sure to get a hotel room that has refrigeration and allows for cooking too.

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Posted by admin on July 4, 2010

Inexpensive vacations : Save on Food

By Agung Basuki

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When wishing to travel abroad sparingly, most people are considering how to find the cheap plane ticket and a cheap hotel.

In fact, there is one other important element that is often neglected, but often it is actually spent a lot of cost: food shopping budget.
Agung Basuki, author serial TravelHemat e-book, give some tips of the way for many years to various places in the world – a strategy to save budget food shopping without having to suffer from hunger or malnutrition, but can still enjoy the local culinary cuisine.

Tip # 1: Breakfast is the key
Various places in the world has a habit to eat a different breakfast. In most Asian countries, breakfast tends to be presented and filling (especially if we spend the night in a hotel that provides all you can eat buffet breakfast), while in other places (eg in Europe), breakfast tends to be very simple and does not satiate.

Look for information about the breakfast habits of the local community prior to your departure to the destination if the accident does not provide lodging for you as part of breakfast is included in the cost of lodging. For example, a set menu price American Breakfast in the United States or Continental Breakfast in the UK are usually cheaper than the price set menus for lunch or dinner, so you better to pay for simple breakfast for the reason that has not been hungry stomach.

Try to eat until satiated during the morning before starting the activity. Breakfast with a large portion is usually enough to provide energy for your body to arrive at dinner. While day to day you can simply buy a snack.

Well, if that hotel you stay provides all you can eat buffet breakfast, hmm …. I am not wasted this opportunity. Eat until satisfied, and spare your time also to bring some pieces of bread or other foods as a practical ’stock’ in your lunch bag / backpack. However, do it with caution (read: secretly) as most hotels do not allow the guests to do this.

Tip # 2: Save the best for last
For example, you plan to stay for 3 nights in Rome and every night want to enjoy typical local food. You have limited it for 20 euros each for dinner, so the total budget meals for you for 3 days in Rome is 60 euros.

On the first night, visit food vendors in the street to buy a few pieces of pizza (usually large-sized) at the take-away with the total price 6-7 Euro (for 2-3 pieces) or purchase a wide variety of Italian Panini for Euro 4-6 / seed. The second night, try a taste a dish of food in various trattoria (depot / stalls) around where you live, where to a large portion of lasagna, spaghetti, fettuccini and various other food valued based pasta 8-10 euros.

So, your money still be in the 43-46 Euro last night, you can spend to enjoy a fancy dinner and elegant restaurant in a middle-class-up without having to dive over in the bag again.