40 Most Useful Travel Websites That Can Save You a Fortune

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Traveling doesn't have to break the bank (in fact, you can travel for free), and there are plenty of places that'll help you find the best vacation for your budget. Get discounts and the insider scoop with these great resources. Don't forget to ask for free travel upgrades. (See also: 5 Essential Travel Tools)

Cheap Flights and Accommodations

Find the best rates for airlines and places to stay, no matter what type of traveler you are. Choose from hotels, hostels, hometels, or even just a couch. Interested in offering your place to a weary traveler? Get some tips on how to host a traveler in your home.

CouchSurfing - Bum a night's sleep on somebody's couch and save hundreds of dollars on hotel costs! CouchSurfing is a worldwide community of amazing hosts and adventurous travelers seeing the world on the cheap.

Farecast - Farecast gathers data from all over the web so you can find out if airfare for a trip is rising or dropping over the next 7 days, if a hotel rate is the best deal based on past rates, and if there's a better travel offer on another site. Use their smart travel search to buy with confidence.

Home Exchange - The most comprehensive listing of home listings. You list your house on the site, find another house where you'd like to stay, and contact the member to see if they want to trade homes for a bit. This exchange system lets you live like a local in a comfortable house or apartment instead of a tiny and expensive hotel room.

Hostel Bookers - Easiest way to book hostels all over the world. You can find prices, amenities (including pictures), and customer reviews of each location so you know what you're getting before you land. You can also book directly from the site.


Hotwire - Hotwire is a robust site that not only offers some of the best travel deals available, but includes planning tools and tips for a smooth trip. Hotwire's partners offer unsold inventory at big savings and rest assured that Hotwire only works with partners you know and trust.

iStopOver - Connects people who want to rent out extra rooms in their homes to travelers who want to save on costly hotel bills. It has the added benefit of offering travelers a taste of "home" on the road; a cozy place to stay that is far from the sterile cubicle environment of a hotel or motel. iStopOver currently has listings in the United States, Canada, London, France, South Africa, and Brazil. But they are expanding as hosts from more countries are adding their listings each day.

Kayak - The only place you need to search for discounted airfare. Kayak searches over 140+ airlines and travel agencies (including Orbitz.com, Travelocity.com, Hotwire.com, and other big airfare search engines) to aggregate the best flight deals all in one place.

Last Minute - All last minute airfare, hotel, attractions, and packages in one database. If you want to book a vacation for this weekend or grab a flight for tomorrow, start your search here for the best prices on last minute deals.

Orbitz - With Orbitz Price Assurance, your guaranteed the lowest rate offered by Orbitz. If another customer books the same flight on Orbitz at a lower price, you'll automatically be issued a refund for the difference. They also offer real time traveler updates to keep you apprised of your flight status.

Priceline - Priceline puts the power of pricing back in your hands by allowing you to name your own price for hotels and pay no booking fees for flights, cars, or vacation packages. The site also offers reviews by travelers to help you make the best travel decision.

Roomorama - Roomorama is a peer-to-peer short term rental marketplace. As a host, you'll have peace of mind knowing that your guest has paid in advance of the stay. As a guest, rest assured that Roomorama is keeping your money secure until you check-in and hand over the payment code.

SeatGuru - Database of airplane seat configurations by airline. You can get diagrams with notes on where the good (and bad) seats are on the plane. You can see a layout of where the galley is (get your food faster) and where the bathrooms are (stay far away). If you know what type of plane you'll be flying on (ask the airline ticketing agent), and you get to pick your seat, make sure to check out SeatGuru first so you don't pick the bad seat next to the toilets.

Travelocity - One look at the Travelocity Customer Bill of Rights is enough to know that this company cares about your travel needs. The Travelocity Guarantee is the most proactive and comprehensive in the industry. Have peace of mind when booking with Travelocity.

TripAdvisor - The biggest online community of travellers. This is the first (and often, last) stop for vacation planners. Not only can you book flights, hotels, car rentals, and get tickets for attractions here, but you also get a amazing breadth of reviews and tips from real travellers. The destination guides on TripAdvisor are often much better (more up-to-date and more detailed) than the expensive guide books in your bookstore.

Wegolo - Wegolo shows you the "all-in" fares, which includes the total cost for all passengers together as charged by the airlines, so you get no surprise taxes and fees tacked on at the last minute. Their search tool allows you to combine your out- and inbound flights with 2 different airlines and select the optimum departure/arriving schedules or airports.

Yapta - Yapta stands for Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant. Yapta notifies you when prices for flights drop. It can do it even after you purchase your tickets, giving you a chance to get a refund of the difference from the airline. If you prefer, Yapta will haggle with the airline on your behalf for a $15 fee. Their new killer feature is emailing you notifications when a seat that is redeemable for reward miles comes available.

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Destination Guides and Travel Communities

Get the lowdown on your locale with destination guides and reviews for what to see and do, how to get around, where to eat and sleep, and information about local customs and processes. Listen to the people who have actually been there and done that. Don't forget to check out onsite resources for travelers.

The Backpacker - The community reviews local bars, restaurants, accommodations, attractions, and tours. All reviews are user-submitted, and many places have multiple reviews. They also have a travel wiki (destination guides) and you can post your vacation stories.

BootsnAll Travel - BootsnAll seeks to cultivate an organic community that encourages independent travel. It does this through thousands of travel stories & travel blogs written by travelers, travel guides to destinations all over the world, a membership of passionate travelers, and the ability to book all of your travel needs - air tickets, hostels, RTW tickets, adventure trips, and more - from one website. In this way, BootsnAll aims to be the ultimate resource for the independent traveler.

Frommer's - Whether you're venturing close to home or across the globe, whether your budget is limited or limitless, Frommer's strive to live up to your discerning approach to travel by delivering the most candid and reliable information. Explore your travel destinations the way locals do.

IgoUgo - IgoUgo travel reviews and photos will spark your wanderlust and help you plan your next adventure. With more than 500,000 travelers on IgoUgo sharing trip stories and pictures, they've built a library of honest opinions, tips, and experiences that you won't find in any guidebook. To date, their travel community has contributed hundreds of thousands of reviews and photos of everything from cheap eats to luxury hotels in 8,000 destinations worldwide.

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet is renowned for its first-hand approach, up-to-date maps and commitment to providing the best information for travelers. Their authors are professional writers and journalists who nail down all the practical info about a destination then build on that with insider knowledge, thorough reviews, little-known facts and authoritative recommendations. Their aim is to get you accurate, practical information, impartial recommendations and best-value tips.

Timeout City Guides - Time Out is an international multimedia publisher of cultural experiences for urban adventurers. They provide up-to-date and accurate information to help readers remain at the cutting edge of culture. Around the world, their local teams of critics are connected to the very best that their city has to offer. Listings are generated in-house and reviews are completely independent.

UpTake - Aggregates information and travelers' opinions from 5,000 websites some 20 million opinions — and boils them down to a single rating along with the most telling traveler comments. It's like visiting TripAdvisor and every other travel review site in one fell swoop.

Viator - Once you land, you need to have things to do. Viator is the easiest way to plan your days in-country. You can book tours, plan daytrips, buy tickets, and discover other things to do and attractions to see.

Virtual Tourist - As the single largest source of user-generated travel content in the world, VirtualTourist is a great resource for travelers seeking an insider’s perspective. Get real travel tips, reviews and photos from real people who have actually been there and done that.

WikiTravel - Like Wikipedia.org for locales. Free, complete, and reliable worldwide travel guide written by actual travelers. Great resource for learning about your destination cities before you start planning a trip.

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Budget Traveler Magazines and Blogs

These are just some of the best reads on travel. Get travel tips, recommendations and ideas. Go to these when you're looking for some inspiration or just want to live vicariously through a fellow adventurer. Bookmark the stories for your to-travel list and follow these travel junkies around the world. If you're a fan of Globe Trekker, you'll love these sites.

About.com Budget Travel - Mark Kahler, About.com Guide to Budget Travel, posts weekly deals, has tips on finding the cheapest vacation packages and airfare, and has a fantastic series of step-by-step articles on maximizing your travel budget.

The Art of Nonconformity - In the battle against conventional beliefs, Chris Guillebeau's blog focuses on three areas: Life, Work, and Travel. He writes about travel hacking in general and his journeys to more than 25 countries every year. So far he has visited more than 100 countries, and over the next four years intends to visit every country in the world. He's also an esteemed fellow member of LifeRemix.

Budget Travel - Web magazine by Frommers (the guide book publisher) focused on budget travel. Writers post stories on destinations, budget itineraries, tips for finding cheap flights or accommodations, and more. You can even post your own travel journal, photos or videos, and read others' travel journals. There's a paper magazine version that you can subscribe to ($20 for 20 issues), if you prefer to read your cheap vacation news in print.

Cool Travel Guide - Perpetual globetrotter and travel writer Lara Dunston has traveled to over 60 countries, authored and updated over 40 guidebooks, and has had scores of articles published by top travel mags and sites. This blog is about the things that are cool about travel, the things that inspire us to travel, and what's inspiring about travel.

Frugal Traveler - Matt Gross seeks out high style on a low budget. Follow his journey as he uncovers affordable hotels, cheap eats and other budget tips.

Hobo Traveler - Andy is a homeless perpetual traveler who has visited over 79 countries over 10 years. He has no intention of returning home.

Perceptive Travel - Perceptive Travel is an online travel magazine filled with unique perspectives from around the globe, written by some of the best travel writers on the planet. Come here for authentic travel tales about interesting places, not for top-10 lists and tourism bureau advertorials.

The Professional Hobo - Nora Dunn sold her lucrative financial planning business, sold all her stuff, and embarked on a round-the-world vagabonding life. She shares her adventures on this fun site. (Nora is also a Senior Writer for Wise Bread and contributed lots of financial planning and budget travel articles to our money saving book.)

Song of the Open Road - Currently on year 9 of his global journey, Wade has ventured through over 30 countries on 5 continents, sometimes moving slow, sometimes moving fast. It's obvious that travel is his passion.

Travelvice - In December 2005, Craig Heimburger sold most of his possessions and took off for an extended travel adventure around the world. Join the journey by reading his travelogue, exploring the topics inside the Compendium, or perusing the Snapshots gallery.

Trek Hound - a web site for independent travelers. Here you will find information on travel literature, movies, travel tips, budget saving ideas, chronicles of past trips, food and lodging reviews, information on pet travel and much more.

Viator Travel Blog - The staff at Viator are passionate travelers. When they're not busy talking about their last trip, they're busy planning their next adventure. On Viator, they share their passion and inspire all of us to make that next trip.

Wanderlust and Lipstick - Wanderlust and Lipstick provides both the nervous newbie and the well-seasoned Wanderluster with all the tools needed to set out on a dream journey, whether to Paris, Peoria or Prague! Find travel stories to whet your appetite for adventures around the globe, read travel tips from experienced globetrotters, learn about Wanderlust and Lipstick-recommended travel gear; and salivate over the glorious photos in the WanderGallery submitted by travelers the world over.

Working Your Way Around the World - Between telecommuting, work visas and networking, it's perfectly possible to pick up and move to different parts of the world on a regular basis — and work along the way. We focus on jobs that you can be proud to put on your resume: from finding a job abroad to building a business of your own, we've got the resources you need.

Write Away! - Lauren Carter is an award-winning writer whose articles about trekking in Ecuador, searching out authentic tango in Buenos Aires, hiking the Matra Hills in Hungary, paddling Ontario's French River and discovering Toronto's West Queen West have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, the Toronto Star, and many more.

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Alex

Hi,

I have a site were there is a lot of info, on travling and odder things, so if you need help go in to this site....

http://www.thehottips.info/

Regards

Alex Nielsen

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Once you have found your pefect getaway go to theportbook.com to find out what to do for free.

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Really good list of sites here!

Families travelling with babies and small children should visit us at www.thebabyhirecentre.com

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Aaron

Nice list of travel sites there! There are definitely many opportunities for travelers to arm themselves with knowledge to help them save money.

I'd also recommend that you check out out GeckoGo as an additional travel website that can help you save money.

We'd fit into the Destination Guides and Travel Communities section as a collaborative travel guide featuring reviews, tips and advice from over 700,000 travelers on thousands of destinations. If you have a travel related question, you can also ask it on our site. The average question gets seven answers.

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Albert

Great list!
I just would add http://www.comparior.com that searches several top hotel websites at once and compares hotel rates.

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Magaluf

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Rudy

Hi there! You have a really great list.
I'd also recommend http://www.scannerhotel.com a great site that compares hotel prices on many hotel booking sites.
Should check it out!

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You left off another great site:

http://www.travelkini.com

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Amy

Thanks for the great list of resources. We've been putting off travel over the past year because we're trying to save money and it always seems like we can't afford it. There's some great inspiration here for the frugal traveler.

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m65

In the battle against conventional beliefs, Chris Guillebeau's blog focuses on three areas: Life, Work, and Travel. He writes about travel hacking in general and his journeys to more than 25 countries every year. So far he has visited more than 100 countries, and over the next four years intends to visit every country in the world. He's also an esteemed fellow member.

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flip

thanks for sharing... i've used some in my previous travels and i was able to save some money....

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Jeff

A nice tool to post your travel itinerary so you don't forget and your friends won't either:
www.sniptrip.com

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Talk about a comprehensive list. I hadn't heard of at least half of these sites. Frugal Traveler is a great one, as Sara C. mentioned.

Other tips for finding travel deals are to sign up for airline/car rental company/cruise line/hotel e-mail newsletter (lots of exclusive offers and sales) and follow them on Twitter and to check coupon sites for discounts (we have a 7% off Viator coupon and 10% off Orbitz hotel coupon).

Too many discounts exist on the web for you to pay full price when booking travel packages. Do some research and save! :)

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John Peter

That was an enormous list of information.

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Alexis

Thank you for this awesome list! I love hotwire for flights but you certainly pointed me in the right direction to find other ways to save! Thank you for sharing!

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There's a new travel community, give it a go!
www.blomap.com

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Tomo

Hotels Fairy is a great way to quickly find hotels and then get the cheapest prices. It is a hotel price comparison site so it scans all the big booking websites like travelocity and expedia and shows you the prices offered by each side by side. It's amazing how they all claim to be the cheapest but yet have really different prices for the same room type on the same dates. Check it out at hotels-fairy.com

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Here is another site with some excellent travel information and resource sites. Check it out if your looking to book a family vacation.

www.smart-travelers.com

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Another great family vacation resource site.

www.smart-travelers.com

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JSB

Great resource, if you're looking to volunteer abroad it's really important to research the organisation you're going with, the gap year and volunteering directories are great for this. I went away with Raleigh - http://www.raleighinternational.org - they're a great organisation who work on sustainable projects abroad, check them out if you're looking to do something really worhtwhile and also fun! Thanks for the great resource!

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Guest

Great list, just stumbled it.

I appreciate your time, this is great for those of us who must travel for a living.

Thanks!

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Together with Priceline, LastMinute and the other website you miss a small website that is growing really fast: http://www.easytobook.com where you can easily find hotel all over the word

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Jill

I saw a great website dedicated to cheap travel in NYC called www.nyc-visitor-discounts.com. It's written by a resident who gives cheap and discounted deals to theatre, hotels, tourist attractions, and just about everything.

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Here is another great travel site at www.smart-travelers.com. It has everything from Top 10 destinations, international travel, travel to America and some great tips and resources.

www.smart-travelers.com

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Great article. There are also a lot of different options for free summer activities. I created a list of free activities for this summer which includes free movies, free bowling, and free zoo or museum entry.

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Michela

You may want to add this travel site: a great resource for independent travellers looking for firsthand information and good travel tips about Australia:
http://www.rockytravel.net/blog.php

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Under "Cheap Flights and Accomodations," I would add Tripping (http://www.tripping.com). It's a site that helps global travelers connect with locals for, among other things, free home stays.

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Great list. I've not heard of some of these and I'm in month 9 of my global travel adventure! Look forward to trying some of them out...

For accommodations I'd like to add
crashpadder.com - global homestay directory
airbnb.com - similar, but includes other types of rooms too

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Gary

Great tips.The couchsurfing and istopover sites have been useful to me. also take a look at http://www.findcheapairfares.org. They have some good articles on saving money when traveling.

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Kash

Bookmarked lot of familiar and great sites there

But where is www.europebudgetguide.com: The Budget Travel Guide to Europe!!!

Cheers for sharing and say hello to me on twitter.com/budgettraveller

Ciao
Kash

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Juniper

homeaway.com is a great travel website. I used it to rent houses and apartments all over Europe this summer. I found a 4 bedroom older home in Western Ireland for $500 USD per week for summer rates, I found a 3 bedroom air-conditioned apartment in Rome for 7 persons for $100 euros per night. A 400 hundred year old farmhouse outside of Salzburg for $80 euros per night that slept 6 persons. All the accomodation was exceptional for the price and we got to visit out-of-the way and popular places cheaply.

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Kam

For free accommodations:

Tripping: a global network of travelers that makes it easy for travelers to connect with locals. The purpose is cultural exchange, but it's a great way to meet locals and benefit from free home stays.

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Mary C.

This is definitely some great information. I will have to bookmark this page. Another great site is http://www.aboutsavingyourmoney.com

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Good list. I would also suggest Oyster.com for in-depth hotel information for USA, similar to Trip Advisor.

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Robert

Great resource site!
Will definitely link back to you when writing future articles on my travel website.
Thanks

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I'd recommend Airlikes.com which is like Tripadvisor but for airlines and airports
http://www.airlikes.com

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If you are looking for a Family Vacation, here is a great website where they have compiled some great links and helpful information. It saved me time when trying to plan a trip this past summer.

www.smart-travelers.com

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David LaGuerre

Great list here - but would like to add http://www.hotelpepper.com

I used it to save on hotel bookings. For flights, skyscanner.net is good too as someone already mentioned

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Browse through almost all of those...really good collection!

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Sarah

This is a great list! Thank you for sharing! There are a few on here I had not heard of before, I will be checking their websites out for sure! I also found http://www.i4newyork.com if you are going to be doing some NYC specific travel and are looking for some good hotel deals and travel tips.

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One i would recommend is www.mydestination.com. They have local experts who live in the destinations that they cover and produce all of the content, which is multimedia rich and they also build relationships with local business owners in order to get great value deals.

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Great source for travel help but I am boycotting Travelocity! They were horrible to deal with to reschedule a flight. I was put on hold for literally 2 hours being passed from one person to another and in that time the price of my ticket went up twice.I kep trying to call back to get another representative and went through the same process. It took me hours of time until I eventually had to contact the top CEO of the company ( searching them on the internet not on the Travelocity website) and use the help of an ombudsman through National Geographic. I now deal with Expedia and use tripadvisor.

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Great list. Some of the travel sites mentioned here such as couch surfer etc are great resources that fly under the radar.

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One more resource I'd like to add is IgoUgo.com. IgoUgo is a travel site that focuses more on the local/cool offbeat destinations as well as your typical ones too. There are over 500k user travel photos that give you some good insight on locations and hotels from the user perspective and not fancy photoshop'd imagery to sell you into the hotel.

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Terry T

Smart list -- I feel like I saved money just reading it!

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tripinfo

Tripinfo.info
Get the info then go!

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Bijeeta

Nice collection of a large number of useful travel website, sure people will love to bookmark this page and definitely did so. Like WikiTravel most of the sites are very useful like Hostel Bookers, Budget Travel infact all of them. Thank you...

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Good list of sites, I will bookmark this page.

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Joe Lotes

For those visiting the South Boston Waterfront here is a great travel resource website.
http://www.bostonwaterfrontguide.com

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Kristen

This is AMAZING. I am an adventure budget backpacker and these will all come in handy. Thank you.

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This might be helpful for anyone travelling to London for the first time for the Olympics
http://cheapthingstodoinlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

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Anita Mac

I have been using Hostel Bookers for stays across Croatia - they have a great service. Have booked each stay only a few days before hand. I get great descriptions on how to find the hostel and have been very happy so far! Will keep using them now that they are on my radar!

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Cristina B.

Ow this are great resources for travel freaks like me. I love the closed communities like Friendschoices.com because the reviews are very reliable. Maybe it can be added here, although it might not help you save money but you can find great content.

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Love the list, there's another great site for backpacking: http://goatsontheroad.com/

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I used Tripolin for my last travel to Bahamas and it perfectly fit my budget. www.tripolin.com

Thanks for the list
Very useful!

David

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May be a good idea to also add to the list some websites that teach you some basics of the languages you will encounter during your travels. Numbers, greetings, times, dates etc.

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A low cost shipping company that specializes in sending excess luggage / baggage is www.sendmybag.com , they have the best prices and service in the industry. They will have your luggage collected from your door and shipped any where in the world, fantastic for students!

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Kosherica

I feel like if I did couch surfing it would be super sketch. Anyone try it before and enjoy it?

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Noobtraveler has been my favorite so far. he chats live with his readers

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Jennifer

You forgot Travel Explosion.

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Achilles

This tips really useful especially for those who have a planning to travel, here is your preparation!

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Debbie

Such a great list-- lots of great resources here!

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Frank

Very good list. As far as blogs, I would add Nomadic Matt who's got a lot of advice and deals for travelling cheaply:
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/

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Patrick

I found freehotelcoupons.com to have hotels that offered as much as 50% off if you're looking for last minute deals. They are based on availability like flying stand by but you can often save $10 or $20 dollars.

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Juandy

If you want more comfort and a moderate form of luxury, I think booking hotels via Agoda is quite amazing. Especially when you plan to travel to Southeast Asia regions.

It has a very large database of hotels with variety of choices and prices.

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Ruchita

Try out Travelopod.com, love the great deals they have on international air tickets and holidays. Specially if flying to India!

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add http://www.staydu.com

Stay with locals for work, for money or for free! Save a lot on accommodation

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Great list, this. I'd add the Thorn Tree Forum on the Lonely Planet site - if you need to know something, there is always someone there who can help you.

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J.P.

Great article! We just did something similiar regarding how to use some of these sites effectively. There are so many resources out there it's nice to have them compiled in one place. Thanks!

http://www.weekdaydreamer.com/how-to-use-travel-websites-effectively/

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Joguru.com is very useful when it comes to last minute itinerary planning.

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Phala Nettles

I fly my grandson home to florida quite often and I am always looking for cheap flights.

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Steve

What about www.herbergen.com? It's a search engine for cheap hostels all around the world for German-speaking travellers (versions in other languages are also available) with a databse of over 30000 hostels, no booking fees, pictures, articles, traveller reviews and a free SMS booking confirmation.

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Konrad

Great list! I've found the best combo to be using Kayak for search, but doing the actual booking on Obritz (for their new rewards system) with my Amex (best travel points). Also, I always optimize alternate routing (here is my post if interested: worldventureproject.com/travel-hacking-for-cheap-flights/) to either 1) consistently reduce the cost by a few hundred bucks, or 2) throw in a few more cities to visit along the way for the same price if I have time flexibility. Just shared this article with my blog followers!

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Eric

I have used giantbooking and budgettravel both are good enough for last minute booking service. List is helpful thought...

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Wander Wizard

Helpful list! You can also add www.forkroads.com to the list :)

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Christos

Travel ideas based on your budget @ flybreak

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Karthik

I guess seat61 is should also make the list.

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mad sad

great article

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robert lilley

my wife and kids and i were planning a trip to disney world, i did some research and found this ebook that saved us a ton of money, what a blessing

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You missed Travel-industry-dictionary, a great tool for deciphering travel industry jargon and acronyms.

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Dorota

There is also a new way to book a hotel room online. Try roomauction.com. Here you can choose a hotel, set your price for the place and travel for less!

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Irina

Thank you so much for useful information. There is also one more service that will help you to save you a fortune - roomauction.com. Here you can choose a hotel, set your price for the place and travel for less!

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Guest

Another great website you can add to this list is Obunia.com.
A kind of search engine for vacation rentals properties.

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Arpit

Awesome list here

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triptemptation.com - luxury travel website. Beautiful people, beautiful places ;)

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These look dangerously awesome!

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Jessica

I really like Cool Travel Guide! Another good deal site is dailytriphack

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jetfleet

This kind of travel related website are good source of information for the traveler it not only gives money saving tips but also provides details information.

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Jitendra

Hi All, Nepal is an adventure country of Everest and Buddha. Nepal is still safe for trekking, tour and travel, adventuretrekkingtour

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The RV equivalent if Home Exchange rvworldwide. Accommodation and Transport!

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Md Sarwar

Joy Travels Pvt Ltd,complete and reliable worldwide travelers. Great resource for learning about your destination cities before you start planning a trip.they share their passion and inspire all of us to make that next trip.

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Charlie @ Bout India

Thanks for sharing the list, it is of great value.
As a partner of tour and travel company Bout India Tours Pvt. Ltd. I use many of them myself to analyse the best deals and current market status so that my clients have best travel experience. We Provide a range of tour experience from individual to group tours and corporate as well as tours for production houses & women's only Tours, market analysis is a must.

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Always compare exchange rates too if getting holiday money - we always use holidaycurrencyexchange

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Under the cheap accommodations section BuyReservations.com is a great option. Nothings better than FREE. When you book a hotel through them they give you free long-term parking and round-trip transfers. All of their hotels are conveniently within close proximity to the airport or seaport.

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Andy

Car rental company (Colossos Rent A Car) in Rhodos Island, Greece. Offering competitive prices and free delivery from/to Rhodos Diagoras Airport and Resorts is http://www.rhodosrent.com

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Daniel

Really useful list of travel websites. I think http://tripedia.info should be in the list.

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Alexandre

To Hawaii I would suggest the Hawaii Smart Guide.
website: hawaiismartguide.com it work like magic on my trip to Hawaii last year, with great tips and alot of local business to check.

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Kamala

Please add :- www.smilengo.org , it is one of the best site for volunteer traveling India.

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you should add Cheepadvisor.com - it's my favorite website for budget traveling so far and the only one that goes to the point!