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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Olivia

Great resource! I Digg'd it! Thanks!

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You left off another great site:
www.compete4yourseat.com

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Tasha

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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Carrie

UpTake is a great site too (www.uptake.com) because it aggregates reviews from ALL the review sites like TripAdvisor, etc. It even gives a hotel or attraction an overall rating based on the aggregated reviews.
OK, I write for them, so I might be a little biased. But since I learned about the site I have found it very helpful.

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The Frugal Traveler is one of my favorites. We've been thinking about this issue a lot this week--especially as it pertains to luxury travel, since there are great deals out there (if you have more cash than I do...)

http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/05/14/downturn-deals-luxury-travel-for...

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Just one of our features is the ability to notify you BEFORE prices go down on all the major OTAs you listed. Want to be first in the queue when a really good airfare deal comes along ? Sign up for email alerts at farecompare.

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Thanks for putting the list together. You can also add http://www.ueatcheap.com for cheap places to eat. Also, check out http://www.ustaycheap.com for cheap places to stay.

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Thanks for great list !

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Thanks for the list, I hope it is ok to link to this from my website, with inspiration and tips for travelling to Sweden. Nowadays because of the currency situation Sweden is also a cheap destination comparing to e.g the other Nordic countries.
Thanks and best regards
Britt-Marie Andrén
Travel Gate Sweden

Ps Found you from Twitter!

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Ctrip if you're travelling within China.

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BestTravelDeals.net is the only travel deals based social voting website that allows travel providers a free platform to showcase their offerings and travelers the opportunity to vote on, review and share deals.

Another great site is airfarewatchdog.com - sends you all the deals from your home airport.

Great list maybe you can do a follow on with some of the additional sites suggested.

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Wendy

Hi there! You have a really great list. As a travel agent I use many of them myself. I wanted to add to your list epinions.com. You can get reviews here on almost anything you want to purchase, including travel. It has tabs for computer software, books, cars, office supplies you name it. I was just introduced to this website and I will definitely be using it to aid me in finding my clients the perfect fit for whatever their travel need is. Check it out. I think you will find it a really cool website!

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Awesome list thanks for sharing

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Tilak

Useful list...Thanks!

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massimo palmieri

add skyscanner.net, it's the best place to find cheap airline tickets

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ctreit

What a great list. Thanks for compiling it. We did not know many of the sites you listed. We will sure use it in the future.

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Interesting list, you should review www.tratoz.com , the Site of travel sites that group the best ressources on the web by destination or travels topics.

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Fiona

Don't forget to check out TravelMuse where you can find destination inspiration and plan your trip!

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Sian

Hi Lynn!
Great article! I just wanted to let you know about trivago. trivago is a great site that compares hotel prices on over 40 hotel booking sites. Should check it out! :)

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Short term travel is outrageously expensive. Thanks for the savings ideas and websites.

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Overland

This is a really fantastic list! I'll be sure to pass it on to people looking for cheap travel deals.

I have one question though - what overland travel deals or tour operators?

It's becoming more and more popular and I'd like to see what you come up with ;)

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Tom

ExpertFlyer.com is the only source for tracking and being alerted to when you can use your frequent flyer miles for awards (free tickets) and upgraded tickets for 20 airlines. I would say that is a money saving service when it can save you from having to spend any money at all!

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Adioso.com is like Google for cheap flights. Very handy.

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Great list, useful resource for any one trying to travel on the cheap....

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This is a good site for anyone travelling solo - Solo Travel

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Lara

Great list!
I just would add www.letmebook.com, the guy searches for the cheapest flights and emails you a link to the best results - for free.

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Exciting list. Thanks for sharing and compiling such a list.

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Chris

hi lynn ... thank you soooo much for compiling this list. I really appreciate all that you've done to gather these resources into one place. There are several people i'll be forwarding your piece to.

i hope you have a great weekend - again, thanks so much for this rich and textured compilation. chris.

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rishab

If you planning to take a trip to India don't forget to make your trip adventurous by making the Mighty Muscular SUV Mahindra Scorpio as your travel vehicle. http://www.mahindrascoprio.com

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shamu

A good site for free things to do and see on Hawaii is:

www.trailblazerhawaii.com

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I'm with Massimo! Skyscanner.net is great for finding flights with budget airlines (mainly in Europe, last time I checked though). It pulls prices/schedules from the budget airlines (easyJet and Veuling etc). Example: I used it to get from Athens to Casablanca, via Madrid, so I bought 2 tickets, but it was still cheaper than any other carriers.

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Telkom

I've been using skyscanner but will try out some others now as well, thank you for the list!

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Hi Lynn:

This is a great site! I had no idea there were so many ways to travel "on the Cheap." Thank you for all of your research.

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If you interested in a home exchange vacation to save on accommodation costs take a look at the offers listed at
1st Home Exchange

You'll find home exchange offers in over 130 countries.

For a comprehensive tips guide to home exchanging you'll want to read:
66 Practical Home Exchange Tips

And for finding the best deal on airline tickets, try:
http://www.momondo.com

It often finds cheaper flights than other sites such as Kayak.com

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I definitely agree about TimeOut, I find them better than Frommers, though usually a good local blog is better than both. If I'm looking for a couple of quick ideas, and don't have time to trawl through the mega-resources like tripadvisor, I find urWurld helpful: http://www.urwurld.com.
No dodgy reviews from covert marketing people and often some good history pointers.

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But we won't take it personally. It is a good list - lots of our favorites are on it.

The Gator

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One of the most useful and fun sites Tripbase.com

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You left out one key player on online travel...GoNOMAD.com
http://www.gonomad.com Inspiration and links to plan your trip, since 2000.

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Here is a good budget planning guide telling you how much you need to travel in a lot of different countries...

Travel Budget Calculator

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I want to spread the word about this list and will mention it only my blog. This is great for my 'seniors' and anyone who wants to travel on less.

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Travelers may also want to check out V!VA Travel Guides. V!VA is different from most guidebooks in that we offer advice from hundreds of different sources and perspectives, while simultaneously updating our material as often as possible. How do we do this? The content found in our books comes directly from our website (www.vivatravelguides.com), where we invite professional writers, travel agencies and enthusiastic travelers across the globe to submit advice, reviews or other useful information. In this way, V!VA guides are constantly updating. So be sure to surf on over to our website and take a look. Who knows—your advice may be published in our next book!

The Chile Book will be out in September!

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collection of must-see great travel websites - thanks!

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You can add this website in your list as well http://www.boliday.com

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Stephanie

Thanks for the great list! I love couch surfing! Although I have used Hostelworld.com and I find them to be reliable and decent as well.

Another one to add to your travel guides is Tips For Costa Rica . It is a new guide coming out, and it is written by locals!

Thanks for the blog!

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Togfrog

Hey just wanted to let you fellow budget travel buddies know about our site that shows videos, maps and prices of adventure activities. A nice way to save money is by making sure that the things you try while traveling actually are worth your money and time.

Have fun

/morten

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LS

What website are you talking about? Sounds interesting because I've been searching for such a site with travel activities. I know a few similar I think but they were just not what I expected.

Cheers

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While you're home, you can save a lot of money trading your CDs, DVDs, Video Games and Books on Swapster. Points based trading system makes it free for all -- seller pays shipping. Start trading right away with free signup points, earn more points by selling your items for points.

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If you're just looking for a cheap place to stay (and aren't too concerned with the quality of the accomodations) I've found Damn Cheap Hotels to be a pretty good resource

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A fairly good and useful list, that would help anybody to find the holiday of their dreams and plan it to perfection.

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robb

i've tried hotwire before.
totally recommended.

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Hey, do you guys know this site? ProjecTravel.

From what I understand it's fairly new and they're launching with city blogs soon, but the articles and content they have is definitely very interesting. Been following them for a while.

Oh yeah, I also think that from this list, there are definitely better and newer travel communities. Igougo for example is old and poorly executed, but that's just my 2 cents.

Best,
Tom

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What about laterooms.com? My wife and I use it all the time to book weekends away and we have found it to be cheaper than lastminute on almost every occasion we have used it.

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Here is a good resource of you are thinking about heading downunder

http://travelmagazineaustralia.com/

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Travel

One of the best resources for Travel and Holiday Insurance and people should always remember to take medical cover in case they fall ill!

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TravelMuse is a great travel resource - your one-stop shop for building itineraries, booking flights and accommodations, and researching travel themes and activities.

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I'd like to say my site is good for a travel resource. I've been traveling for 3 years on a budget.

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Andy M

Thanks for the great list. I use another site not listed here which is reliable, and cheaper than some of the other choices for hostels and budget places to stay:

http://www.hosteltraveler.com

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thanks for sharing! this list will be very helpful in our upcoming trips!

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Hostelio

I really enjoy using trivago, which is a hotel price comparison site, where you can also find unbiased travel information. They now have an US site, so why not take a look?!

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Seb

For adventure travellers out there, one of the best resources is http://www.beouthere.com . They provide adventure travel reviews on most of the worlds adventure travel providers. Very useful if you don't want a nasty shock before parting with your hard earned cash!

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Truly is a great list. Thanks for the effort. Those looking for hotels should also check out hotelicopter (www.hotelicopter.com). It's a great hotel search engine that fetches prices from 30+ sites.

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Steve

Great List but what about Bed and Breakfasts you can find some pretty good deals and a lot of the inns owners will negotiate on price for longer stays.

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here is one more that should be on the list...

http://www.AwardWallet.com

Track your points and miles for free. Also, get expiration notifications and consolidate your itineraries.

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Very nice list. Just retweeted this!

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A lovely collection where I find all the sites that I was searching most. Really a fantastic job.

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Ian

Among all the websites, I've found both TripAdvisor and WikiTravel to be very helpful in planning my trips. I for one do not rely on tour packages and such because I like to go at my own pace and discover things on my own.

I usually use this other website RoomR8.com to do some price comparison for hotel reservations and it does a good job in helping me decide on which is best. What I like about it is isn't as cluttered as other websites and it does what it says it does. Also like its listing of attractions and where they are in relative to the hotel's location on the map.

Cheers,
Ian

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We used roomr8.com for our last visit to Thailand two weeks ago which was one hell of a holiday. We love backpacking from city to city and managed to find some really good deals from the website! The website is easy to navigate and perfect for making comparisons.

Still cant believe this holiday is almost over.
This is Becky and Ben signing off from an amazing adventure...

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I'd also recommend www.worldhelplink.com. It has links to affordable ways to help abroad.

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FatPassport is another resource - it can help you figure out where to go and when and, most importantly, let's you choose how important price is so you can not only find a cheap vacation, but a cheap vacation somewhere really cool.

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Traveling_Mike

Try out Travel Droppings. They provide funny photo essays from past trips as well as have info on how to work and travel abroad. It's cool...

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Has anyone ever checked out www.travel-the-globe-now.com?

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I really like http://www.ReserveMyHome.com for Vacation Rentals in Lake Tahoe. Fast and easy booking with great customer service.

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Gary

A great site, here is another link to Experience South Africa and the Soccer World Cup.
Get your tickets and book your Trip.

Book your African Adventure and save.

Hope to see you at the Soccer World Cup.

gary

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Kim

What a great list! This is incredibly useful.

For New York City trips, I recommend http://www.yourfriendin.com. It's just a wonderful service: have a New Yorker help you plan your trip and develop your itinerary. Their people really seem go the extra mile and make the whole planning process easy and stress-free.

I wish they had this in other cities too.

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I personally use always expedia.com to book a vacation

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Hey there

Thank you for a great way to start my cheap vacation. I also found a really god way to find the cheapest airline tickets. it's a small website called www.momondo.com check it out if you wanna spare some money on your flight tickets.

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I spend allot to time on the road, almost 200 days a year. Consequently, I spend allot of time on travelsites. In the last few years I have noticed that many travel sites are becoming watered down clones of each often offering rates that are very similiar in prices. With that being said, I would be remiss if I didnt mention one new kid on the block that seems to offer decent rates. http://www.hoteltattler.com Enjoy consider it my late Christmas present

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Laurie

Check out Budget Your Trip for a great budget planning and tracking resource.

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Great list, just stumbled it.

I just launched a travel community called TrippyDoo & hope to see it here one day, next to Tripadvisor :)

I'd appreciate your opinion if you have time, here's the link: http://trippydoo.com

Thanks!

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Another great site I have used not necessarily to book my travel but to research it is InsiderPerks.com

They are creating a resource and collection of high quality professional travel videos from destinations all around the world so you can see where you are going before you get there. The best part is they go in-depth and don't just feature overview videos although this is still a work in progress. They have videos on specific museums, amusement parks, hotels, restaurants etc.

Photos can only show you so much.. Video never lies.

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Sorry I meant to post a working link the site.. Insider Perks.

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Robbo

I like http://roomwizard.co.uk for hotel bookings but have also found a few deals on ebay !

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Jeff

Very informative thanks for sharing.

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FlightsPortal.Com Cheap Flights World Wide,

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WizAd

Great list, I've bookmarked this page for when I plan my next trips. :)

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maryjohn

This is really a nice collection of various travel sites. It is well categorized too, and in this way it enhances it's usability.
If some one has to travel to India then he can use a site Travel Consultant to India, the specialty of this site is that it focuses on India tourist destinations.

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Now with the poularity of the MTV show Jersey Shore. Lots of people are booking vacations in towns like Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and Lavallette. For a great website for rentals in this area, click the link below.
New Jersey Shore Rentals

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wow great list. thanks for sharing. in my view lonely planet and trip advisor is one of the best one.

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Andrea

This is a really good list of great websites. I would even saying that they are the biggest and complete travelsites of the web.

However I know this modest travelsite dealing with a href="http://www.bookhotelsinrome.com"> Hotels in Rome

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Hello, the right link is: Hotels in Rome

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Wow I had never heard of most of these. I usually use orbits but it seems they are getting more and more pricey.

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wow. we don't need look and search other place for travel web site. you have work very hard to find out these huge list. thanks for sharing

Nepal travel

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Michiel

Great site!

There's one great hotel site missing. The thing is, I forgot the name, so maybe you guys can help me out.

This perticular site asks you the arrival date and check-out date, and price range, then they send you a phone number from a certain hotel (which is being kept secret to you). If you'd like to book it, you just call the number, and you have your room. The cool thing is that you can end up with a decent 2 star hotel, or a 5 star hotel all for the same price.

Anybody knows what I'm talking about, please help me! Thanks!

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Amazing I never thought that i will ever find such a list.. but here it is..

It will may save me a lot...

thanks

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thanks for share,it helps me much.

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this is very good

i also want to join .... do whatever u wanna do ... let me join it

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Thanks for providing this very useful list of sites. It is not only useful for me alone (in costcutting for my own trips) but I will also send information about this page to my newsletter subscribers. I am sure they will find it as beneficial as I do.

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Preetha

CGH Earth is a hotel and resort chain offering responsible tourism for Kerala ayurveda and experiential holidays whose focus is on ecotourism and authentic celebrations of unique local ecologies, cultures, lifestyles, wildlife and cuisine- visit kerala for the experience of a lifetime.

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I am planning to visit some other parts outside of China, but I was thinking of how to save money, since my budget is not that enough.

These travel websites are very useful and money-saving