Traveling on the cheap

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

hello all! Now that tax season is winding down, my brain will start to function more normally shortly! And with springtime technically in full swing, a lot of folks start thinking about planning summer vacations…so I thought I would talk about 2 of my favorite websites for saving money and headaches!

First off is www.travelzoo.com. Sign up for their Top 20 deals and get an email once a week of excellent deals for domestic hotels, domestic & international flights as well as shows & events all over the country. If you are the kind of family who ends up last minute planning your vacations because of work, school/sports commitments, this is the site for you.

Once you find a deal, but before you book, I encourage you to check out www.tripadvisor.com. This site has saved us from many a headache and disappointment from booking what we thought would be “good” hotels. TripAdvisor is a website where regular people write review about their vacations, hotels, etc. and some even post photos so you can see what places really look like, not what their brochures have to say!

Have to be short since we are having visitors from overseas this week and the house needs a major clean-up. If anyone else can chime in with favorite travel websites, please do so!

Copyright 2008-2009 Kristin Delfau, author of Turbo-Mom's Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time a womens' personal finance book, and Aji Publishing.

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