The best travel sites page was put together because this economic downturn is putting the squeeze on the industry.

The best travel sites page was put together because this economic downturn is putting the squeeze on the industry.

This benefits your clients because they are not able to travel like before which in turn causes the cruise,hotel, airlines,etc to cut incredible deals in order to entice them back.

These travel websites are grouped into three type of travelers. Depending on the type of travel they want.

According to "Kiplinger.com" these are the best internet travel sites for deals.

Airfare

You can use the Buzz tool to search for trips that leave within a calender month, in six upcoming weekends or anytime.

If you don't have a specific destination in mind, Buzz lets you search by region,suh as the caribbean or Europe.

Book directly with the airline's websites to avoid additional booking fees for buying tickets in -person, by phone or through an online travel agent. Kayak

Best-deal traveler

Give your itininery, it will return a list of airfares with recommendations to either buy a ticket now or wait for a better day.

* Try departing on Tuesday or Wednesday and returning on a Saturday. these less traveled days often score the best deals.

Airfare Wacthdog is a good site to look for "fire sales",those special occasions when airfares offer unbelievable low rates. they also post fares from smaller airlines such as Southwest or Jetblue,etc.Kayak and Farecast usually don't.

International traveler Kayak is the best to handle this type of travel,if you are a frequent international traveler,Efares may be the right place to go. Platinum membership is $50 a year, but can be recouped in savings after a couple of flights especially on a trip to europe or Asia.

Farecast

Airfare Watchdog

Lodging

Trip advisor- is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use hotel review site, offering 20 million professional and amateur reviews of hotels in the U.S. and overseas.

*When booking a hotel, try picking up the phone and talking to an actual person(the manager). This may find you better deals,especially with the larger chains.

Call the local number instead of the chains toll-free listings. Airlines charge extra fees, up to $25,for processing phone orders. TripAdvisor

Best-deal traveler

The user specifies a star class, the duration of stay and a neighborhood in a metro area,then submit a bid.(The sites sells airline tickets and rental cars this way.)

Bids less than $100 a night on luxury lodgings are often sucessful.

Breadandbreakfast.com is a good site for inns.

Homeaway.com - is great to check on rental lodgings.

Priceline

BedandBreakfast

Homeaway

For International traveling

Late rooms.com- deals with last minute bargains at international hotels.

*When you pay your hotel room bill at checkout, be cautious if the clerk offers to convert your bill into U.S. dollars. Decline this offer because hotels usually charge higher exchange rates than banks charge through atm's or credit cards.

Villas International

Laterooms

Car rentals

Orbitz- includes rental car rates from seven of the most affordable car rental companies in the country including Alamo and Budget. They do not charge extra booking fees on car rentals as they do on plane tickets.

Hotwire-consistently offers lower rates because it doesn't disclose which rental company you're using until after you've paid.

International Traveling Auto Europe-is a rental car rate wholesaler that specializes in pre-paid international rentals.

These are considered 3 of the best travel sites.

Orbitz
Hotwire
AutoEurope

Vacation Packages

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