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December is one of those months where extra expenses seem to crop up all over the place, so hopefully these money saving tips will help take the sting out of your travel budget.
There’s still another week or so before the mad frenzy of holiday travel begins, and right now the planes are generally not full. This […]
After a couple of weeks away, Money Saving Travel Tips is back!
Here are this week’s tips:
Stay flexible with your travel dates and times. Sometimes moving your departure or return date by a day or two will save you money. And don’t forget to price out morning flights and evening flights. If you’re searching fares online […]
I’m traveling out of the country right now, and it’s been hard to find a consistent time to write. Changing time zones isn’t a problem for me, as I do it often enough.
What’s been a challenge, is that I’m in a room overlooking the ocean, and it’s 80-some degrees out. So my writing schedule is […]
Here are this week’s Money Saving Travel Tips:
Share your frequent flyer miles with your traveling companion. Some airlines allow you to transfer miles from your account to another. A service charge may apply, so do the math to make sure you come out ahead, but if it gets you a free ticket or an upgrade […]
Every business and industry has its own special language. Sometimes it’s full of acronymns, other times just jargon.
USA Today takes a humorous look at the jargon of travel. My favorite:
Yield management n. a sophisticated technological mechanism used by airlines and other travel companies to determine fair pricing; also known as dart board
Some of it may […]
Do you like hanging around in an airport because you’re flight has been delayed? Or maybe you like continuously circling the airport pick up drive because a flight that was said to be “on time” wasn’t?
Yeah, those are some of my favorite ways to spend time, too!
Sometimes, unfortunately, it’s unavoidable. But there are lots of websites […]
Here are this week’s money saving travel tips:
When you make your hotel reservations, ask if there are any add-on fees that will be charged to the rate that you are quoted. There are always taxes charged, and while you may not like paying them, but the state and/or city government legally levies them, and there’s […]
One of the easiest ways to get an upgraded seat on an airplane, or room at a hotel, is to simply ask. It won’t work every time, but when it does, you’ll be glad that you tried it.
Your approach is important. This is not the time to try to impress anyone with how important you […]
With so many amenities having gone by the wayside, and others that were once free now being sold, it’s hard to keep track of what you’re going to get, or not get, once you get on that airplane.
USA Today provides a nice chart outlines the amenities available on 18 U.S. carriers. It covers food and […]
Although I prefer to do most of my travel research and actual booking online, there are occasions when a direct call to the airline or hotel reservation center is desired.
Here are five tips that will help you reduce the annoyance factor, and make the phone process more efficient and courteous:
Place your call at a non-peak […]
Travel information, tips, and destination suggestions from a Flight Attendant.
Written by Mary Jo Manzanares [email] for b5media.
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