Travel Sites
With so many travel sites available, what do you use to book your trip?
Travelocity and Expedia: Did you know that Expedia owns Travelocity? Both are fairly transparent when it comes to booking. In fact, there is a feature they use to make sure you understand what you’re getting before you book.
Trip Advisor, the parent of SmartTravel, is probably best known for its hotel reviews. Now, those ratings apply to airlines as well. You may not get the best prices here, but it does give you the option to book with Expedia and Travelocity. I’ve noticed you can also put in non-stop when looking for flights.
Google Flights is a powerful site. Its metasearch capability has no ads. You can give your departure and arrival airports and it will show you prices and dates. It also allows you to get emails and updates. If your dates are flexible, this is a great one to check out.
Kayak has been around since somewhere in the mid-2000s. It’s still one of the most powerful metasearch sites. I like the alert option when I’m searching for flight and their prices.
BookIt.com has many features that others have with one exception. They use a chart instead of a scroll down feature. It just makes it easer to compare, in my opinion.
One Travel is similar to Google Flights in the calendar search method. However, keep in mind they do charge a service fee of up to $35 per ticket.
Travelzoo lets you search broad timelines like this week, next month, or later this fall. You can enter a month or a season.
There are more available. I’d like to hear what you use and what you like.