- SniqueAway.com - limited time discounts on hotels (by invitation only)
- TabletHotels.com - boutique hotels
- JetSetter.com - insider prices on vacations
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
"Private Sale" Travel Sites
Monday, January 10, 2011
Fitness
- IdeaFit.com/fitness-boot-camps - find a fitness boot camp near you
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Other Travel Sites
- Zicasso.com - specialty travel companies
- Translate.Google.com - use on web-enabled phone while traveling
- XE.com - currency exchange calculator
- MapQuest.com - can add custom resources (gas stations, restaurants, etc) to your maps
- Maps.Google.com/streetview - quick look at where you're going before you get there
- HopStop.com - directions for public transportation in major tourist areas
- WebFlyer.com - maximize your frequent-flier miles
- BestParking.com - search for cheap, off-airport parking
- PromotionalCodes.com - look for discount codes under "Travel"
- CouponWinner.com - look for discount codes under "Travel"
Cruises
- VacationsToGo.com - offers extras passed on by cruise lines to the biggest booking agents
- CruisesOnly.com - booking site
- CruiseStar.com - booking site
- CruiseBrothers.com - booking site
- Cruise.com - booking site
- OnlineVacationCenter.com - booking site
- CruiseCritic.com - cruise reviews
- PortCompass.com - alternative shore excursions
- ShoreTrips.com - alternative shore excursions
Home Rentals
- HomeAway.com - contact owners directly and negotiate price
- VRBO.com - alternative to above
- Zonder.com - another alternative
- Rentalo.com - similar site to the above
- SecondPorch.com - similar to above but with social networking features
- AirBNB.com - room rentals
Hotels
- HotelsCombines.com - searches obscure discounters in addition to the major players
- GetARoom.com - blind bidding similar to Priceline and Hotwire
- BetterBidding.com - advice from travelers on Priceline/Hotwire/etc bidding
- BiddingForTravel.com - advice from travelers on Priceline/Hotwire/etc bidding
Car Rentals
- AutoSlash.com - also alerts you if rates drop after you've booked
- BreezeNet.com - includes local, smaller companies also
Airfare
- Kayak.com - supports multi-hop itineraries
- Fly.com - meta site
- FareCompare.com - meta site
- AirfareWatchdog.com - manual searches by actual people
- Momondo.com - Leaves no stone unturned (includes high-speed European train routes)
- Dohop.com - broad, impartial search
- Bing.com - price predictor
- STATravel.com - for students
- StudentUniverse.com - for students
- Hipmunk.com - sorts according to "agony" index (price, length of flight, number of connections, etc)
- InsideTrip.com - evaluates by legroom, aircraft age, on-time performance, etc
- Yapta.com - alerts you if rates dropped after you've booked
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