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Our Top 3 Travel Booking Hacks That Saved Us Hundreds On Flights And Hotels
There are lots of travel booking hacks that can save you tons of money when traveling, and in fact, we’ve tried most of them too. We’ve used the incognito mode when booking flights or even booked the last minute to see if there are indeed special deals.
However, there are three tried-and-tested hacks that we’ve been using, and it has worked for us all the time. They’re not complicated hacks but it has saved us hundreds of dollars on flights and hotel bookings.
1. Travel Booking Hack #1 – Check One-way Flights First
Most flyers would suggest that round-trip flights are always cheaper than one-way flights, but that’s not always the case. Always check one-way flights first whenever you’re flying within the USA. Search engines are programmed to find routes on the same carrier so you aren’t really given cheaper options.
For example, you found a really cheap deal on American Airlines for a flight from New York to Dallas, but that doesn’t mean that the way back on the same airline would be the cheapest deal too. We’re not saying that one-way flights are cheaper but what we suggest that you compare them first. Use flight search engines like Skyscanner or Kayak to easily compare flights.
2.) Travel Booking Hack #2 – Purchase Tickets At The Airport
You can save up to $17.99 each-way when you purchase tickets from lowcost carriers at the airport. Why? It’s because carriers like Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines charge you fees when you book online. This hack is going to save you a lot of money, especially if you’re traveling as a group.
Take note that you should buy your tickets in advance and not on the day of your flights. Allocate some time for it because it’s worth your buck.
3.) Travel Booking Hack #3 – Negotiate Airbnb Rates
If you don’t have an Airbnb account yet, you can sign up for one and get $24 off your first stay or experience. You can easily save up to hundreds of dollars on Airbnb bookings if you contact the host directly. Click the “contact host” button when you’re on the booking page and ask for a custom offer.
We suggest that you try negotiating with new hosts because they’re the ones who’ll most likely give discounts. New hosts are after reviews so they’ll lower their prices just to get bookings.
Bonus Tip: Get A Travel Credit Card
We would always advise our travel concierge clients to pick the right travel credit cards for their needs. There various cards offered by different issuers and a lot of them have great travel benefits such as insurance, travel credits, trip-delay reimbursements, and more. What’s great about travel credit cards is you earn points or miles which you can use to book discounted or FREE flights and hotel stays.
If you want to learn more about how to get FREE flights and stays, you can sign up for our travel concierge and get unlimited credit card and travel assistance for one year.
Try using these travel booking hacks the next time you travel. It’ll save you a good amount of money which you can spend on other flights.
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