Comments on: Stop Chasing Cheap Flights To Really Save Money On Travel

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:03:50 +0000

It’s great when technology works for you – as it should be! 50% is a pretty great discount for some patience 🙂

Also another good point about traveling as a family – I can see the totals adding up rather quickly with children on board 😉

By: Brandon Pearce

Brandon Pearce — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:07:00 +0000

Great advice! I often spend too much time checking prices. Although the automatic rate notifier from Kayak has been very handy. I recently saved quite a bit on a flight because I was patient enough to wait until the daily e-mail notifications had a fare that was almost 50% less than the normal rate.

I have to say, though, that flights are definitely the most expensive part of travel for me because I have an entire family of 4 (soon to be 5) to pay for. A $300 ticket becomes a $1200 or $1500 ticket very easily. Whereas prices on hotels don’t increase so significantly with extra people. So it’s worth it to me to spend some time to save on flights.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:59:06 +0000

In reply to travelpology. Absolutely! One expensive meal can easily be equivalent to 25% of your flight costs or more.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:32:58 +0000

In reply to Federico. Thanks for the vote of confidence Federico, it could be a bummer otherwise to find a very low fare right after!

By: Jeremy B

Jeremy B — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:28:17 +0000

In reply to Charles McCool. I believe this is a great idea. As much as I love bargain hunting for airlines, I tend to struggle to find good deals on lodging.