All Posts Tagged With: "Travelocity"

I’m taking a little trip to the West Coast (of Florida that is, which is only an hour’s flight from my pad) next weekend for a little fishing with the guys!

Your old penny-pinching buddy (that’s me, I hope) isn’t going to drive there either (even though it would be much cheaper … I must be going insane)! That’s right I’m hopping a flight over, because I just got a great deal on my tickets (thanks to my one guy [see above] and his sweet job in the travel industry). So anyways, I’ve just spent the last couple of hours trying to book everything and I know better than to get the hotel/car rental package, because that’s a pure crock of s$%t that most people are still falling for (important note: you should be getting these two services separately if you want to save).

Being ripped off is a common occurrence in this day and age of customer service, and I think it stems from companies not caring about the ones who keep them in business anymore! First off, they continue to pay rude people minimum wage salaries (this is a deadly combo in itself) and then they carry on the tradition of lying about what they can and can’t do to solve any problems that you might run across while you’re dealing with their lousy disservice. This is why most travelers still operate under the delusion that car rental rates are all the same, and that shopping around is just a huge waste of time and resources. But guess what … these rates DO vary greatly between companies and destinations!

Watch out for these little money makers (for the rental agency, not you) that everyone else seems to fall for when renting a car: Continued

Flying home for the holidays this year? Better read this first …

This holiday season is going to be filled with both good and bad news for budget-minded travelers. The bad news is that fares are much higher than usual (whatever that means, right?) flight capacity is way down and any last-minute deals are becoming scarcer to get (at least, that’s the way I’m seeing things). The good, no great, news is that if you’re the frugal type that likes to do your homework and plan ahead, you’re more than likely going to save (or have already saved, for you early-birders) as much money as physically possible in these trying times — where the airlines are just not getting “it” in our struggling economy (note: their latest “add-on” charges haven’t dropped a cent).

You’re a family man, and you’re not going to cancel your holiday plans of flying home to see everyone, I get that! So, why let the economy get you down? Why even contemplate the thought of not being able to visit your family members and old friends? That, my pal, is the single-biggest reason for travel this time of year, so do yourself a huge favor and go for it, while at the same time not breaking your bank! The following will help you out with that issue: Continued