How to Take a Great Vacation

 
 
How to:
Find the Right Flight
Search 1) Find your desired flight
Search 2) Find the Cheap Flight
Search 3) Find alternative Flights
 
(just for the hell of it) Find that Dirt Cheap Deal
 
Choose a Hotel
Find the Good Hotel Deals
 
Rent a Car
Book a Train
Book a Bus
Book an Airport Transfer or Limo
Book a Guided Tour Package
 
Find Excursions and Tours
Use Ticketmaster to your Advantage
 
Decide how to book it all
Choose a Site to Book it On
Choose a Package
Understand Consolidators/Scanners
Use a Travel Agent
 
Book a Cruise
 
 
Finding the Right Flight
What do I mean by "the right flight"? That depends on you. The right flight for you is going to be different than me because our priorities are going to be different. My priority might be to just find the absolute cheapest price, whereas your biggest priority might be to get there at a specific time or to fly on a specific airline.
 
I have developed a specific strategy, or process for finding "the right flight" that will cover you regardless of what your priorities are. It's step by step and pretty easy if I say so myself. It involves the following steps;
  1. Fill out and print the Flight Checklist so you know exactly what you are looking for. It's a short list of items, but it's so easy to forget to look at one of them when you are researching flights. Just keep it handy and run down the list each time you do a search.
  2. Print the Flight Comparison Sheet to make notes of the flights you find and keep track of where you found them.
  3. Follow the Comparison Sheet and the links to left under Finding the Right Flight and do each of the3 searches. Even if you aren't interested in one of the topics, do the search anyway. It wont hurt to spend a couple minutes doing the search and could either save you a bunch of money or get you on a better flight.
  4. Once you have all the information, review your options and then you can make the decision that fits your needs and priorities the best.
 
Pretty simple, right? Go for it...
 
 
 
Related Stuff
Air Travel Basic
Flight Comparison Sheet
Flight Checklist
Best & Worst Airlines and Airports
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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