Sunday, October 21, 2007

Best Price Flights

When I was searching the internet to book flights, hotel and car hire, I looked at loads of so called best price vacation deals.
I did not rush in and book through the first website with what seemed the best offer as I was getting better prices almost every day.
I waited to 10 days before my leaving date to make my booking.
From Glasgow to Las Vegas, Hotel for one week and a car ( large enough to take two cases and a wheelchair in the trunk.) for one week.
Returning from Memphis to Glasgow. I just waited untill I was in Las Vegas to book my flights to Memphis.
If you can be flexible with your departure date and returning date you can get a much better deal.
I searched leaving on a Monday and returning on a Sunday for my two weeks.
The actual deal that I booked departed on a Sunday and returned on a Monday giving me a full two weeks away. It took over a day to get there and the same on the way home.
By taking the extra day each way for travelling I managed to save £153 per person.
That is approximately $600 for starters.
By booking the hotel online I saved another £180 = $360.
Ny hired car was another very good deal as it cost one third of what I paid for a similar car at Memphas Airport.
The main reason I did not book a car for my second week was I may have stayed on for a few days extra.

BEST PRICE VACATIONS

I phoned the Airport for flight information and prices from Las Vegas to Memphis and managed to save another $400 = £200 by actually driving to the airport to book. If I had just taken the price and flights quoted on the phone I would have been ripped off again.
The exact same vacation, taken at the exact time on the same flights, with the same car hir and hotel could have cost me almost $2,000 more.
It pays to search.

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