If you are looking for a flight, make sure to check out AirfareWatchDog.com.  I had never heard of the site before, but I read about it the other day and then someone recommended it to me today.

Since I am looking for a round trip flight in August to the west coast, I am open to using all possible sites to find the lowest price.

Once thing I really like about AirfareWatchDog.com is that I can set up an email alert based on the exact trip I am looking for.  I'm…

Skyscanner.com is a site I had never heard of until a friend said she uses it a lot to find cheap flights.  She told me it was Skyscanner.net, but when I searched for it, it took me to Skyscanner.com.

I just did a search for a flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco in August.  The best part was I was able to search for the entire month of August to see the different prices throughout the month.  Since my trip is flexible, this is a nice feature.

What I…

I think I have found the best priceline bidding strategy.  Most budget travelers know that when you are looking for a cheap hotel or flight deal on priceline, their name your own price feature delivers good prices, but also a difficult process of bidding and rebidding.

In order to have the best bidding strategy, you need to start thinking like a Wall Street investment bank.  The investment banks figured out long ago that prices change so fast that no human bidding strategy…

What is the goal of cheap travel?  It really comes down to two things.  Either you are trying to save money or you are trying to extend the time you can stay on vacation.

First, some people have to travel as cheaply as possible becasue the don't have a lot of money.  For other people, they might be able to afford a luxury resort, but they go with a cheap hotel becasue they would rather invest the money or buy something else.  No matter why you want or need to save money,…