Comments on: Getting the best travel deal? (Part 1) http://mrfeedback.net/blog/2008/08/15/getting-the-best-travel-deal-getting-the-best-deal-part-1/ your business is my business! Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: How to save even more when you travel? (C) | Mr Feedback http://mrfeedback.net/blog/2008/08/15/getting-the-best-travel-deal-getting-the-best-deal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-627 How to save even more when you travel? (C) | Mr Feedback Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:14:15 +0000 http://mrfeedback.net/blog/?p=123#comment-627 [...] can find these posts in my Getting the best travel deal posts here and here. In this post, I will address some hidden costs which you could be saving when travelling [...] [...] can find these posts in my Getting the best travel deal posts here and here. In this post, I will address some hidden costs which you could be saving when travelling [...]

]]> By: Raja Devanathan http://mrfeedback.net/blog/2008/08/15/getting-the-best-travel-deal-getting-the-best-deal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Raja Devanathan Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:48:34 +0000 http://mrfeedback.net/blog/?p=123#comment-567 During my research I found expedia.com.au to be most consistent, and travel.com.au (which I have not included in my post, because I did not extensively use it). I basically got a quote from expedia.com.au and went straight to the travel agent. There is a lot of variability because of two most important factors: 1) taxes and surcharges charged (these can vary on a daily basis), 2) fuel surcharges and costs (can vary depending on the hour). I noticed that even with expedia.com.au, price varied depending on the time of day, day of the week. Generally, weekends are more expensive. Monday and Tuesday are the cheapest. Of course peak and off peak rates also come into account. However I would certain try a few different sites including airline companies to get the best price. I checked websites regularly, mainly because I was arranging my finances before I bought it. If had I bought it earlier, I would have saved about 20 bucks extra. This was because I waited approx 10 days before buying it, by that time fuel prices shot up. My next blog post explains a bit more about how to save money (how to avoid credit card surcharge, but still collect points etc). I am an avid reader of current news, and you will find some great tips and websites in the travel section of your newspaper. During my research I found expedia.com.au to be most consistent, and travel.com.au (which I have not included in my post, because I did not extensively use it). I basically got a quote from expedia.com.au and went straight to the travel agent.

There is a lot of variability because of two most important factors: 1) taxes and surcharges charged (these can vary on a daily basis), 2) fuel surcharges and costs (can vary depending on the hour).

I noticed that even with expedia.com.au, price varied depending on the time of day, day of the week. Generally, weekends are more expensive. Monday and Tuesday are the cheapest. Of course peak and off peak rates also come into account.

However I would certain try a few different sites including airline companies to get the best price.

I checked websites regularly, mainly because I was arranging my finances before I bought it. If had I bought it earlier, I would have saved about 20 bucks extra. This was because I waited approx 10 days before buying it, by that time fuel prices shot up. My next blog post explains a bit more about how to save money (how to avoid credit card surcharge, but still collect points etc).

I am an avid reader of current news, and you will find some great tips and websites in the travel section of your newspaper.

]]> By: Porag http://mrfeedback.net/blog/2008/08/15/getting-the-best-travel-deal-getting-the-best-deal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Porag Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:15:26 +0000 http://mrfeedback.net/blog/?p=123#comment-565 Which online site would you recommend as having the most consistenly cheap prices? It really gets tiring to check all these different sites regularly. Which online site would you recommend as having the most consistenly cheap prices? It really gets tiring to check all these different sites regularly.

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