Recent Posts Tagged With 'for beginners'

• Priority Clubs: My Second Favorite Program for Getting Free Hotels

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 05:00 in lodging, money saving ideas, for beginners, points programs, point breakers, priority clubs

  I have previously mentioned that my favorite hotel points program is the Starwood Starpoints program.  My second favorite is the Priority Clubs Program. Hotels that participate in the Priority Clubs program include Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, ...

• Step By Step Guide to Buying Cheap Airline Tickets Online

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 11:00 in air travel, for beginners, step by step guides, getting the best deal

  I have introduced you to the four common ways to buy tickets online.  If you missed those introductions make sure you are familiar with them: The Travel Search Engine The Online Travel Agent The Opaque Travel Site Directly from the Airline Photo ...

• Why I LUV Southwest Airlines

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 07:36 in air travel, southwest, for beginners, save money when traveling

  Technorati Tags: airlines,southwest,cheap,travel,fly The first thing you need to know about Southwest is that they differ from the majority of airlines in several ways. As I have previously mentioned, they do not have many (if any) online booking si...

• Starwood Hotel Points Program: Starpoints

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 05:00 in for beginners, starwood, points programs, starpoints

  Hotels that are part of the Starwood program include: Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Westin, Aloft, Luxury Collection, Le Meridian, Element, and St. Regis. This program is one of my favorites for hotels. How do the points work in the Starwood p...

• Introduction to Brand Specific Websites

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 07:00 in air travel, lodging, car rental, for beginners, buying cheap tickets

  So far I have introduced you to three of the four main ways to book travel online.  The Travel Search Engine.  Read that introduction here. The Online Travel Agent.  Read that introduction here. The Opaque Booking Site.  Read ...

• Should you Prepay For Fuel when you Rent a Car?

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 17:00 in car rental, frequently asked questions, money saving ideas, for beginners

    Photo Toy Ferraris by David Masters As I write this post I am on a family vacation in beautiful Saint-Hippolyte in Quebec, Canada.  My family rented a car and the experience made me wonder: should you (or in this case I) prepay for fuel...

• Deciding Which Points Program is Best for You

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 06:21 in for beginners, points programs

    Photo by Lawrence Lessig Because there are so many programs out there: airline points, hotel points, car rental points, non-specific brand points, you the people, need some criteria whereby we can evaluate which program works best for YOU. No...

• How to get the best price when buying travel online

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 20:46 in air travel, travel tip, for beginners, buying cheap tickets, save money when traveling

  Photo Money Shirt by Rob Lee Start planning early – the more time you have the more likely you are to find a great deal. If you are not a plan early kind of person, you might be best off waiting till a few days before. But be forewarned - if no on...

• Step By Step Guide: How to book hotels on Priceline: An Opaque Travel Website

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 20:37 in lodging, priceline, money saving ideas, for beginners, step by step guides, save money when traveling

  Booking a hotel on Priceline. Go to Priceline Click on hotels and select name your own price Choose your city area Choose the star rating you prefer Name your price Wait and see if the price is accepted...

• An Introduction to Opaque Booking Sites

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 20:23 in air travel, lodging, travel tip, money saving ideas, for beginners

  Want to get the cheapest deal with the least amount of effort? You’ll love the opaque websites. What is an Opaque Website? An opaque website is a site where the customer is required to do a portion of the booking without knowing the co...

• An Introduction to Online Travel Agencies

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 14:11 in air travel, lodging, for beginners, online booking

  In I previous post I introduced the online search engine.  if you missed that post you can see it here. What is an online travel agency? These sites have the ability to process the ticket booking and reservation on your behalf.  This proce...