Travel Resources
Below you’ll find information on booking sites for your next travel destination. These are the resources I use for my trips. Using these tools and resources I have found good prices for flights, hotels and other travel products and services.
Flights
This is my go-to flight search engine for comparing prices and finding the cheapest routes and dates. The interface is easy to use and the flexible search includes budget carriers and domestic flights. They use a rate-predictor algorithm and are good for trips with multiple destinations using more than one airline. If you are open to different destinations, you can use the flight price map to search for the cheapest places to fly around the world.
Expedia is a travel fare aggregator. They offer the best selection of flights, hotels, and
cruises. The site is good for car rental deals as well as last-minute deals.
I use Momondo to compare prices before making a decision as it checks over 30 travel websites. They compare millions of cheap flights, accommodations, and car rentals. The booking site tells you when prices are expected to go down and checks budget airlines missed by the other sites. The map feature gives you the cheapest days to fly during the month.
Priority Pass is the world’s largest independent airport lounge access program. As a member you get digital entry for instant access through their app to 1,300 airport lounges around the world. The subscription-based pass lets you into a lounge in nearly every airport in the world, regardless of the airline you fly or the class of ticket. In the lounges you get a complimentary food buffet, drinks and snacks, free newspapers and magazines and shower facilities. Some of the lounges have sleeping pods and free gel manicures.
Accommodation
This is my go-to flight search engine for comparing prices and finding the cheapest routes and dates. The interface is easy to use and the flexible search includes budget carriers and domestic flights. They use a rate-predictor algorithm and are good for trips with multiple destinations using more than one airline. If you are open to different destinations, you can use the flight price map to search for the cheapest places to fly around the world.
This is my go-to site for accommodation as it searches over a million hotels, apartments and hostels and is good for booking at the last minute. They compare all the major booking sites and lists hotels for all budgets, most of them letting you cancel a booking without a charge. Reservations can be made without paying in advance. The site has a good review system as it only displays reviews from real guests who have stayed at the place and it has lower prices than other hotel comparison sites.
I always search on Hotels Combined as well. Their metasearch engine compares hotel rates from thousands of travel sites, aggregating the search results of booking engines like Booking.com, Agoda, Expedia and other sites. They are one of the top travel sites with an interface that is easy to use and they have no booking fees.
What I like about Hotels.com is that they have a wide variety of options and a great rewards program. They offer some of the lowest prices around and are good for finding budget hotels and hostels. You can also cancel for free up to seven days before arrival.
I’ve found plenty of cheap accommodation with Hostelworld. They lists more than 30,000 properties around the world with ratings and reviews and are the leading online booking platform for millennials and budget travelers. They list not only hostels but B&Bs and guesthouses as well. Booking your hostel online means you don’t have to worry about finding a place when you get there and staying in one is a good way to meet other travellers, a social travel experience many people are looking for.
Transportation
BusAbout is Europe’s only flexible Hop-on, Hop-off network. You can change your plans as often as you like, free of charge. Their flexible coach network offers a freestyle form of travel You have the freedom and flexibility to change your mind as you travel. They suit all styles, budgets and timeframes. They’ll take you to some of Europe’s biggest music festivals, take you on sailing holidays and island-hopping trips as well as on tours of the ancient cultures of Southeast Asia and explorations of North America.
My favourite site for booking transportation in Asia. The best budget travel service for buying online tickets for flights, trains, buses, ferries and taxi transfers. They operate in ten countries—Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, China, and Laos. The timetables for all ground and water transportation are available online, including schedules for local trains and buses as well as tourist buses
Auto Europe offers discount car rental services worldwide with special deals on renting a car with Avis, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt and Enterprise Rental Car. They compare companies to find the best rates, have a 24/7 support hotline and free cancellation policy. You don’t need a credit card and there are no booking fees. You can get a car hire at the airport on arrival and can even cancel 48 hours before pickup at no cost.
Tour
G Adventures is a small-group adventure travel operator. They focus on responsible travel and conduct small-group tours, safaris and expeditions. Their trips support local communities, and give travellers meaningful experiences with people, cultures, landscapes and wildlife. They offer more than 750 tours in 100 countries, on all seven continents. They also offer the freedom and flexibility to explore on your own.
Intrepid is the largest small-group adventure travel company in the world. They offer immersive cultural experiences for people of all ages and budgets. The company offers more than a thousand escorted tours worldwide. Their style of travel means you’ll stay under the radar, travel the local way, eat the local way and sleep the local way.
Travel Insurance
Recommended by Lonely Planet and National Geographic, this insurance company has
competitive prices and is run by travelers for travelers. They have trusted reliable underwriters. You can buy or extend your insurance while already travelling from anywhere in the world. The policy covers people from every country in the world. You can make a claim online while still on your trip, the claims process is not complicated and they will pay your claim as soon as possible.
Intrepid is the largest small-group adventure travel company in the world. They offer immersive cultural experiences for people of all ages and budgets. The company offers more than a thousand escorted tours worldwide. Their style of travel means you’ll stay under the radar, travel the local way, eat the local way and sleep the local way.