Archive for March 2009

How to rent lodging in foreign countries for only a few dollars a day.

Mar 31st, 2009 | By | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim It is certainly possible to stay almost for free in some countries! These opportunities may require you to join a club or network and there may be fees involved in the registration or the stay, but overall, if you are a simple person with very few needs other than a place to [...]



How to save through consolidators.

Mar 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim. More and more people are traveling than ever before.   International flights are a lucrative business for all the major airlines in the world. Longer flying times allow for higher price margins and extra fees to each ticket, allowing the airlines to make huge profits. One of the biggest fears of the [...]



How to save on airfare, hotels, cruises, rental cars etc

Mar 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Discount Travel, News

By Salihu Ibrahim. Traveling opens our minds. As we understand other cultures, we learn that we are all basically the same, living day to day dreaming of a better life and trying to understand how the world works.   As our daily living expenses get larger, most of us find it very hard to save [...]



How to bid for the best travel deals on Priceline.

Mar 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Discount Travel

  By Salihu Ibrahim. As the internet expands to reach travelers in the most remote parts of the world, the traffic on the internet seems to increase exponentially. Many of the internet users are just browsing for information while the vast  majority are looking for deals that will save them money. One such activity that [...]



How to stay in homes in foreign countries for free.

Mar 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Uncategorized

By Salihu Ibrahim   In some parts of the world, there is a ritual that most high school students dream of; to travel the world with just a backpack for luggage. Since these children are still probably in their teens, they rarely have any money to spend on travel or accommodation. So they are forced [...]



How to avoid rental car rate explosion.

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Discount Travel

  By Salihu Ibrahim.   Most of us think that the price quoted by rental car companies on their website is the final price that we pay. WRONG! If we are not shrewd enough, we can lose a lot of money when we settle the bill because we forgot to negotiate the right deal. This [...]



Cruise alternatives that are about 1/3 the cost of a normal cruise.

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Cruise Travel deals

   By Salihu Ibrahim.   Cruising through Hawaii’s islands was the best vacation experience we ever had! Hawaii seems to have everything! Mountains, Volcanoes, heavenly beaches, rainforests, amazing marine life and people who as lovely as the land they live in.   Just as airlines sell bulk air tickets to consolidators, there are several companies [...]



How to rack a ton of free flights with frequent flyer Miles.

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Free Flights

  Many of us are unaware of the myriad ways in which we can earn sky miles or frequent flyer miles in our names. These miles may just be numbers to most of us, but as they add up, we can transform them into beautiful vacations in exotic lands!   What are frequent flyer miles? [...]



How to beat the ticket change policy.

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By | Category: Travel Secrets

 By Salihu Ibrahim.   Let us suppose we have planned and prepared for our dream vacations for a while and just before we are all set to leave, some type of tragedy occurs and we have to cancel our vacation plans. Imagine the disappointment of everyone in the family! In addition to dealing with an upset [...]



How to get free or discounted airfare.

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By | Category: Discount Travel

By Salihu Ibrahim. Most of us go to an airline website or travel agency to purchase tickets. Once we have a confirmed seat on a flight that is scheduled to leave on a particular day, we don’t have time to think of making other plans such as giving up our tickets to someone else and [...]