Tips to keep travel fees down Don�t pay full price Hotels,  Air, Etc.

Hotels:

Priceline requires strategy. Because at Priceline, you bid the price, and the computers check to see whether any hotels in its inventory will accept it.

Don�t be intimated.  Poke around the site worry free.  You won�t risk a charge to your credit card until you actually submit a bid. 

To start plan ahead, put in your destination and dates of travel; then hi search. 

Priceline kicks out a list of hotels in the general area, and you can pick a specific hotel and purchase it immediately at the Price land�s listed discount price.  But that�s why you�re here.  You want the

�Name Your Own Price� options.  Click and now you�re in the game.

Starting Your Strategy
You can�t pick what hotel you want to bid on.  You can only specify a geographic zone and the minimum star rating.  If you bid is accepted, you bought it.  So Don�s bid if you have commitment issues.

 This is where the strategy comes on.  Pursue that list of hotels provided when you first punched in your destination city.

Note that the Priceline inventory often changes depending on what date you enter.  Filter the list to take a look at the hotels by starting.  Try narrowing the list to just 3, 1, 2 or four-star hotels.  In many zones, you will find there are only one or two hotels that fit the bill.

Now you have pretty good idea of what your.re bidding on and how much you�d pay if you went the buy it now route.  You obviously want to bid lower than that.  So how much should you bid?  Priceline gives a little guidance, indicting net to the box for your bid the median retail price for hotels that meet your criteria.

Be careful.  There might be two four-star hotels in the Priceline inventory of the area. ???

URL: http://www.priceline.com/

Tips To Keep Travel Fees Down

Airline fees

As you know, many air-lines now charge fees for checking baggage and excess luggage.  They typically charge $25 for the first checked baggage and $30 for a second. 

Overweight Bags are even worse, and can cost a traveler $50 or more per bag. To avoid these fees, try to keep your baggage under 50 pounds.  As oil prices fluctuate airline also impose fuel surcharges Airlines may bundle fuel charge with federal taxes only identifying them as a generic fee increase.  Read the fine Line before looking a flight to see if the ticket price includes fuel charges.