Airfare Hacks 2 – The Real Way to Score Cheap Airfare
There’s a lot of so-called science about booking cheap airfares, some of it (like the assertion that airfares are cheapest at the beginning of the week) mostly-true, some of it (that 3-months-in-advance is a “sweet spot”, or that certain weekdays are always cheaper to fly) dubious. Luckily, we don’t need folklore. We have Kayak. […]
Eight Mistakes You’re Probably Making When You Travel – Travel Hacks
Photo by Jaysin Trevino If you’ve traveled at all in the last decade, you’ve probably encountered travel stress. It’s counter-intuitive: we take vacations, honeymoons, and family trips in order to escape the rigors of everyday life, not to compound them. Yet, if we’re being completely honest, even our best vacations probably included some moments […]
Travel Hacks – Uber
Photo by Diego Torres Silvestre If you’ve ever tried to hail a cab in the rain, negotiated one price with a driver and ended up paying a different one when you arrived, or schlepped your luggage up or down the subway stairs because you thought it would be impossible to get a cab, get […]
Travel Hacks – Car Rental
I was all set to publish a review lauding the virtues of the mainline agencies like Hertz, Avis, and Entreprise, and lamenting that their primary competition, Zipcar, hasn’t yet delivered on its promise to a sufficient degree to be taken seriously – then reality intervened. SEATAC, this week, Hertz counter – Agent: The car […]
Airfare Hacks 1 – Flexible Travel Dates/Low Risk
True to the spirit of this site, prior to writing this post, I read a few articles, reviewed some tips from my favorite travel books, pulled up a couple of suggestions from friends who are seasoned travelers, and dusted off my memory of my international-hostel-hopping days in college. Not that I’m not an experienced […]
San Francisco versus Oakland – Ground Transportation
A burning question many travelers unfamiliar with the Bay Area ask themselves is “should I fly into SFO or Oakland?” In the past, Oakland was hailed as a cheap and uncrowded alternative to San Francisco. The conventional wisdom was “fly into Oakland to save money.” Is it still true? The simple answer is: sometimes. […]
