Comments on: Travel Hacking: What To Book (And Not To Book) Online

By: Theodora

Theodora — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:58:10 +0000

In reply to Marivic. I've heard of airbnb, though I have to say their prices don't seem that impressive to me compared to the standard short-term rental deal...

By: Marivic

Marivic — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:14:25 +0000

Have you heard of airbnb? Another way to get relatively cheaper accomodation from the web.

By: Delhi Hotels

Delhi Hotels — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:44:17 +0000

Very good travel tips. These are very useful. Thanks.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Mon, 16 May 2011 07:27:45 +0000

In reply to Amy. By the time you get to $3 almost anywhere in the world you're looking at dubious bathrooms. Though we have had ones with clean bathrooms at $3 in Laos...

By: Theodora

Theodora — Mon, 16 May 2011 07:27:12 +0000

In reply to Amy. How bizarre. I have no idea either. Unless they're super-keen to fill their Seattle-Vancouver flights.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:33:34 +0000

In Albania, we found a guesthouse for US$3 (about 300 leke) a night! We found it in a guidebook, but nothing online, so it fits your criteria. It’s wasn’t NICE, but for $3, it was fine. Gross toilet that we had to ask the key for each time, but for ONE night, it was ok. 🙂 A good story, if nothing else! 🙂

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:29:27 +0000

In reply to Scott. When I was looking for tickets to China from Seattle, I found one that flew via Vancouver. I found the same exact flight (same day, same time, everything) from Vancouver to China and it was more expensive! It was cheaper for me to fly from Seattle-Vancouver-China than just to get on in Vancouver!!! I have no idea why. Airport taxes, I guess.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:02:50 +0000

Thanks for your post — much appreciated.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:02:20 +0000

In reply to Tracy Burns. That is bizarre. My Sydney experience was I booked the YHA by the station ahead of time, ended up paying over $40 for a *dorm bed* plus $10 for wifi, while there were places down the street advertising beds for twenty bucks. In the UK, a lot of cheap places aren't on the engines yet. But you're right, it's two different sets of rules.

By: Tracy Burns

Tracy Burns — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:18:15 +0000

Fantastic tips! Col and I have just been talking about the different approaches you need to adopt for travel in developing countries vs developed. Often in developing there’s no point booking accommodation ahead unless it’s a holiday. What’s the worst case scenario – all the cheap hostels are booked so you pay an extra $5 for a nice guesthouse. In the developed world, if you miss out on a hostel for some reason you’re often stuck in full price hotels with ludicrious last minute rates paying at least $100 more per night! We found this one out the hard way last weekend in Sydney when for some bizarro reason all the hostels in Coogee were shut between 1-5pm (cause no one wants to book into a hostel then right? hah!) and ended up having to stay in a hotel as we had somewhere we had to be by 3pm.