10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year

This article caught my attention because “cut the travel costs” will be the main goal of all the companies and users of the hospitality & travel industry in 2010.

Here we can differentiate 10 tools which will allow the professionals and travellers to decrease their costs:

1. Sign Up for a Twitter Account

Companies can market their brand & users can find exclusive deals.

2. Find the Cheapest Dates to Fly

Users can forecast with the software ITASoftware.com an entire month with the lower rates available.

3. Consider Nearby Airports

User scan choose smaller airport and save from $80 to $100.

4. Go Against the Grain

Avoid the « mass » time travel (holidays, spring break) and go on Farecompare.com to save travel fees.

5. Track Price Even After Buying

Thanks to the website Yapta.com you can track (mailing alert) after buying your flight ticket if the airline sell it at a lower price and then call them to claim the credit.

6. Take the Bus

Choose the express buses companies like Cheap express buses with names like BoltBus, Megabus and Washington Deluxe instead cab. You will save money and enjoy bus services (Wi-fi, legroom…).

7. Roll the Dice

Discounts throughout the websites Priceline.com, Hotwire.com & Lastminutetravel.com. Users pay before to know the name of the hotel. Now airlines & car rental doing the same thing!

8. Go Rental

Think to the rental of the appartment instead of simple hotel room. You can find good deals (Rentvillas.com; Homeaway.com, Zonder.com ; Wimco.com).

9. Make Yourself at Home

Save money with connection between travelers and locals who offering a place to bed down (AirBnB.com). Or find your couch worldwide on CouchSurfing.com!

10.Study the Fine Print

Be careful with your airline’s choice and find help with the website Kayak.com which will compare all the different airlines combination to save money.

Of curse this article is more for the users than for the professionals. However, professionals can use this article to know how the consumer thinks and how they can be more visible.

Another questions is rising : Do you will twittering in 2010 as a professional or a user?

Sources:

The New York Time / Author : MICHELLE HIGGINS, Published: January 10, 2010

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10pracsave.html?em