Comments on: Beginner’s Guide to Travel Hacking http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/ Unconventional Strategies for Life, Work, and Travel Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Colleen http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-41632 Colleen Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:58:53 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-41632 Hi Chris Is there an equivalent of Priceline.com for around Europe? Still enjoying your posts, my blog is coming along nicely :-) Colleen Hi Chris
Is there an equivalent of Priceline.com for around Europe?
Still enjoying your posts, my blog is coming along nicely :-)
Colleen

]]> By: Brian http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-36889 Brian Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:55:32 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-36889 My best deal I ever got was a roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to London for $374 in 2004. Only downside was that when I landed in heathrow airport I missed my flight at Gatwick airport. It was my fault because I didn't read the schedule and didn't know I would lose a day by flying. Then I ended up paying more to fly to Amsterdam from London then I did from Lax. But thats traveling...... My best deal I ever got was a roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to London for $374 in 2004. Only downside was that when I landed in heathrow airport I missed my flight at Gatwick airport. It was my fault because I didn’t read the schedule and didn’t know I would lose a day by flying. Then I ended up paying more to fly to Amsterdam from London then I did from Lax. But thats traveling……

]]> By: Janna http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23998 Janna Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:23:57 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23998 This piece assumes that readers want to travel no matter where they have to stay or what conditions they have to endure. It seems like you score a few luxury deals for cheap prices but then you end up having to endure squalid conditions the rest of the time. For me, the point of travelling is to enjoy comfort/luxury that I might not be able to afford at home! Sure, it's great to experience new places, but I'm much more likely to enjoy myself when I'm fed and watered in comfort...not "circus class". Part of the reason I travel is specifically to stay at nice hotels. There is no way I would enjoy travelling if I had to stay in hostels or huts. I guess it might work for the adventurous out there, but for me, life is too short to compromise. I'd rather stay somewhere nice in lieu of "roughing it" for the sake of seeing "more". QUALITY OVER QUANTITY ;-) This piece assumes that readers want to travel no matter where they have to stay or what conditions they have to endure. It seems like you score a few luxury deals for cheap prices but then you end up having to endure squalid conditions the rest of the time. For me, the point of travelling is to enjoy comfort/luxury that I might not be able to afford at home! Sure, it’s great to experience new places, but I’m much more likely to enjoy myself when I’m fed and watered in comfort…not “circus class”.

Part of the reason I travel is specifically to stay at nice hotels. There is no way I would enjoy travelling if I had to stay in hostels or huts. I guess it might work for the adventurous out there, but for me, life is too short to compromise. I’d rather stay somewhere nice in lieu of “roughing it” for the sake of seeing “more”. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY ;-)

]]> By: Chris http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23987 Chris Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:32:06 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23987 That would just be a normal price fluctuation - but nice job on saving $200! That would just be a normal price fluctuation – but nice job on saving $200!

]]> By: Jules http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23984 Jules Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:32:05 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23984 Hello Chris, I was wondering about the glitch you mentioned. I recently bought a Singapore Airlines ticket from Singapore to Zurich at $2.1k. Previously it was $2.3, so when it dropped to $2.1, I grabbed it. I check occasionally now, and it's always $2.3k! Is this a sort of glitch like you mentioned? Or just flight price fluctuations? Thank you if you have any idea! Hello Chris,

I was wondering about the glitch you mentioned. I recently bought a Singapore Airlines ticket from Singapore to Zurich at $2.1k. Previously it was $2.3, so when it dropped to $2.1, I grabbed it. I check occasionally now, and it’s always $2.3k! Is this a sort of glitch like you mentioned? Or just flight price fluctuations? Thank you if you have any idea!

]]> By: Petteri http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23972 Petteri Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:27:59 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23972 Nice tips. I haven't been thinking about the whole idea of frequent flyer points even though I have been traveling a lot. Obviously I haven't been traveling enough. :) Nice tips.

I haven’t been thinking about the whole idea of frequent flyer points even though I have been traveling a lot. Obviously I haven’t been traveling enough. :)

]]> By: Paulius http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23953 Paulius Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:42:34 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23953 I'm reading your blog for the first time. The post is great! I didn't got everything(need more time for the research), but if other posts are as awesome - you're in my RSS! I have to explore the idea of the airmiles, and if any of the readers are from the UK and doing travel-hacking, please contact me googling my twitter nickname. I would love to hear from them! keep up the awesome stuff and enjoy Africa! I’m reading your blog for the first time. The post is great! I didn’t got everything(need more time for the research), but if other posts are as awesome – you’re in my RSS!

I have to explore the idea of the airmiles, and if any of the readers are from the UK and doing travel-hacking, please contact me googling my twitter nickname. I would love to hear from them!

keep up the awesome stuff and enjoy Africa!

]]> By: Azarethroy http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23936 Azarethroy Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:12:00 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23936 Great post. I've been semi-nomadic for the last 6 years but have yet to get my head around frequent flyer points!! Btw I can whole-heartedly recommend CouchSurfing. It's more than a free couch, it's a cultural exchange. Great post. I’ve been semi-nomadic for the last 6 years but have yet to get my head around frequent flyer points!!

Btw I can whole-heartedly recommend CouchSurfing. It’s more than a free couch, it’s a cultural exchange.

]]> By: Monica http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23922 Monica Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:54:11 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23922 Every since I visited Senegal in January, I've been obsessed with this notion of traveling around the world for extended periods of time for low costs. I've signed up for alerts and notifications that will tell me when there are special deals on plane tickets in the US and overseas. In the meantime, I stumbled across the book "Vagabonding" which gave a lot of good advice for extended overseas travel. Some of the advice I wouldn't adhere to (don't bring your computer), while other advice I really liked (find a temporary job overseas). That same desire to travel is also why I love reading this blog every week! Every since I visited Senegal in January, I’ve been obsessed with this notion of traveling around the world for extended periods of time for low costs. I’ve signed up for alerts and notifications that will tell me when there are special deals on plane tickets in the US and overseas. In the meantime, I stumbled across the book “Vagabonding” which gave a lot of good advice for extended overseas travel. Some of the advice I wouldn’t adhere to (don’t bring your computer), while other advice I really liked (find a temporary job overseas). That same desire to travel is also why I love reading this blog every week!

]]> By: Amanda http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/beginners-guide-to-travel-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-23914 Amanda Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:58:09 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4574#comment-23914 I love love LOVE this post! Great advice, thank you so much for sharing! I'm a big proponent of Couchsurfing.org too, and have friends that have couchsurfed all over the world and host surfers from all over the world...it's a wonderful way to meet new people and get to know a new culture and place! I love love LOVE this post! Great advice, thank you so much for sharing! I’m a big proponent of Couchsurfing.org too, and have friends that have couchsurfed all over the world and host surfers from all over the world…it’s a wonderful way to meet new people and get to know a new culture and place!

]]>