Here are all the travel related sites I recommend. For the travel blogs I like please see THIS list. Here are the sites I use regularly in my travel hacking adventures and other sites about general travel. I hope you like them and you find the one you are looking for. Let me know about it in the comments okay?
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TRAVEL HACKING
GENERAL TRAVEL SITES:
MISCELLANEOUS:
Notes:
The blogs appearing here is what I like to read myself! It is MY OWN opinion only!
In order of importance…to me!
A short background behind each of the sites:
GoogleFlights: When the site first came out it was the ugly duckling. But it continues to improve and now is a fine choice to start your hunt for airline fares.
ITAMatrix: The granddaddy of the experienced travel hackers like me. I have been using this even before they got bought out, please sit down, by Google! Definitely takes some work to get used to working with it so beware. I still believe there is no airfare search engine that is more powerful!
TheFlightDeal: I follow them on Twitter and I have it set up so I get each of their deals texted to my phone. They are the best!
AwardMaximizer: This is the first site I use when I am looking to burn some miles to get a general overview how much each award costs in each airline and alliance. There are many others now and many sites that died too.
AwardMapper: When I have a stay coming up, I go to this site to get a general overview of all the hotel award options in the main hotel rewards programs and how much they will cost. It is NOT 100% accurate and I do not think it is being updated. But I still find it is a great way to start out my hotel award searching before heading to the hotel loyalty website.
Wikipedia: This is an indispensable site. You want to find out the airlines that fly direct to a specific city? You type the airport code, you click on the airport page and then on the left side you click on “Airlines and Destinations” and voila! You get all the airlines with direct flights in that airport, bingo! Watch out for the clearly marked seasonal flights.
FlyerTalk: The granddaddy of travel hacking. The place we call home. It all started here. Been a member from the beginning and it’s just a part of my life. A good part! Amazing what is generated here…if you dig deep enough all the gold can be found here. The design may hurt your eyes, give it time and you can learn every day, it’s all here!
Reddit/churning: The successor to FlyerTalk 🙂 Similar to FlyerTalk but better designed. Great tutorials on the right hand side.
SeatGuru: Whenever I have an upcoming flight I consult this site to make sure I get a better seat and, most importantly, avoid the bad ones!
GreatCircleMapper: Another site for travel hacking veterans. Easiest way to calculate the mileage between different airports.
FlightsFrom: To get quick information on all flights out of a specific airport I sometimes use this one as well.
StatusMatcher: See how you can leverage your elite status to match to other programs!
AirportCodes: Site with all the airport codes. Many of us know them by heart. FUK is Fukuoka Airport okay? 🙂
ExtremeHotelDeals: I follow them on Twitter @ExtremeHotDeal and I get their tweets as texts on my phone. Got to move fast after each tweet as the deals go fast!
GreeceTravel: The BEST site for all things tourism to Greece. Nothing is better. Stop asking me questions about your trip to Greece, just go to this site and you will find the answer! If not, email the site owner, he is a cool guy.
IATA: Probably the best resource for information on Passports, Visas and Health Regulations and more on each country.
ToandFromAirport: Not very well known but one of my favorites. When you need to find a quick way of all the different options on getting to your destination after you land in an airport.
MatadorNetwork: A good general travel site. Enough variety. A few gems here and there.
Autoslash: Still remains the best site to score a great deal on rental cars.
Kottke.org: This site is just, well, different. I had to place it under miscellaneous because it defies categorization. Just eclectic enough to appear in one of my good lists 🙂
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Helpful links!
Thank you.
Good resources.
Wheretocredit.com is great for knowing where to credit paid fares for optimal miles! Especially for those of us who book paid premium fares.
Funny you mentioned that. Because I do have the bookmark. And I considered adding it here. It was the last scratch actually. Why? Because, I thought, most of us fly for free so it will not apply to many 🙂
I will possibly add it in the next update. I do like the site!
Statusmatcher.com too
Baredemptionfinder,com
The statusmatcher is in 🙂
I use the baredemptionfinder site too…I did not include because it seemed way too BA concentrated. Maybe I add it in the next update.
Thanks.
I tried out your tofromairport link, as this is something I need every trip.
Pales in comparison to the more general rome2rio.com site, though.
Thanks BC…..looks like a fun new site I can play with
Went to my favorite Walmart today, just to breathe in the measles-infected air. I checked the in-house McDonald’s–you know, the one that had to be shut down for a while because of the RAT INFESTATION–hoping to find a meeting of the local anti-vaxxer practitioners, but I guess they were busy praying somewhere….
I am aware of rome2rio, it is a good site. But to me it always felt too loaded with info and very app like, like use on your phones. I am just more comfortable with my choice here, just quick check on how to get the the hell out of the airport.
I will check rome2rio again.
The WalMart pharagraph—>lol
Do any of the apps give specific info on Uber pick-up locations?
Curious why you are asking and why Uber wouldnt provide this? Or are you asking if any apps tell you if Uber is *active* in that country or not?
Why are these Boarding Area blogs obsessed with shit?
Hello Shitty: The Disgusting Pervert On EVA – Live and Let’s Fly
Oh…the clicks? Got it…
#vomiting
It’s all about the clicks—->CONVERSIONS!
You don’t like DoC because he HTs to Titans, right? Yet you like DansDeals, even though he never tells you about going through any of the shopping portals.
What’s your reasoning here? I like both blogs, but dislike both practices equally.
Yes, I do not like DoC because he panders to Titans for the link circle jerk, yes.
I am fairly confident that most DansDeals readers are aware about the shopping portals AND still choose to help DD. Heck, some will go through fire for him!
Complementing the rationale above, it is the history of the two blogs. DD has been around forever, built an amazing community, knows his stuff, is very letsnotkillthatdeal minded and now he is going to get me some Fairmont Platinum bennies reinstated, god willing 🙂
I love DoC’s blog. But when I find him linking to Titans repeatedly I have an urge to vomit so I am not including it in my list.
In addition, DD, when he decides to finally write a miles/points blog post amid all the diapers and sponsored posts….is worth it. DoC is more like the aggregator of best deals out there (and he does a good job at that yes).
At the end of the day, it is my list. It is in my own humble opinion. Take it like the AFAR lists, many of them suck lol.
Thanks for the feedback.
“I am fairly confident that most (I suggest adding FREQUENT) DansDeals readers are aware about the shopping portals AND still choose to help DD”
True for hardcore DD groupies. However, for the general visitor, I doubt it. Visit the comment section when there’s a hot deal, let’s say a TLV “act NOW, this will not last fare” and you will notice that many visitors ask numerous clueless questions.
We can do this for ever…
It is just a list from a weird guy who should not be blogging about travel and miles and points and stuff like that…
Made $2.77 yesterday, come on! And 90 cents the day before. And I turn prospects every day away who want to pay me “a little” more….I think I am insane!
I think you are soft for Dan because he is helping you out with Fairmont. Hey, at least, you disclosed this so we know you are biased so I respect that!
And I think you are hard on DoC because your blog’s history has always been “anti-Titan” (and because he uses them for the link-back marketing). But you have to admit that DoC always admits when he is getting paid from a link, and that is admirable.
You’re not a weird guy at all and we love you, but you do have your biases too.
We all have biases, we are humans 🙂
I am weird. I have turned away so much business since I started blogging that IS insane.
Lets move it to the Friday post now 🙂
So I am now Caesars Total Rewards Diamond until 1/31/2020…
what is it good for?
http://lazytravelers.net/atlantic-city-status-match-adventure-part-2-total-rewards-diamond-in-depth/