Travel Websites

Traveling can be super expensive, especially in these days of high priced oil and airlines nickel and diming for everything. Travel websites do a lot to relieve some of the high prices.

I've had pretty good luck with travel websites. I've found round trip tickets to Japan for roughly $600. That is a phenomenal deal. You don't always get that good of prices, but still you usually get cheaper deals than if you go through an airline's website.

Cheaptickets is a pretty good place to find tickets. They generally give prices that are about 100-200 bucks cheaper than normal.

If you're going to Japan the best site is JTBUSA. This is where I've found tickets to and from Japan for about $600. Once you order tickets you'll be contacted by someone from their office in New York. They are very helpful and will help you plan your trip. I've always had really good luck with this site.

I haven't had the opportunity to use cheapoair yet, but I've had a few friends who swear by it. One guy got a flight from Japan to London for roughly $500.

When using these sites you can greatly change your ticket price by altering your travel dates. It's been my experience that if you are traveling you should try to have your trip span over a weekend. For some reason if you depart on Thursday and return on Monday your price is greatly less than if you went on a Friday and came back on Sunday. The most important thing is to play with your dates. One day can take your ticket from $1000+ to about 500. I know it sounds amazing, but try it for yourself and see.

Here are a few links to some good sites.
http://www.cheaptickets.com/
http://www.kayak.com/
http://www.jtbusa.com/
http://www.cheapoair.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/