# Got any tips for discount travel?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199 "2010-05-12T18:25:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/1 "2010-05-12T18:25:28Z")
I’m thinking about going to London for 4-6 days in September with the missus. Our means are limited, so I’m looking for a deal on airfare + accomodations. A colleague pointed me to travelzoo dot com, and I found a package deal for airfare and 6 nights in London for $699 per person. Seems like a really good deal, since the package is cheaper that a single round-trip ticket elsewhere. Are there any other site out there that have deals like this? I found another site called shermanstravel dot com with similar deals that seems to point back to the same handful of companies. I’ve looked at [Expedia.com](http://Expedia.com) and a few others without much luck.
Any good sources for vacation packages?
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### Author:  [@Electric\_Monk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Monk)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/2 "2010-05-12T22:18:16Z")
[BudgetTravel.com](http://BudgetTravel.com) often has links to package deals. If your schedule is flexible, skyauction has some deals.
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/3 "2010-05-12T23:33:25Z")
Wow, that BudgetTravel site has some great deals. Thanks for posting that, I’ll have to use it sometime.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/4 "2010-05-13T13:23:54Z")
Thanks, **Electric Monk**. Looks like a winner.
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### Author:  [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/5 "2010-05-13T17:58:30Z")
See if you can figure out where the hotel is. Often times those deals are for hotels near the airport- and it is totally worth more money to be closer downtown for a city like London. You don’t want to have two hours on the tube just to get to and from your hotel to the sights.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-tips-for-discount-travel/539199/6 "2010-05-13T18:35:16Z")
> [@Disheavel](#):
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> See if you can figure out where the hotel is. Often times those deals are for hotels near the airport- and it is totally worth more money to be closer downtown for a city like London. You don’t want to have two hours on the tube just to get to and from your hotel to the sights.
Yeah, I’m finding a lot of that. Last time I was there I stayed the Radisson Edwardian Sussux off Oxford St., but I haven’t been able to find it included in any packages. It looks like a decent hotel is gonna cost me an extra $100 for the trip, but I’m still unter $2000 for airfare & hotel. So that’s ok.