Deal Sites
- Expedia — Expedia is a great travel website worth visiting when you are planning a trip. It provides vacation packages, cruises and even helps you build your travel online primarily because it is also a travel agency
- Hotwire — Hotwire is a robust site that offers some of the best travel deals available. Also Hotwire partners offer unsold inventory at big savings
- Hostel World — A huge portfolio of hostels is offered on this site. This is one of the most comprehensive sites for budget accommodations
- Kayak — The only place you need to search for discounted airfare is Kayak. It searches over 140+ airlines and travel agencies to aggregate the best flight deals all in one place
- Priceline — Great value options, plus a bidding function that can sometimes get you rock bottom prices
- Travelocity — Like Expedia and Hotwire, Travelocity is also a travel agency that provides vacation packages, flight information, where to stay and even last-minute packages
- Travelzoo — This site is best for bargain hunters who can sign up for a weekly e-mail of top 20 deals
Guides/Reviews
- Trip Adviser — It is an absolutely unbeatable site for comparing user reviews of hotels around the world
- Yelp — is the fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses
- Frommer's — An established and trusted name in travel guidance
- Fodor's — Travel guides and intelligence
- Lonely Planet — Guides, tips, news, and forums
- CouchSurfing — CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit