Between New Year's Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the period that the travel industry calls Dead Week. Bookings drop off sharply, and so cruise lines, airlines, hotels, and rental car agencies all offer amazing discounts. Here's how to make the most of those post-holiday deals.
Experts offer tips on how to travel for cheap in the fall.
Travel sites like Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity and Priceline say they offer the best deals -- but are we being played? A new lawsuit alleges they not only don't give us the lowest prices, but actually conspire with hotel chains to fix prices and prevent competitors from offering cheaper rooms.
If you're one of the millions of people planning a trip in the next few months, odds are you'll be paying with plastic. But before you slap down your card, make sure you're getting the most out of it.
New travel website RoomKey.com launched earlier this week, offering to hunt through the available hotel rooms across several chains and find you the best deals. But with so many similar websites out there, how can it expect to compete? Well, guess who's running it.
Priceline is adding new features to allow its customers to be alerted when certain pre-set criteria are reached, yet another move by an online travel agency to personalize itself for its customers. Read what stock analysis firm Trefis sees as the future for Priceline -- and for its stock.
The sluggish economy and high unemployment rate mean that many of us won't be splurging on exotic vacations this year. But a staycation doesn't have to mean a boring bout with cabin fever. The key to being a successful local tourist lies in looking at your region the way an outsider would.
