Dubbed the year of revenge travel, 2022 drove travelers to take to the highways, air, and rail like never before. Lock down created a stir-crazy mindset with pent up demand for busting out of quarantine jail. So, in the spirit of breaking free in 2023 while not spending freely, what are your best resources for an affordable fast break getaway? With an abundance of resources at your fingertips, these are the top 3 legit sites and apps that provide travelers to get you where you want to go for less.
This little-known app is one of today’s best kept travel secrets. Momondo, a subsidiary of Kayak Travel Company, has endorsements by trusted travel sources like Frommer’s, Forbes, Travel & Leisure, and New York Times travel. Momondo aggregates searches for the best airfare deals across 1000 airlines, booking sites, other search engines, including travel discount sites. Momondo is not a booking site itself, rather it is a metasearch engine. The app also includes smaller, lesser-known airlines that might otherwise be excluded in your search, ensuring that you truly get to review all of your options. Momondo is free to download and functions best as an app on your phone. Its fresh user-friendly design is now putting it at the forefront of resources of savvy travelers. So, get in there, download, and start to search for fabulous deals to Venice, Mikonos, Bali, or the top destination on your bucket list.
Designed to find the best prices for airlines and hotels, the app
Hopper has been recognized for consistently saving travelers up to 40% on travel costs, according to Wanderlog (a travel planning company). Founded by a former Expedia executive, Hopper has a travel industry pedigree that’s apparent in its consumer-minded features. One standout feature is how users can ‘freeze’ flight prices when searching.
With a combination of smart algorithms and strong AI programming, Hopper searches through hundreds of airlines for the lowest price. If you’re not ready to book, yet wants to secure the amazing deal you’ve found, you can use the “price freeze” feature for the next 20 days. Also handy, is that you’re able to instantly book the flights through the Hopper app.
With a visually appealing user interface, and smart travel-friendly features, Hoper gives travelers a price advantage. The app is free to use and has become an integral part of trip planning and budgeting. Since 2009, Hopper has helped millions of satisfied customers get deals on flights that make them —and their wallets—happy.
Ranked among one of the easiest search engines to use, Google Flights is a strong contender and generally one of the tools travelers use in when comparison shopping. Google Flights includes features like a map to explore prices, a low-price calendar, and the ability to search for flights across 7 different locations at once. Using the map view gives you the ability to see fares on flights across an entire country or region. You can sign up for flight tracking to get the lowest price of the day for any route or flight. And using the multi-city search is also quite simple.
While Google Flights search engine does not include every airline (majors are primarily shown in search results), it makes looking for the best schedules, routes, connections, and prices easy, fast, and efficient. The engine also facilitates booking the flights.
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