Going.com (used to be called Scott's Flight Deals or something like that)

Vacations-to-Go, Pavlus, and other reputable on-line agencies offer significantly discounted travel, as does Costco.

Follow The Points Guy, Flyer Talk, Trip Advisor forums for specific destinations, and the site one mile at a time.

Book direct whenever possible. Not through Expedia, booking.com. Etc. directly on the airline or hotel site.

As some posters above pointed out, start accumulating points. My wife and I travel almost exclusively on them.

Consider also how you are interested in travel specifically air. Marked flights as best deals find always allow nice seats. If you go on google flights, lowest fare often involves boarding last with no carry in allowed in the worst seats possible. Be careful that you aren't jumping for that lowest more attractive fare to realize how uncomfortable that flight may be if you take it

I'm sorry but if I'm flying 9 hrs, I just don't want to sit all crammed up without access to mg stuff. I don't want to travel and be completely uncomfortable getting there and during my stay.

I would def look at using cc miles/points to leverage best deal you can get v just snagging that deal cause you're not the only ones looking for them lol

Also set up the google tracker for flights as getting lucky with timing is really what amounts to the best deal.

Costco and get credit card opening bonuses. We are going to Paris for spring break and flights were $800 total for the 4 of us with all the points we used.

Here’s a recent post chat on this. Think he reccs going.com for flights

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/03/25/travel-cheap-nomadic-matt-questions/

Costco

Anonymous wrote:Google Flights

You can filter for “deals” on google hotels and booking.com.

And set up alerts for your desired flight on google flights. I’ve gotten some good prices that way.

Google Flights

We want to start traveling more, both domestically and abroad. We know it costs money, but any reputable sites to use to look for discounts or actual deals?