THE BEST TRAVEL RESOURCES
If there’s a skill I’ve gotten really good at over the years it’s booking travel and more importantly saving money on travel. It’s my speciality.
Over the years I’ve come to trust different companies for booking flights, accomodation or activities and I figured I’d share this knowledge with you in the hope of helping you save some money on your travel experiences. (Just so you’ve saved some money to be able to go on another trip!)
These companies are tried and tested by me and many others and they never fail to help me find the best deals and prices
Before you even think about booking anything or buying anything online tbh you need to join a cashback website. If you’re not going through a cashback website whenever you purchase anything you’re giving away free money! And who wants that! My favourite is TopCashback as so many brands are on there. Incase you’re not sure how they work. Let me explain what I do. Say I’m looking to book a flight using Skyscanner instead of going straight to the Skyscanner website/app I go to TopCashback first search for Skyscanner and see they’re doing 4.2% cashback on any purchase from Skyscanner. Click through, book my flight and I get 4.2% of the price back in to my TopCashback wallet that I can redeem for a payment straight to my bank account.
I love Skyscanner. It’s my go to whenever I’m looking at flights. I just love it as a flight search engine. It always delivers in finding me the best flight prices possible. What I particulary love is the ‘Search Everywhere’ feature incase I don’t know where I want to go and I want to be inspired. You can also look at a whole month at a glance instead of a particular date so you can find the best prices. Prices in one month can range from as little as £20 to £400 so it’s definitly helped me save a bucket load of money picking the cheapest date to fly.
Booking.com is my go to when it comes to booking my accommodation. I’ve found time and time again they offer me the best prices. It’s easy to use and offers me travel rewards such as free breakfasts on certain stay or free room upgrades. It’s always my first port of call. Once I’ve checked Booking.com I’ll have a quick look on Expedia to compare prices.
Depending on where I’m going I don’t always like to prebook tours or activities before I arrive but if I do Get Your Guide tends to be my go to. Even if I don’t book anything it’s handy to have a browsw through and see the types of experiences on offer in a location.
Viator is another website I use to check out activities.
If you don’t yet have a VPN you really should think about getting one. There are quite a few out there but I personally use SurfShark and it works fantastically for me. I can watch my TV shows wherever I am in the world. I can search for flight deals without revealing where I am in the world (which affects the cost in case you didn’t know) and most importantly I can keep my data secure when I’m connected to public Wi-Fi
