I’ve worked as a travel agent in the travel industry for almost ten years now. I thought I’d share some travel hacks with you guys on how to save yourself money while booking travel and ensuring you get the best deal, but also the best value for money. I’ve worked as a travel agent in three different countries. The preferred destinations might change, but the rules for finding travel deals still remain the same. Travelling is a huge passion of mine. My number one goal as an agent is to have customers who get their best value for money, but also, have a fun and stress-free experience. So let’s check out the travel hacks I’ve learnt through my career.
This guide is not just about where to book cheap flights, or what time of year you should be reserving your holiday. Anyone can usually figure out those tricks. This guide is more than that. This is travel industry insider knowledge that you can hopefully use to your advantage. So what are the hacks and how can you save yourself money while booking travel?
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Ok, I seriously learned a whole lot here. Who knew that airlines are required to provide a hotel for a layover! Thanks so much for the really useful information.
So many great tips! There were a few things I’d never heard about before here, so thanks for enlightening me. This will make my travel planning easier from now on 🙂
I really enjoyed reading this article. And the last point really confirmed what I thought: to benefit from some of these hacks you do need the support of a travel agent. But this was a good reminder that this brings benefits and although many enjoy fixing their itineraries themselves, sometimes it’s good to get help from a professional and get that little extra.
All of these are such great tips! I am TERRIBLE at booking my trips, it is always last minute and usually super expensive :-(.
One-off my only trick is to combine a work trip with a personal trip to depart from a much cheaper flight. A Kuwait to Paris flight (via Dubai ) for example is half the price of a Dubai to Paris (although you end up on the same flight 1!). So off I go to Kuwait for work and fly straight back to Paris after that!
Always keen to get travel tips from the industry insiders. If an open jaw is the same as a multi-city ticket, then I highly recommend these for anyone travelling to a large country where backtracking would waste time. And I still can’t believe people travel without insurance!
Some great tips here for the uninitiated. A great idea to write a post like this so that when the world starts to travel again they will have your information to hand.
This is so useful for future travel!
I can’t believe I didn’t know this! Thanks!!
Great Travel Hacks. Thank you for sharing this! These tips will certainly come in handy when planning my next trip.
I love this! I try to do as many of these as possible but some I did not know about!
I have boooed open jaw tickets a couple of times and yes they are way cheaper. One was into Tampa and then out of Miami which saved us a lot and the other was into Vancouver and out of Edmonton! Our home base is Toronto. We have also landed in Hamilton before a much smaller airport 40 mins from Toronto and saved $150!
I also experience season based savings when booking to go to Australia at Christmas. The savings based on a couple of days was in the thousands!!!
Great article!
Those are some great tips.
Thanks so much for all these! I can’t really travel for the foreseeable future but definitely gonna be keeping this in mind once I can travel again! *-*
OMG so useful Bliss!! Thanks for sharing all of your tips, I am sure your clients are very satisfied!
These are fantastic hacks, I hadn’t heard many of them. You’ve got me super interested in doing a round the world ticket now. Thanks for all this info!
Loved this blog. This is the first I have heard about the open jaw ticket, supplier/whole sale and world ticket! Thank you ..
Some great insider tips here that would never have crossed my mind!
How interesting. I never knew this. Thanks for sharing. I will consider all of them when planning my next trip – which I am doing right now!
Definitely will follow some of these hacks later!
These are great tips! I had never heard most of these before, so they should come in handy in the future! Plus it sounds like hiring a travel agent is the right way to go haha
This is AWESOME! Thank you so much for sharing amazing travel hacks that I had no idea. For sure saving it and will start to apply on my trips. Thank you!
These are such amazing tips! I’ve used a few of these myself , but some are new to me. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is a wealth of information. I had never heard of open jaw tickets before. I love the idea of a round the world ticket.
Thanks so much for these great tips! I had no idea about the STPC!
Awesome hacks, I new only few of these. I’m looking forward to trying more hacks
I’m a travel agent too and love these tips. I’m a big fan of open jaw tickets and find it interesting that not as many people know about these. Let’s hope we all come through this trying time strong as ever!!
Totally unrelated but I am from Singapore and my heart skipped a beat when I scrolled onto your pic of our colourful building – it’s actually the most refreshing angle that I’ve ever seen of that building (and trust me, I’ve seen ENOUGH pics of that place.) Love it !
These tips are great! Most of them, I have never heard of or used before. I can’t wait to book my next vacation knowing these great hacks!
I love all these hacks and totally agree with buying travel insurance and getting a travel agent! I work for a luxury travel agency for my internship and wow I never realized how hard travel agents work! Great job!
Very informative post. Surprised about the open jaw tickets. So far, whenever I tried to book a trip which arrived at one airport but flew out from another, the prices where exorbitant (for example flying from London into JFK, but back from Washington). Guess I got quoted two one way tickets, rather than an open jaw. Good to know for next time
These are awesome tips! I LOVE it when I can book a stopover. I call it a bonus city. Same thing when open jaw flights work out for me. I have one booked this summer I can hopefully take. I’m lucky my credit card covers my travel insurance!
These are some really great tips, some I haven’t heard of until now! I think we’ve all started to learn that travel insurance is a must especially these days. And you never know what the future will bring. Better safe than sorry!
Thanks for clarifying all the travel hacks because I too agree that sometimes the rules change so fast, that we really now need a travel insurance.
Cool tips! It’s great to start preparing for when this nightmare is over and we can start traveling again 🙂
Super tips. I’ve noted some for myself for future travels once this situation is over. thanks so much xx
MY AMEX was a lifesaver! My husband and I travelled for 4 months and we had lots of free flights, hotels, car rentals etc!
Like!! Great article post.Really thank you! Really Cool.
All of these are such great travel hacks. I’m still in the beginner’s stage of a travel agency and this has helped me a lot. Recently I have started using travel automation software with essential features to manage the business. Thank you for sharing this and keep up the work.