Travel price guides
Practical, honest guides to paying less for flights and hotels.
- When to book flights for the best priceThere is no single magic day to buy a flight. Here is how fares tend to move, when to start watching, and how to catch a good price when it appears.
- How flight price alerts work (and their limits)A flight price alert re-checks a route for you and emails you when the fare drops to your target. Here is how it works and what it cannot do.
- How flexible dates help you find cheaper flightsMoving your trip by a day or two can change the fare a lot. Here is why flexible dates help and how to use them without wrecking your plans.
- Do hotel prices drop? How to catch a lower rateHotel rates often go down as well as up before your stay. Here is why they change, when drops tend to happen and how to catch a lower rate.
- Book with free cancellation, then rebook when the price dropsLock in a refundable hotel rate, keep watching the price and rebook if it falls. Here is how to do it safely and what can go wrong.
- How to set a realistic target priceA good target price is low enough to be a real saving and high enough to actually happen. Here is a simple method for choosing one.
- Why the price you see can change: cached vs live travel pricesThe price in a search result or alert is often a recently seen price. Here is why it can differ from the live price on the booking site.
- How Trigger stays free: affiliate links explainedTrigger is free because some booking links are affiliate links. Here is what that means, what it does not change, and how we keep results fair.