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Southwest Airlines, which is already one of the cheapest airlines, is having a 2 day sale (that ends tonight!) on flights around the country. One way flights are as low as $30 for travel between September 9 and November 18. The prices are also based on the number of miles you’re going. Too bad I won’t be doing any flying during those months, unless I want to make any weekend trips while I’m in school.
In addition to the sale, Southwest Airlines, which previously flew out of Manchester and Providence, instead of Logan Airport in Boston, is launching service out of Boston starting August 16th. Exciting!
I’ve flown Southwest to Florida (out of Manchester) many times and have always enjoyed the experience. The whole not having assigned seats thing is a little annoying, but the low prices more than make up for it. I’ve never lost any baggage or had too many problems with customer service or delays (knock on wood).
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When the economy is bad, what’s the first to go? I’m no economist, but I would think that people start cutting back on unnecessary luxuries like going out to eat and expensive vacations. In the past year I’ve seen the economy’s impact on both the restaurant and travel industries. As a waitress, I’ve noticed a decrease in tips, and as a travel-lover who frequents trip-booking websites, I’ve noticed a huge increase in the number of deals posted.
In other words, even though the economy sucks, if you have the money to spend, now is the time to travel. You don’t even need a lot of money. I promise.
The other night, one of my friend’s briefly mentioned how she wanted to go to Florida (Orlando to be specific), and I immediately asserted that I could easily find some really cheap trips. Even though we weren’t serious about going on the vacation, as soon as I got home I went online and began searching.
My search quickly revealed even better deals than I imagined. As always, I used expedia.com. I’m sure that hotels.com, Orbitz, and Travelocity have similar deals, but for no particular reason I’ve always stuck with Expedia. I think I just have used their website so many times that I’m more comfortable with its format.
Anyways, I searched for 5 night hotel and flight packages from Boston to Orlando, and I found per person prices that are cheaper than the average roundtrip ticket. I used a week in mid August for my search, and then organized the packages by price. Many of 3 and 3.5 star hotels, some of which include free transportation to the Disney parks and/or free breakfast, are less than $300 per person.
For example, the Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration, which is a very nice hotel that I’ve stayed at before, is only $277 per person. For a little extra, you can even stay inside Disney World, at the luxurious 4 star Walt Disney World Dolphin for only $393 per night. I stayed there a few years ago, and it was definitely one of the nicer hotels that I stayed at in Orlando, and it’s nice to be within walking distance of MGM (or Hollywood Studios as it’s now called) and a short boat ride away from Epcot.
There were even a few decent hotels for under $250 per person for the hotel and flight, like the Best Western Lakeside or Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista. How is that possible, when flights are usually at least $200? Thank you bad economy for all of the travel deals.
I’ve been to Orlando way too many times, so unfortuantely I won’t be able to use these amazing deals that I found. Instead I’ll be going to Toronto next month. Why? I’m not sure. We’re only paying $160 each for the hotel though, so I’m not complaining. I don’t even know what there is to do in Toronto, but I’m sure my friend who suggested the trip has some things in mind. In the end, I know it will be fun. I’ve never been there before, and I always enjoy seeing new places. I need to stop automatically thinking of Florida when I think of the word vacation.
