{"id":8613,"date":"2010-01-07T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T06:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=8613"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:41:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:41:04","slug":"how-to-guarantee-the-cheapest-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/living\/travel\/how-to-guarantee-the-cheapest-ticket","title":{"rendered":"How to Guarantee the Cheapest Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>You know the feeling. You wait and wait for a ticket price to go down, only to find you waited so long that it went up.<\/p>\n So you buy it. Only to find it went down, again.<\/p>\n Don’t let that sinking feeling in your stomach ruin your trip! Budget Travel <\/em>has revealed the four sites you can use to get your money back when the Travel Industry goons get ya.<\/p>\n #1. For Vacation Packages: Travelocity<\/a><\/strong> just started a refund policy <\/strong>this past Wednesday giving you the price difference should you spot the deal for cheaper.<\/p>\n #2. For Flights: Yapta <\/a><\/strong>(a price-tracking Web Site) and TripIt <\/strong><\/a>(a free travel organizer)<\/a> have paired up to alert you if you’re eligible for a refund after you’ve booked your flight. Just forward your itinerary to plans@tripit.com and Yapta will do the rest.<\/p>\n #3. For Hotelts: <\/strong>Both Yapta<\/strong><\/a> and Orbitz<\/a> <\/strong>offer automatic alerts when others book a hotel for cheaper.<\/p>\n Don’t you love it when technology really does make life a little better?<\/p>\n