The second principle is the idea that shopping around will allow you to find the cheapest price available. Combining these two is how online travel sites have been able to save their customers hundreds of dollars on different vacation plans.

Some people have decided to start ignoring online travel sites because of the recent economic meltdown. The thinking is that since companies are now desperate to get people travelling, they will be rolling out the red carpet in the airports and for that reason there is no need to get caught up with a website that has to make money from the service. This would be a mistake however as the role of online travel sites is more important now than it ever was before. Companies involved in travel are still attempting to make money by any means necessary and now that they are desperate, they are more eager to try and overcharge customers a little bit here and there to make up for their losses. Only by staying true to the comparison and last-minute principles of shopping around for vacations can you truly hope to save money.