Let me introduce all my friends and family to Kayak. Full disclosure, my friend Joel K told me about it – I did not discover it, but I did introduce Ian to it which is pretty cool, since he is an internet deity.
Kayak (from what I can tell is a pretty fancy aggregator, and probably only makes money thru advertisements. Since when you find the flight right for you, you click off to the airlines’ site and buy directly through them. No middle man.
What I like about Kayak is that it is perfect for (1) if you know you want to go someplace and (2) you want to get the lowest price possible.
So, since all of you want to come down to visit us, here are the tips of Kayak and how to accomplish those two goals.
Easy to get started, put in your destination airport, suggested dates and hit search – just like any other travel site.
Now, wait for it to load, it is going through every airline site, not just the flights it has acquired from the partner airlines, ah-hem Travelocity/Orbits/Expedia.
Then, know your tabs:
The first is List, self-explanatory, you see it all. You can use filters to take away airlines you don’t like, you can change the departure times, you can say nonstop only, etc….you get it.
Then, the new tab, Matrix shows you all the flights (somewhat like Travelocity/Expedia/Orbitz) on a chart – for those of you who are comfortable with that visual it is nice to see it.
Finally, the third tab, is Chart (note, some destination combos, may not have this tab).
This is my favorite tab. The first chart shows when the best time to buy is. If the chart is high. Looking at this chart, right now is the lowest it has been and I would buy before it had a chance to go back up.
The second chart shows the entire month of September and what are the best dates by price out there. So, on this example I chose to travel Thursday thinking it would save money, but it looks like Friday has a slightly better fare. Or, if I could, I would try to fly closer to the beginning of the month where Sept 5-9th is a little cheaper over all.
Now, you may ask, why the big advertisement? Well, the only thing I get out of the deal is my favorite friends and family finding cheap deals so they come and visit – I would say if this gets a few of you here, then it was totally worth the blog post.
Kayak (from what I can tell is a pretty fancy aggregator, and probably only makes money thru advertisements. Since when you find the flight right for you, you click off to the airlines’ site and buy directly through them. No middle man.
What I like about Kayak is that it is perfect for (1) if you know you want to go someplace and (2) you want to get the lowest price possible.
So, since all of you want to come down to visit us, here are the tips of Kayak and how to accomplish those two goals.
Easy to get started, put in your destination airport, suggested dates and hit search – just like any other travel site.
Now, wait for it to load, it is going through every airline site, not just the flights it has acquired from the partner airlines, ah-hem Travelocity/Orbits/Expedia.
Then, know your tabs:
The first is List, self-explanatory, you see it all. You can use filters to take away airlines you don’t like, you can change the departure times, you can say nonstop only, etc….you get it.
Then, the new tab, Matrix shows you all the flights (somewhat like Travelocity/Expedia/Orbitz) on a chart – for those of you who are comfortable with that visual it is nice to see it.
Finally, the third tab, is Chart (note, some destination combos, may not have this tab).
This is my favorite tab. The first chart shows when the best time to buy is. If the chart is high. Looking at this chart, right now is the lowest it has been and I would buy before it had a chance to go back up.
The second chart shows the entire month of September and what are the best dates by price out there. So, on this example I chose to travel Thursday thinking it would save money, but it looks like Friday has a slightly better fare. Or, if I could, I would try to fly closer to the beginning of the month where Sept 5-9th is a little cheaper over all.
Now, you may ask, why the big advertisement? Well, the only thing I get out of the deal is my favorite friends and family finding cheap deals so they come and visit – I would say if this gets a few of you here, then it was totally worth the blog post.
2 comments:
it would be simpler if you set upone big rond trip and visited all of us. It's HOT down there in Tejas!!!
Tooo
it is the same temp there as it is here. only difference is it has rained for 64 days straight here.
maybe you should pop down for some more grapefruit wine - stock up before the cold winter....
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