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Resource: Links to summer travel savings

Here are some links to summer travel savings from Tips and Tricks: Summer Savings by Robert Brokamp (Motley Fool‘s Rule Your Retirement Newsletter 07/2012):

Summer travel season is here, and FareCompare.com, Kayak.com, HotWire.com, FamilyVacationCritic.com, AirFareWatchDog.com, SkyScanner.com, SkyAuction.com, and CheapTickets.com have great deals. For spur-of-the-moment trips, see Jetsetter.com, LastMinuteTravel.com, and Sniqueaway.com. Go uncoventional with time shares at CondoDirect.com, EVRentals.com, and ResortTime.com, or vacation rentals from owners at VRBO.com. Check out hostels, adventure travel, or temporary work overseas at BootsnAll.com. Go to SlowTrav.com for tips if you’re looking to settle in and explore a locale in Europe or North America. Use Hotelsweep.com to find places skipped by the bigger travel websites. Backbid.com shops your hotel reservation around for a better deal.

For more money-saving tips, go to Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement newsletter for July 2012.

From The Detourist’s tweets: some travel resources

Twitter is so ephemeral that every once in while it seems like a good idea to preserve a few tweets containing travel resources that might have some lasting value.

A frequently updated list of the most important #art #fairs in the world.

For those who don’t like gambling with Priceline: the new Tingo hotel booker watches for rate reductions after you book.

Social media apps from The Tech-Savvy Traveler.

An insider’s guide to Los Angeles’ beaches.

The Cultural Traveler is a guide to cultural & heritage tourism that exists in print.

Eater is getting to be an essential stop whether on the road or at home.

Auto Europe offers car rental tips.

Awesome contemporary art, quirky anthropological gems, & one of New England’s overlooked houses: the 50 Coolest Museums.

With the Bump Pay app, you can pay & be paid instantly when divvying up a check (iPhone only).

Like Starbucks’ phone app? Now use PayPal’s free new Tabbedout app (iPhone/Android) to view & pay your bar/food tab.

Resource: Links to travel-oriented websites

Although it’s a bit UK-heavy, The 50 Best Travel Websites by Rhiannon Batten will help you “[b]ag the prime seat on your flight, find a local who’ll cook you dinner, save cash on car hire…” and generally make life on the road easier.

See, also: 50 Travel Sites You’ve Probably Never Heard Of by Brooke Dowd.

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