I have had the best results with Kayak
I have had the best results with Kayak
Stir IT UP
It's funny because in my experience kayak returned higher prices than some of their competitors.
I actually spent a lot of time researching over the course of months, sometimes I would have everything including kayak,orbitz, priceline, hotwire, travelocity, hotels.com, google flights, and so forth and so on because ocassionally the pricing will be different.
In my opinion Orbitz and Hotwire often returned the lowest prices, aggregators like google.com/flights allow you to quickly scan for airline prices.
This time around I ended up booking through the hotel directly(catcha gardens) and booked my airline ticket through hotwire because I had a $20 entertainment book rebate.
Often I'll call the hotel directly if I feel their pricing is a little high for what the rest of the market is looking like, and I have no issues with looking for a discount because that means I'll have more money to spend on food, drinks, and tipping!
I was raised frugal and it's helped in the business world and it helps when planning vacations, the key is to not wait too long to book because it does become a gamble( I ended up paying $479 for my flight, a month earlier I would have paid $350).