Great Comment About Southwest Airlines Charging For Priority Seating
September 9, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Consumer News, Travel
Great comment from Jon:
My wife and I just flew Southwest on Labor Day Weekend. Getting there early won’t get you the best seat. They have a couple of ways you can check in early, either at the kiosks in the airport, or online up to 24 hours prior to your flight. Either option lets you print a boarding pass, with a boarding number on it. The boarding group you are assigned to determines the order in which you board the plane, and thus the “quality” of your seating. I’d guess that they hold open some slots in the “A 1-30? group for people who are willing to pay the extra $10. We were in the B 1-30 and B 31-60 groups (last to board), and still didn’t have much problem finding decent seats together on flights that were full, so unless it was extremely important to me to be first off of the plane on landing, it’s not worth the extra cost. If you’re first to board, you also spend quite a bit of time just sitting in your seat waiting for everyone else to board and settle in before departure.
Southwest Charges $10 For Early Boarding Privileges
September 2, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Spending and Saving, Travel
I thought this article was relevant to my last post about Southwest charging an extra $10 for early boarding privileges.
Southwest will charge an optional $10 for anyone who wants to upgrade their ticket for early boarding. The significance of this is that Southwest doesn’t assign seats, so early boarders will get seat preference and they will most likely get overhead luggage space near their seat.
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How To Save Money On Airline Fees
September 2, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Spending and Saving, Travel
In order to increase revenue to save their business, many airlines have started nickel and diming customers with a ton of fees, some up front and some hidden. No longer do airlines provide full-service. Everything comes at a price from the snacks to checking baggage. Here are some quick tips to help you avoid extra airline fees.
- Pack snacks and drinks with you. If you’re on a long flight, avoid paying for snacks and meals by carrying on your own snacks. I haven’t come across an airlines that charges for a beverage yet, I am sure some of the smaller discount airlines do charge for it. Beverages are tougher to bring with you because of the liquid restriction, but you could still carry one on from the terminal and still save money.
Dream Green Vacation Giveaway from Green Travel Hub
August 11, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Contests and Giveaways, Travel
My friends over at RezHub.com are re-launching a great travel booking website that offers customers ways to travel green without thinking about it! They have a green score rating system for all hotels affiliated with them that rates how environmentally friendly it operates. They’ll also help you find affordable hybrid car rentals, and they give back 20% of their profits to eco-friendly organizations.
The Giveaway
A 4 night stay at the Pacific Beach Hotel and Resort in Waikiki, Hawaii and a $350 car rental voucher to Hertz rental car.
Ways To Enter
How To Protect Your Money While Traveling
July 29, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Travel
We are in the thick of the traveling season, so here is a good video from Clark Howard about protecting your money while you travel.
Save Money On Your Summer Rental Car
July 22, 2009 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Spending and Saving, Travel
Gas prices are cheap, and more travelers are renting cars this summer. Rental car companies are in a price war, and you can find a mid-size car in some areas of the country for less than $20 per day. But, if you don’t do your research, you could get burned when it comes to renting a car. Here are a few tips to help you save money on a rental car.
Breaking Down Our Moving Costs
September 29, 2008 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Budgeting, Real Estate, Travel
We recently moved from Jacksonville, Florida to Orlando, Florida. It’s about 140 miles between the two cities. My wife started working about two months ago, so money wasn’t as tight as it has been in the past. However, we still like to get the most out of our money no matter what we’re doing.
Here is a breakdown of our moving expenses:
How Facebook Can Save You Money On Travel
September 11, 2008 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Budgeting, Spending and Saving, Travel
Facebook isn’t just a place to reunite with old friends and write cute little comments on your friends’ uploaded photos. There’s an application for everything, and the traveling applications are something that I’ve been checking out lately. Here are some facebook applications of interest.
Hostelbook.com application: this application helps you find the best hostel at the best rate wherever you may be traveling whether it’s in the United States or abroad. I backpacked around Europe four years ago, and we saved a ton of money staying at hostels. However, we didn’t have facebook to get quality reviews of which hostels to frequent and which ones to stay away from. There were hostel review sites out there, but facebook’s social network blows any of those sites away. Check this one out.
