I gotta tell you, it was crazy before we got the whole vacation planned. I nearly went blind looking airfare up on the internet. The vacation went from 3 countries (Peru, Brasil, Chile) to 2 (Peru, Chile) to just Peru due to time constraints and cost of airfare. The rising cost of fuel is just insane. My friend told me of a web site (
www.yapta.com) which you can use to track airfare. Obsessive planner and bargain hunter like myself loves this kind of stuff. To give you an idea of how bad air is... just today, the airfare for my August trip to NYC went up TWICE, in $40 increments. I was actually in the process of booking it for the lower fare, when it told me no deal, so that I had to try again, and was able to book the same flights for $40 more. So word of warning for anyone with travel plans... book early or pay the price... as the same happened with my air fare going to DC and S. America (air went up $600 over night! Hence, the one country trip)Anyhow, I've got vacation on the brain and we're not even going until Christmas. I've already started reading the travel guide books, but that's because I read every day anyway... might as well read something that will come in handy. I think next I may read a Spanish book so I can learn some Spanish before I go.
Oh, btw, other good travel websites I use to comparison shop - http://www.sidestep.com/ and http://www.cheapoair.com/. And... with airline companies being so financially challenged nowadays, and us going to a third-worldy place... I actually bought travel insurance this time - which covers cancellations, some delays, and some medical and dental should it be necessary during the trip. The say a lot of people suffer from altitude sickness once they do the trek, so I figure better safe than sorry this time.
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