Today was time to book flights to Canada for Carla. She is going back in about three weeks and we cannot delay buying these tickets any longer. The longer we wait the more expensive the tickets will be.
I did the searches on my two favourite sites for booking flights: Expedia.ca and Travelocity.ca. Both of these sites come up with very similar prices and options. As none of the choices met our requirements (Carla had another flight booked in Canada that she has to connect to) I searched for alternatives to these two sites. I wanted to share the sites that I discovered as it can be difficult to find websites that will provide you with good prices/options.
I ended up booking a flight on ebookers.com (great connections and a decent price). The lowest price available was CAD$920, but we had to pay more to get the right flight times. Being flexible helps! :-( Other sites that also provided good prices/options for the flight to Canada were: cfares.com and ultimatefares.com.
For North Americans, I would highly recommend hotwire.com for great deals on hotels and cars (they also sell flights and vacations).
If you are trying to plan out a car route anywhere in North America or Europe, the best site to use is ViaMichelin. I love using it for figuring out how much I will spend on toll charges while driving through Europe. It gets kind of confusing driving around here as some countries charge you toll based on kilometers driven (you pay at a toll booth, e.g. Croatia) while in other countries (Slovenia, Austria) you need to buy a vignette (sticker for your car). With a vignette, you can drive without stopping at toll booths. The reason that I am paying attention to all these rules is that fines are extremely high (330 Euro fine vs 55 Euro vignette).
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Informative stuff; thanks!
Even a short post is better than none, Ivan, so keep 'em coming! You have many faithful followers/well-wishers who are living vicariously through you just now, and therefore it is always uplifting to see a new post.
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