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How to Save on Summer Travel!

With rising gas and air prices find ways save. Summer is quickly approaching so before you load the kids into the car to escape town, there are few money-saving tips you might want to consider.

"Whether you are traveling internationally, by car or just for the weekend, costs are going up and it is important to save on the small things," said ASTA President and CEO Cheryl Hudak, CTC. "An ASTA travel agent is your best resource for finding ways to save while you travel this summer."

We have the answers for you on how to save when traveling internationally, save money on hotels, when traveling by car, ways to save at home while you are away, and other tips. Read full article.

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To offset rising fuel cost, airlines have begun charging for baggage. Most airlines have implemented fees for your second checked bag with some charging a fee for your first checked bag.

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Pay for goods and services received? No problem. Pay for goods and services not received? No way. A caution to travellers to Japan. Be very wary about furnishing your credit card details when all you want is information about availability of accommodation. You may find you have authorised a payment for accommodation that you don’t want. I recently went to the JapanHotel.Net (bookings@japanhotel.net) site in my search for a hotel in Kyoto. I wanted to check availability in Kyoto Ryokan Kinoe, but found there was no way to do so on this site. When you click on the ‘ask a question’ button, you read: ‘Please do not request availability information. We cannot give this information as it becomes outdated very quickly and the situation is often different when the guest tries to make a reservation.’ So my only option if I wanted to find out about availability of rooms in Kinoe was to supply my credit card details and click on the ‘reserve’ button. Since I was shopping around at the time, I found and booked with another hotel that was cheaper and more convenient, not realising that my enquiry with JapanHotel.Net had resulted in a confirmed booking. I returned home from my trip to Japan to discover that the hotel was classing me as a ‘no-show’ and applying the full penalty – 100% of the accommodation charge for two nights, a whopping £350 of pure profit, in return for no services whatsoever. I learned the hard way not to give out credit card details in advance of finding the right information. So, if you’re looking for accommodation in Japan, be very careful not to let this happen to you.
By: Cranfield Ingrid At: 06/06/2008 15:50:00: PM

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