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" This post was written by Danielle Gold, the Good Housekeeping Research Institute&amp;#039;s summer editorial intern. When not assisting Chris Malloy and Miriam Arond with their work, she studies Media at Hunter College in New York City. Did you miss the deadline for our Good Housekeeping exclusive travel deals? Are you planning a vacation but looking for the best prices on everything from transportation to entertainment? The internet offers travelers countless deals and ways to save. Play travel agent with a movement of the mouse! Getting there comes first On Kayak.com, after you enter your local airport and destination city, you see a calendar with the lowest plane tickets rates by carrier. You can also simultaneously open windows to other great travel deal sites such as priceline.com, expedia.com, travelocity.com and hotwire.com. If you routinely travel to a specific location, use the site to set up email price alerts that let you know when plane fares hit rock bottom. Yapta.com offers a similar service, which tracks your booked flight and emails you if the price drops low enough to warrant a refund from the airline. Once you&amp;#039;ve booked your flight, use Kayak to compare prices on rental cars. In major cities, you can get cheap rates on full amenity buses by booking with Megabus or BoltBus. Earlier this summer, using Megabus and booking a month in advance, I paid just $10 for a round-trip bus ride from New York to Boston. For discount hotel rooms, check out, at Hotels.com and Priceline.com. Even better bargains can be found through Priceline&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Name-Your-Own-Price Program&amp;quot; and Express Deals and Hotels.com&amp;#039;s sister site Hotwire.com. However, Express Deals, Name-Your-Own Price, and Hotwire don&amp;#039;t give you the name of your hotel until after you&amp;#039;ve paid. If you&amp;#039;re already familiar with the vacation area, you may feel comfortable booking on the basis of the hotel reviews, list of amenities, and the general location provided on the websites. .  Adventurous? Select and pay for part or all of your trip through a flash sale site like Jetsetter, Groupon Getaways or LivingSocial Escapes. You can also buy a voucher from Gilt City, Groupon or LivingSocial to experience something like a restaurant meal, deluxe facial, or archery lessons at a fraction of its retail price. On daily deal aggregators like Yipit and Dealery, you can browse the offerings of dozens of sale sites in one place. Yipit boasts hundreds of unique vouchers for sale in New York City alone. If you&amp;#039;re looking to spend some of your vacation at an amusement park, you&amp;#039;re in luck! By buying theme park tickets online, you can receive a discount and avoid the wait when you get there. Check out some of these savings: \u2022 Six Flags: Special rates if you purchase tickets online at least three days in advance. Use a Discover card and save an additional 5%. \u2022 Universal Studios Orlando: Save $20 off the gate prices on Multi-day tickets. If you select Multi-day Park-to-Park ticket, you get a coupon book with $150 value. American Express card holders get additional online discounts and in-park access to a lounge with concierge service and light snacks. \u2022 Busch Gardens Virginia: Purchase flex tickets, which include trips to Water County USA and Colonial Williamsburg, and save 20% and receive free parking. \u2022 Sea World Orlando and San Antonio: Pay only $10 online. \u2022 AAA: Offers discount tickets to major theme parks, including Disney properties. Savings vary by membership region. \u2022 Coupon Codes: Whenever you&amp;#039;re booking at a place with an online checkout, make a quick google search for coupon codes. These often show up on company blogs and twitter feeds. RetailMeNot is a site that collects coupon codes and makes them easy to find. On average, its users saved $31 at Six Flags, $55 at Universal Studios Orlando, and $34 at Hotels.com.  If you&amp;#039;re vacationing in a major city, check to see if a Go Card or CityPASS suits your needs. These services let you attend dozens of top attractions, which include aquariums, theme parks, bus tours and observation decks, often with line-skipping benefits for a set fee. Go Cards are paid for by the day and can be flashed at the destination admission point. CityPASS acts like a coupon book which is valid for 9 days after its first use. Be aware though, if you&amp;#039;re primarily purchasing a package to get admission to not-for-profit museums, they often offer free or pay as you wish admission days. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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