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Catch the Travel Feels with Cheap Flights, Car Rentals, and Hotels

This year, we’re catching flights, not feelings. And by feelings, we mean that feeling you get right after you book a really expensive trip only to learn you could’ve used our savings tips to get a much better deal. Learn how to get the best bang for your buck by taking advantage of offers from well-known travel websites. Whether you discover new discounts for cheap car rentals and last-minute hotel deals or learn the best time to book a flight, we’re here to share some of our best hacks for saving money on your 2023 travel and experiences.

• How to find the cheapest flights and hotels

As we head into the busy travel season, our budgets can get stressed over flight and hotel prices. One way to save on flights is knowing the cheapest days to fly. In the past, travel insiders have revealed that booking flights on Tuesdays would net the cheapest flight. However, things have changed, and now Sunday is the best day to book upcoming flights. Keep in mind that booking flights anywhere from 21 to 70 days before departure will ensure you get the best deals on flights.

At Expedia, you have the luxury of looking at flight and hotel deals based on your specific location. You can even bundle Expedia flights and hotel options to save as much as 30%. With spring break happening now and summer travel right around the corner, use an Expedia coupon to save an additional 10% on select purchases.

Take a look at Expedia’s Spring Sale for deals up to 25% off and get some of the best deals on hotels. Right now, stay in Las Vegas for around $100 per night. Or, head to NYC, where you can find hotels near Times Square for about $300 per night. If you’re looking for some international flair on the beach, check out five-star, all-inclusive resorts in Cancun for under $800 per night.

You can find the cheapest flight and hotel deals when you bundle them. For under $400 per person, you can fly to Los Angeles, Denver, New York, Orlando, Miami, and more. Plus, you’ll get two to three nights in a range of hotels and locations, from city center to oceanfront.

• One of the best sites to rent a car

Even as the rental car shortage continues, you can still save money by following a few suggestions. Try to plan your car rental as early as possible. You’ll have a better chance of getting just what you want, rather than getting stuck with whatever is left on the lot. Next, try booking a car rental directly with a company like Enterprise rent a car.

Enterprise doesn't hold back when it comes to ways you can save. Reserve your vehicle by entering the pick-up and drop-off dates and locations, then use an Enterprise promo code at checkout to reduce the price by up to 10%. Plus, look for offers that will give you free upgrades on your rental.

To score the lowest prices on car rentals, consider renting a car at an off-airport location. Cars rented at an airport are almost always more expensive because of additional taxes and fees. By choosing a different location to pick up your rental car, you could save 20%. No matter where you book or what type of car you rent, you’ll find what you need with Enterprise’s wide selection and numerous ways to save.

• Over-the-top tourism websites

While a getaway is meant for relaxation, it is also meant for exploring. Whether you’re whale watching from a boat in Hawaii or soaking up the Northern Lights in Iceland, Viator tours and experiences can help guide you toward new adventures anywhere you go.

Visit viator.com to get started sorting through more than 300,000 potential experiences. Top destinations include, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Charleston, Nashville, Oahu, and Cancun. Some of the most popular tours include a day of sightseeing in New York City, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle in London, and Chichen Itza and cenotes in Cancun.

Refine your search and find discounted prices by adding your destination, adjusting the price bar on the left column, and selecting the “Deals & Discounts” box. Viator will provide you with a list of extravagant finds, all within your price range. Tours start as low as $59 per person and can sell out quickly, and many of the excursions have been discounted by hundreds of dollars. Plus, you can use a Viator promo code to save 10% on your first three bookings using the Viator app. You can also get free cancellation and a full refund on most tours canceled at least 24 hours in advance.

If you’re unsure about where to start, contact a Viator travel agent. They’re professional travel experts who will provide a wealth of information and recommendations for an itinerary that suits everyone.

No matter where your travels take you, you can use these travel hacks to save money on the journey. From cheap hotels and flights, to discounted rental cars and tourism excursions, you have all the tools you need to get going for less.

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Having a baby or a child in your life is such an exciting time, as you watch a little human learn and take on their very own personality. but, it can also be hard on your finances. they are always growing (and outgrowing), so you’re constantly buying the next new thing. although these costs add up quickly, we’ve found some deals that can help ease the financial burden. the best time to buy baby stuff on sale is right now. you can expect to save on items, including clothing, strollers, and furniture from stores like carter’s, buybuy baby, and albee baby. no more crying over spilled milk (or spent money) when you take advantage of these great deals..

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Travelers need information when planning their adventures—or are in the thick of an adventure they need help getting out of. The World’s Greatest Travelers have assembled the top travel websites for 2023 edition of  101 Best Travel Websites ™.

Not too long-ago travelers dragged along volumes of heavy guidebooks and waited days to get their hands on a soiled copy of the  International Herald Tribune  just to see what was going on in the world—both delivered old news of course! Then Ted Turner bravely began broadcasting  CNN  live worldwide. Now of course, we have the ubiquitous Internet and over 17,000 smartphone travel apps; which have made travelers more informed and confident than ever.

Our passionate travel-loving staff has spent many a blurry-eyed night surfing travel-related websites in their never-ending quest to separate the wheat from the chaff and find the best of the best for the 2018 list. Among the 101 stars are: passionate blogs, travel news aggregators, useful research and booking sites, traditional weekly travel sections and excitingly irreverent takes on 21st century travel. We prefer an exhaustive and essential 101 list of useful, fun, fresh, informative and entertaining websites, rather than the usual short-list of just 7, 10 or 12 highly commercial sites.

So, congrats from us at  The World’s Greatest Travelers™  to all of you who made the cut; bravo, good job, and thank you! Culled from literally millions of travel-related sites, here listed A-Z is the 2023 edition of the  101 Best Travel Website s™.

ABC News Travel – Mainstream travel coverage.

About Travel – Budget Travel’s website chalk full of useful info.

The Adventurists – Certainly not boring.

Airbnb – It is the 21st Century.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

BBC Travel – England’s best travel section?

Bloomberg Travel – News from the wire.

Borders of Adventure – One woman’s quest to bring enlightenment to travel.

Boston Globe Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

BreakingTravelNews – A daily barrage of travel PR pieces that are actually very telling.

Business Travel News – Well, business travel news.

CBS News Travel – Filtered headline travel news.

Chicago Sun-Times Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Chicago Tribune Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Conde Nast Traveler – The magazine online.

CNN Travel – Up to date travel news.

Consumer Traveler – Know your rights…all three of them!

Eat Your World – Dedicated foodie travelers will rejoice.

Elliott – Christopher Elliott’s consumer-oriented travel website.

Fest 300 – Might as well do a local festival when you get there.

Flight Stats – A great way to find alternative airport routes.

FlyerTalk – For road warriors and mileage geeks alike.

Fodor’s Travel – The guidebook online.

Frommer’s – The online guidebook.

Frugal Travel Guy – Helping regular travelers travel at their own speed.

Frugal Traveler – NYT’s resident travel blogger Seth Kugel.

FT Travel – England’s Financial Times travel section.

Gadling – Always interesting travel tidbits and more.

The Global Scavenger Hunt Blog – An always interesting and fascinating look at the world.

Globe & Mail Travel – Canada’s largest newspaper’s weekly travel section.

Gogobot – A fun and useful site that you need to try to understand.

Google Flights – Reliable research tool that is poised to take over the world…of travel.

Google Maps – Never get lost, ever.

Great Circle Mapper – Fun travel site to map out all your travels.

Guardian Travel – England’s The Guardian newspaper weekly travel section.

Gulliver – England’s Economist magazine travel blog.

Hipmunk – Keeps Kayak honest.

HomeAway – To see like a local you have to live like a local.

HomeExchange – To see like a local you have to live like a local.

Houston Chronicle Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Huffington Post Travel – Interesting lists from both established and aspiring travel writers.

Independent Travel – England’s The Independent newspaper travel section.

Intelligent Travel – National Geographic’s travel blog site.

International Travel News – Information for high-frequency travelers.

In Transit Blog – NY Times daily travel blog.

Jaunted – Mostly always interesting travel pieces.

JohnnyJet – The true Travel Insider.

Kayak – Still the best way to check out all your options in one site.

Lonely Planet Blog – Always motivating.

Lonely Planet Thorn Tree – A place to chat about places you want to go.

Los Angeles Times Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

The Man in Seat Sixty-One – When getting there is still half the fun.

MapQuest – Tried and true, gives you the options you need.

Miami Herald Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

The Middle Seat – Scott McCartney’s always interesting travel blog.

Nat Geo Travel – Old yellow.

Naughty Nomad – Politically incorrect travel.

NBC News Travel – Mainstream travel coverage.

New York Times Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Nomadic Matt – He’s come a long way from dancing Matt.

Nowhere – Travel site for arty folks.

Perceptive Travel – Canadian travel blog.

The Points Guy – If you’re going to travel, you might as well maximize it.

Rick Steves Travel Blog – When he gets political—we like it a lot!

RoadJunky – The drugs, sex and rock n’ roll of travel.

Rome2Rio – How to get from here to there.

San Francisco Chronicle Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

San Jose Mercury News Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Scribol Travel – Breathtaking stuff.

SeatGuru – Helps you pick a good seat.

Skift – Real travel intel for real travel geeks

Skype – Still the place to go for free international conversations.

Smarter Travel – Lists and travel articles.

Times of India Travel – For another look at global travel.

The Times Travel – England’s The Times travel section.

Timeout City Guides – I saw my first one in 1985 and fell in love.

Today in the Sky – USA Today’s Ben Mutzabaugh’s daily travel takes.

Tony Wheeler’s Travels – Lonely Planet founder’s website.

Travel Detective – Peter Greenberg’s travel website.

Travel Independent – Everything you might need to know.

Travel Mail – England’s Daily Mail dedicated travel section.

Travel News & Deals – LA Times travel blog.

Traveller – Australia’s Sydney Morning News take on travel news.

TripAdvisor – Who doesn’t still check these (mostly) user-generated reviews?

Uncornered Market – Travel wide on sabbatical

USA Today Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

Vagabonding – Rolf Potts keeps writing…

View from the Wing – Road warrior frequent points guru Randy Peterson’s website.

Wall Street Journal Travel – Not even Rupert Murdock could screw up travel.

Wanderlust & Lipstick – An amazing collection or regular travel bloggers.

Washington Post Travel – One of the dozen dedicated travel sections still around.

WikiTravel – Crowd sourced travel info.

WikiVoyage – Crowd sourced travel destination info.

World Hum – Irreverent travel pieces.

World Travel Guide – Just a great source of city data.

XE – An always reliable ballpark currency converter.

Yahoo! Travel – Getting better every day.

Yapta – This site will save you money after you book a flight.

YouTube Travel – Unending supply of great travel videos.

12 HRS – A Euro-sensibility to traveling urban zones.

48 Hour Adventure – We like 48-hour adventures.

The  101 Best Travel Website s™ are the sites used by  The Global Scavenger Hunt ™ which is known internationally as the annual world travel championship event that crowns  The World’s Greatest Travelers ™, for planning and research purposes. The 2023 event is scheduled to take place starting in April 14, 2023. International competitors can apply online at GlobalScavengerHunt.com or by calling +1.301.281.709.

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CNN Travel is one of the best websites available for discovering the latest updates and interesting articles related to the world of travel. From new aeroplanes to travelling feats, the website covers a whole range of different engaging topics to offer inspiration or just feed your curiosity for what is happening around the world.

One of the best features of the website is the ‘Related Topics’ section, which allows you to search stories by category, ranging from natural disasters to architecture to airport security. Once you have selected a category, a slideshow will appear where you swipe through the stories to see what you’d like to read. Each article has a large, high quality photo with a short tagline telling you what it’s about.

However, my personal favourite is the ‘Destinations’ tab at the top that presents a host of different countries and cities, each with their own brief summary and below a grid of the latest articles concerned with that particular destination. This differs from The Guardian Travel , which only offers the choice between three different destinations: UK, Europe and USA. Other tabs include Food & Drink, Play, Stay and Video, alongside a search bar to look for keywords.

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WATCH LIVE: See the total solar eclipse as it moves across the US

One of the biggest celestial events of the decade has arrived in the form of the total solar eclipse that will make its way across parts of Central and North America on Monday.

You can watch a livestream of the rare event here beginning at 12 p.m.

Dozens of cities across the Midwest, Plains and South regions will be in the path of totality, or where the sun's visibility will be completely blocked by the moon. Expect skies to darken as other phenomena take place throughout the afternoon.

What is a solar eclipse?

According to  National Geographic , a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, creating a shadow on our planet called an umbra.

There are also different kinds of eclipses. A total eclipse occurs when the moon blocks out the entire sun and a partial eclipse occurs when the moon only blocks part of the sun.

What is a total solar eclipse? What happens during a total solar eclipse?

According to the  Indiana University official website , a total eclipse takes place when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth, placing the Earth in its shadow. The time it takes place, as well as the duration, are influenced by factors like the distances between the sun, moon and Earth, the moon’s phase and the axial tilt of the Earth and moon.

Does it get dark during a total solar eclipse?

Yes. The closer one's location is to totality, the greater the darkness and duration. During a total solar eclipse, the moon eventually lines up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blocking out light.