Editor’s Note: I travel my pants off and research trips until I’m blue in the face. Then I live it packing my bags once every two weeks leaving by plane, train or automobile. I’m on a life-long mission to try every trip style—though I’m still working on the Mancation—write about it and inspire your next trip. Are you in the mood for glamping or roughing it; Paris chic or cheap; long weekending in LA or NY? Whatever your trip style, we’ve got you covered. We’ll even show you how to do Hawaii in a weekend.
Behind every trip style is a travel tip and resource. Here’s a collection of our first class recommendations—you know, the ones that get served champagne in fold-flat seats 1a and 1b. And as always, we don’t recommend it unless we’ve lived it, loved it and think you’d like it too!
- Expedia – Book any trip style through the world’s leading online travel provider. {app}
Kayak - One of the world’s largest travel meta search engines. {app}- Jetsetter - Travel flash sales, the Gilt Groupe‘s foray into travel. {app}
- Tablet Hotels - Tightly edited collection of hotels with a low tolerance for boredom.
- Trip Advisor – World’s largest travel review site. {see Trip Styler’s 50+ reviews on Trip Advisor here} {app}
- TripIt – Travel itinerary management tool. {app}
- Hotel Tonight – An app that finds the top last-minute deals in a growing number of US cities.
- Room 77 – The world’s first hotel room search engine. {app}
- Seatguru.com - Find out the best seat on the plane, before you fly.
- HipMunk - Visual flight search sorting by trip ‘agony.’ {app}
- Tablet Hotels
- Tightly edited collection of hotels with a low tolerance for boredom.
- MrAndMrsSmith - Curated list of stylish boutique hotels worldwide.
- Kiwi Collection - List of properties worldwide for “people who care where they stay.”
- Jetsetter [join here] – The kingpin of travel flash sales, plus curated hotel collections.
- Vacationist [join here] - A joint venture between Travel + Leisure magazine and Luxury Link.
- Secret Escapes [join here] - Europe-focused travel flash sales.
- Snique Away [join here] - The Trip Advisor group’s travel flash sale attempt.
- Voyage Prive [join here] - Europe-based private travel sales with 6-million members worldwide.
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- Priceline - Bid on a hotel by location and star rating without knowing hotel name.
- Hotwire – Browse hotel deals by location and amenities, without knowing hotel name.
- Travelocity’s Top Secret Hotels - Browse hotel deals by location and amenities, without knowing hotel name.
- Trip Alertz - Group buying travel site where prices go down as bookings go up.
- Groupon Getaways {joint venture with Expedia} – Packaged getaway travel vouchers.
- Living Social Escapes – Packaged getaway travel vouchers.
- TravelZoo Local – Packaged getaway, tourism and dining vouchers.
- Vacations To Go - Find major and boutique brands in one place, plus short-term sales via their 90-Day Ticker.
- CruisesOnly - USA’s largest cruise agency.
- RepositioningCruise.com - Repositioning cruises, most with off-beat itineraries in the off-season.
