Tips for cheap travel?

[Farsala]

Turkish said:

Farsala said:
I will be dead by the time I get to Japan :P.


Anyways already wasted all my money on an awesome trip. Flights are pretty seasonal, as are hotels. Exchange rates help.

I should have waited a year to plan a cheaper trip. But impulse too fun.

Where did you go? And why do you wanna visit Japan and not Taiwan etc?

 

I went to japan for 18 days. Whole thing cost me about $4000 and flight alone was $2238. The reasoning for Japan was I went with a friend who is a japanese major. But it is in my top 3 to visit anyways.

Replicant said:

Most Asian countries are highly recommendable but Japan is indeed something special imo.

 

Where do you live?

I always use momondo.com to find the cheapest flights. You can find flights from New York to Tokyo for under $490 (and less if you spend a bit of time).

I went to Minneapolis airport for my flight, and honestly since it wasn't direct it was subpar. I could have swiped a deal for $1500 but it soldout quickly and went up to $2238. This was during peak tourist time (for Japanese people and foreigners) in late July.

So I learned to not travel at that time.