Travel Tips and Sites

So i've spent a fair amount of time lately looking for deals on flights, trains and buses for around the UK, Europe and overseas (South Africa) etc.

A friend of mine (Xenia) suggested that I blog about all the best sites that I have found and any tips I have for finding tickets.

For example, a "normal" return train from London to Oxford is around £40 whereas I found advanced train tickets on First Great Western for £4 one way, so it turned out to be the best option to buy two one way tickets which was £8 in total!

Also always have a look at Megabus as they have extremely cheap tickets and if you can afford an extra hour travel time, it may be worth doing that over a train.

* Flights:

• www.Kayak.co.uk
• www.TravelStart.co.za
• www.Expedia.co.uk
• www.Skyscanner.net
• www.Travelsupermarket.com
• www.Opodo.co.uk
• www.Travelpack.com
• www.eBookers.com
• www.WeFly.co.uk
• www.Qatar.com (has cheaper flights than going through price comparison websites)

* Once you find a good flight, get a quote from Flight Centre (http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/contactus/traveladvisor) and if their quote is not better than what you have found, let them know what price you found and they will match or beat it!

Trains:

• www.Megatrain.com/uk
• www.Firstgreatwestern.co.uk (10% Discount when booking online and 3 person group save)
• www.TheTrainLine.com

Buses:

• http://www.megabus.com/