Top travels hacks to help you outsmart rising inflation

Clint Henderson, Managing Editor, The Points Guy, reveals his top tips for scoring travel deals amid rising prices.

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00:00My favorite tips for fighting inflation and getting good deals remain the same and it's my

00:06favorite thing to talk about. So my first trick is Google Flights and Google Flights Explore.

00:10You put in your home airport and Google Flights Explore, it will show you the cheapest destinations

00:15within the United States and around the world. So it's got an interactive map, you can zoom in and

00:19out. And then Google Flights actually lets you set flight alerts. So even if you already booked,

00:24set a Google Flight Alert. If the price drops for that flight, you can get a trip credit for

00:28the difference. So the airlines are being much more flexible about giving you credits now.

00:32So that's a great tool that I always tell people about. Don't sleep on airline vacation packages.

00:37Amazing deals can be had when you book airfare, hotels, car rentals, and even sometimes activities

00:45into one bundle. I've saved 40% on booking business class trips to places like Berlin,

00:51staying at five-star hotels, and saved thousands of dollars, literally saved thousands of dollars

00:57through American Airlines Vacation. So sometimes those vacation packages can store you some really

01:03good deals. You'll have to shop around a little bit, but that's a great hack that I like to use.

01:08And then finally, subscribe to sites like The Points Guy. We have a daily newsletter. We send out

01:12deal alerts. But there are deal alert companies specifically that will alert you when there's good

01:17deals. And there has been so many this year. Even for last-minute summer travel, sites like

01:22Going and Thrifty Traveler are great subscription services. They will email you. There's free

01:28versions of both sites. So make sure you're subscribing to a few of those too.