Discount travel sites aren’t something new anymore, but they keep reinventing the wheel to make things easier and cheaper. Here are a few sites you should look into and some more travel tips you can use today.

Priceline.com and Hotwire.com, which are known as blind sites offer the same services as other travel sites, but have the added feature of allowing you to bid on airline tickets and hotel accommodations.

When it comes to deals, blind sites can provide up to 40 percent or even more in savings. Sites like Priceline.com also have a standard travel site for those unable to deal with the hidden features inherent in the blind site setup.

With this economy, luxury travel is hit the worst and that means huge savings with LuxuryLink.com, a discount site that helps you book luxury travels. Check it out if you want to splurge a little.

Then there are those people who wait until the last minute to make travel arrangements. Thankfully, they can go to LastMinute.com or LateRooms.com and make reservations even with only 3 hours in advance time.

Foreign travelers are finding that they can greatly reduce costs if they deal with agencies or specific airlines or hotels in the foreign country they intend visiting.

Although there are any number of discount travel sites, brick and mortar agencies and other ways of keeping your travel expenses to a minimum, always remember to read the fine print for hidden fees and liabilities.

With all the social networking sites springing up on the web, it was only a matter of time before people started posting messages about travel sites and agencies.

Keep an English-foreign language dictionary handy when traveling in a foreign country. Keep important telephone numbers in your wallet or purse, and a copy back at the hotel in case your wallet or purse is lost or stolen.

Now that the Verizon promo code expired, let’s check out where we can find other savings for our TV.