| There are virtually thousands of Travel Agents | | | | cheaper. |
| and an equal number of travel websites/portals | | | | One way flights cost as much as round trip, so it |
| offering you cheap and economical Flight Tickets. | | | | makes sense to buy your cheap airline tickets for |
| Most big time travel agents and travel portals | | | | a round trip if you are planning to return to your |
| have some sort of tie-up with certain airlines. | | | | origin. |
| They get hefty discounts on bulk purchases which | | | | Try going to the airlines official website directly, |
| most pass on to the customer. If you take | | | | sometimes the airlines have discount offers going |
| advice of your friends, they will suggest you to | | | | and they prove to be much cheaper than that of |
| some travel portal they have recently been to. | | | | travel agents. |
| But most people are not aware that the travel | | | | Be aware and keep yourself updated through |
| portals and travel agents that are around are | | | | newspapers, magazines, internet and other media |
| mostly specialized in one way or other. Some | | | | about discounts and offers. Sometimes airlines sell |
| are specialized in Domestic Travel, some other | | | | their own tickets bypassing their usual track going |
| are specialized in International Travel, and yet | | | | through travel agents web portals. These fares |
| some other are specialized in Last Minute flight | | | | can be a lot of cheaper than what travel agents |
| tickets. This means that the travel agents or | | | | can provide you with. |
| travel portals that are specialized in something can | | | | If its not urgent, it is always a good idea to book |
| provide you with better fares for that category | | | | your tickets in advance. Reserving at least 21 |
| of travel. | | | | days a head, book your tickets even earlier for |
| Monday the first working day is the busiest of all | | | | holidays in festival seasons, particularly in |
| days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays | | | | November and December Keep in mind that |
| are the best days for travel, as fewer people | | | | holiday 'blackout periods' may prevent you from |
| travel on the week days and hence tickets are | | | | using frequent-flier miles. |
| cheaper, be flexible with your travel dates. | | | | Before concluding I would suggest you to do a |
| Try opting for odd time for travel that fewer | | | | little online survey of at least 5 travel portals to |
| people prefer. This way there won’t be much | | | | search for the cheapest fare. |
| demand for this kind of flights and hence are | | | | |