The Internet is your friend. Planning Travel online is progressively increasing in popularity. Almost 45 million Americans reserved at least one service on the Internet last year. Services such as ours offer "dynamic packages." We take advantage of excess inventory at hotels or airlines that provide us with rooms or airplane seats in bulk at a much lower prices than those they advertise to the public. This can offer you great savings.

Stay at business hotels. Large US cities are more affordable than many think, compared with several of the main tourist cities like Orlando and Las Vegas. San Francisco, as an example, has several quality hotels where you'll pay under $150 a night. Many cities that serve business travelers have downtown hotels and offer leisure travelers low weekend rates.

Go with off-season destinations. Try staying at winter resorts in the summer. Ski resorts often offer great summer deals and you get the incredible summer beauty of the mountains and surrounding wilds.

Use US dollars. Beacause of the dollar's weakness companies offering European tours and cruises are booming. Americans can pay for a complete package in US dollars. Usually, the only other expenses they have is shopping.

Find euro-zone alternatives. Outside the euro-zone the dollar has done better against some of the other national currencies. For example, Croatia could be a great place for a beach vacation versus Italy. Mexico and Canada are also great bargains right now.