Advertisements

This Just In: Budget Travel's Blog

You can always trust us—because we never take freebies or accept any travel discounts.
Recent Posts
  • All Recent Posts
People Are Talking…
Popular Authors
Sean O'Neill
Blog Editor
View author page
Kate Appleton
Editor Online
View author page
Brad Tuttle
Contributing Editor
View author page
AddThis Feed Button
Finding Labor Day travel deals
Posted by: Thomas Berger, Friday, Aug 21, 2009, 5:43 PM

Made Labor Day travel plans yet? If not, these last-minute offers may be of interest.

Expedia has 174 deals for the holiday weekend; hotels are up to 50 percent off (most are 30 to 40 percent off). Note that the phrase used is "Hotel from": The "from" is important, because the rooms at the best rate may sell out, and then you will see a higher rate. For example, the W New Orleans is listed as "from $62" if you stay three nights, but the best rate as I'm posting this is $397 for three nights, not $186.

CheapTicketLinks has a page of Labor Day deal links, and their "Top Deals" of the day section (not limited to Labor Day) is searchable by category (cruises, hotels, car rentals, and packages).

Travelzoo has end-of-summer specials, most of which end right around Labor Day. For example, they have a Bahamas deal with the third night free at an all-inclusive in the Bahamas and rates for the two nights you pay for from $125 a night.

CruiseCompete has gathered together all of its cruises that include Labor Day; there's a lot to wade through. They do have a five-night Caribbean cruise that sails from Fort Lauderdale and starts at $330.

Don't forget to check lastminutedeals.com, and if you're on Twitter consider signing up for the feeds of your favorite companies such as Priceline, and JetBlue. Or become a fan of your favorite companies on Facebook, finding their pages by searching on their names. Companies often use these social networking tools to get the word out about special offers.

MORE
Check out our daily Real Deals

Filed Under: hotels & lodging
Reader Comments

SwoopUp.com allows everyone to search, use and share deals at thousands of the most popular online stores, including Travelocity, Expedia, and Priceline.

Posted By Lauren on August 22, 2009, 9:57 AM

The hot link to lastminutedeals.com did not work.

Posted By Tom B. on August 22, 2009, 5:51 PM

Hi Tom,
Sorry about the broken link. We've corrected it.
Best
Sean

Posted By Blog Editor on August 24, 2009, 8:48 AM

Hi Mr. Berger:

Please visit: www.parleylakewinery.com the grand opening is this weekend...

Elisabeth

Posted By Elisabeth on September 1, 2009, 3:19 PM

Leave a Comment


(This is a moderated blog. Your comment will need to be approved by the site owner before it will appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)


We encourage users to analyze, comment on, and even challenge the articles, blogs, reviews, and multimedia features of BudgetTravel.com.

User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.