The (Revised) 2009 Travel Game Plan

There are some amazing travel deals out there right now. I saw a $249 flight/car deal from New York to Dublin yesterday and a flight/hotel deal for London for $539. If you can afford to now is certainly the time to travel.

Budget Travel (probably my favorite travel magazine) recently published their 2009 Travel Game Plan (Revised) and put it out on their website. (You may also want to check out their Real Deals if you're looking for a great vacation on-the-cheap.)

A couple of my favorite tips from the article:

Kayak, which is always one of my first stops for Travel Deals, has a new Insight tool that displayes other people's search results out of any airport you choose. You'll want to click the "more" button on the left side of the page and Insight will show under the Research header on the opening page. Click it and see what Travel Deals other people have gotten- in real time!

Layaway for travel from Gate1. You put down a deposit (from $100 to $200) and pay the rest in installments. Just be sure to read the fine print for pay-off dates- 45 days prior to land vacations and 4 months prior to cruises.

Check out the rest of the article for other travel ideas and deals.