These days, the amount of travel resources available on the Internet is amazing and sometimes confusing because of the sheer volume. It’s hard to know exactly where you need to go to find cheap travel on the Internet. But rest assured, you can find some astounding deals if you do some research before you book those tickets.

Does that mean you can find rock-bottom crazy-low prices each and every time? Well that might be too much to ask, but you can certainly find some excellent deals that will save you money and be a great bargain for you and your family.

The Internet has made searching for bargain prices so easy, and it’s a great time for anyone new to online travel sites to jump right in and begin finding great travel discounts. It’s so much easier than years ago when the average traveler had few choices. They either had to go to a regular travel agency or go through the airline, hotel, or rental car companies. That’s not the case these days when there are almost too many online travel sites to choose from.

So where does the average person begin in order to save significantly on their vacation? The best thing to do is check a few of the Internet travel sites such as Travelocity, Kayak, Cheapoair, etc. But don’t jump in and buy the first ticket you run across. Check each site at different times of the day and also different days of the week. See what the average fares are, and when you run across one that is below average, jump on it.

What you need to remember about these sites is that these low fares that appear periodically will not hang around. In other words, when you find them, you have to be quick.

Another key to finding discount fares is flexibility. If you are not flexible with your times and dates to arrive and depart, you may pay a higher price for your tickets. Normally the best and lowest fares are going to require that you change your planned time of day to fly or even fly the day before or the day after you planned to travel. But the low cost is worth it in most cases.

One other variable to think about when trying to find great deals is to check different airports. If there are some smaller airports nearby that you can fly out of, or if there is another airport located a couple hours away, check prices to and from this airport. I’ve often saved hundreds just by driving an hour or so out of my way to a different airport.