| Getting cheap airfares these days isn't so easy, | | | | budget service; with varying degrees of success. In |
| especially if you live in North America. | | | | Canada cheap flights are very hard to come by. |
| Meanwhile budget airlines are booming elsewhere in | | | | There's basically nothing in the domestic |
| the world. In Thailand for example, you can fly from | | | | market...internationally, Zoom Airlines has just started |
| Bangkok to Phuket for about 30 dollars on Air Asia, a | | | | offering cheap flights to Europe. Otherwise you may |
| relatively new budget airline. Of course in Europe, you | | | | get lucky if you're traveling when a charter is. |
| have airlines like Ryanair that offer incredibly cheap | | | | With the web, shopping for air fares is easy. There |
| airline tickets between many European cities. You can | | | | are many companies selling plane tickets on the |
| go from London to Paris for fifty bucks, as long as | | | | internet. From the comfort of your chair you can surf |
| you don't mind having no preselected seats and a | | | | many different web sites until you find the best fare |
| very strict weight limit. | | | | possible. This is power that only travel agents had |
| Those types of discount airlines haven't really made it | | | | just a few years ago! |
| over to this side of the pond. Still, with companies like | | | | Carefully check out exchange and refund policies - |
| Jet Blue etc you can find some decent deals, | | | | sites like Expedia for instance are known to be quite |
| especially if you buy plane tickets early; or take | | | | strict in that area. Most online air ticket sales use |
| advantage of last minute deals. In Mexico recently | | | | E-tickets - typically the company that sells you the |
| we've seen companies like Azteca Airlines, Volaris, | | | | tickets just emails it to you. Print it, bring it to the |
| and Interjet attempt to replicate Ryanair type of | | | | airport and have a safe and stress-free trip! |