Moving to USA for a year. Any moneysaving tips? or cheap places to get plane tickets?

smaua

Hey all,

I will be doing a year abroad as part of my university course next year. It's gonna be hard because it will mean this site won't be as relevant for me anymore..:P Therefore, I'm looking for any good such resources for the US..or anything you think would be useful for someone just going to live there. Stuff like moneysavingexpert/hukd have really helped me spend less and still enjoy life! But really anything would help, even just direct advice would be great.

The other thing is that I need to get a flight over there, more precisely to Los Angeles..I haven't started looking yet but I think I will try lastminute and airline-network for starters. Don't know what else to look at yet though..I know google is full of websites but if anyone has had good prices for a particular one it would be very helpful!
Also whilst living there it would be nice to find a Ryanair/Easyjet-like cheap flights website so I can travel around and see different places during my holidays..so anything like that if anyone can share, thanks a lot!!

Sma

JuliaJolie

I wish I could offer advice, but I, too, am looking for a similar MSE site for the US - the best I could find are scam blogs or sites wanting to sell my personal id for junk mail and spam etc....makes me miss the UK!!

fullerlee

I used to live in the US and have used these websites at one time or another:

For various deals, coupons, etc, try FatWallet:
http://www.fatwallet.com/

For cheap internal flights try SouthWest airlines: http://www.southwest.com/

For random cheap flight, hotel, car hire deals, try TravelZoo:
http://www.travelzoo.com/

Hope that helps,

Lee

smaua

Thanks, fullerlee..my list has a start now
Julia, I'm gonna start google-ing in a few weeks or so see if I find any more stuff and post it on here as well..so keep an eye out!

snake666

im in the usa now and have been looking for the same sites
im using fatwallet this seems to be the biggest over here or www.stretcher.com/
hotwire is good for hotels etc
and you should hear them moan about $4 a gallon lol
the best thing about being over here is i brought a Wii brand new for $230 sweet
enjoy you trip and were abouts are you going ?
snake666

smaua

Hey Snake, thanks for the stretcher, seems useful

I've also used freecycle in general quite a lot, big communities around here too.
Also if others are reading, for price comparisons try www.pricegrabber.com and www.pricerunner.com.
For flights www.sidestep.com www.spiritair.com
For bus/coach www.greyhound.com
They might be really obvious for US citizens but for me they weren't

Anyway Snake, I'm in Santa Barbara, how about you?
And..found any other good sites?