There are so many websites to help you plan and book trips and, best of all, save money on trips. Here is a selection of four that you should consider bookmarking.
Stay.com
I usually don't trust websites that claim they can plan my trips for me. But for a rough schedule, stay.com is not bad at all.
Here's what you do: Choose one of the destinations. Then go through the listings of top attractions, shopping, restaurants and the like, clicking on whatever appeals to you. Those choices magically turn into a personalized plan that can be either printed out or, better yet, sent to your smartphone, where you can use it—even when you're offline.
Vayama.com
Vayama is a flight search engine that specializes in international airlines. It simply seems to know about more airlines and often finds two one-way flights on different airlines that beat out a round-trip flight on a single one. It also occasionally offers you a lower price on a "secret carrier" whose identity you don't learn until you've booked the flight.
Dishtip.com
If I had to pick just one site to help with restaurant recommendations around the globe, it would be Chowhound. But DishTip organizes the world of eating out in the United States in a totally new way: by turkey sandwich or blueberry pie. In other words, by single dish, not by restaurant.
Sure, you may not specifically agree with its "choices" for the best cookie in New York City or chocolate chip from Jacques Torres, but you have to admit that it is not bad for a website.
Expatsblog.com
The best travel guides are often foreigners who have lived in a destination long enough to know it well but still maintain an outsider's perspective(视角). This site lists over 300 foreigners' blogs by destination, and you don't have to search very far to find very useful travel tips from their personal experiences.
