Over the past 20 years, Travelocity has come a long way. What began as a subsidiary of American Airlines is now one of the most popular travel websites in the world. Bought by former rival Expedia earlier this year, Travelocity continues to be a favored destination for bargain travelers due to its user-friendly interface and consumer-friendly prices.
One of the leading factors for why Travelocity has successfully built such a respected and recognizable brand is that it boasts a variety of features designed to help savvy shoppers save big bucks on their travel expenses. Dealspotr has taken the time to analyze all of these features and has boiled them down into a few handy tips listed below.
Simply put, Travelocity is not shy about releasing promo codes. Pretty much any time of year, there are at least a couple of them available. Whether they apply to the particular purchase you are looking to make is another story, however. They tend to be more focused on lodging and it's somewhat rare to find codes for flights, rental cars or cruises.
It's slightly more complicated to redeem promo codes on travel sites than traditional ecommerce sites, because you first have to go through the reservation process. Once you've selected your travel dates and picked the hotel or flight that you want, you'll be taken to a Checkout page. This page will contain the trip summary and text boxes for you to write in the travelers' names. The middle of the page has a "How would you like to pay?" heading. Immediately below that in somewhat small font is a link with blue text that reads "Enter a coupon or promotion code". When you click that, a text box will appear with the heading "Coupon code" above it. Enter the code in there and hit the "Apply Coupon" button.
If successful, you will see a green shaded box appear with green text and a green checkbox notifying you that the code was applied successfully and indicating how much you saved. If the code is expired or doesn't work for some reason, you will be given a detailed explanation for why in red text. The Trip Summary on the right hand side with the total price will also reflect your promo code savings with a line that says "Coupon Applied" next to the amount of your discount.
There are often terms associated with Travelocity promo codes and you must satisfy the conditions or you won't be able to use the promo code. Always read the coupon very carefully to make sure your purchase qualifies before wasting time trying to enter an invalid code.
Travelocity has a special section of its website dedicated to deals. These deals swap out on a daily basis and are arranged by type and destination. For example, the top of the page has all the flight and hotel deals, the middle of the page contains the cruise deals and the bottom of the page has the vacation package deals. Each sub-section is broken down by location, so if you check the flight and hotel deals, you'll see headings for nearby cities as well as a couple popular destinations like Las Vegas or New York.
This is a great way to get a big-time bargain as the discounts offer on this page are usually rather significant. The only problem is that there are usually specific requirements regarding the dates and you have to choose whatever hotel chain or airline happen to be offering a great deal at that moment.
If you are planning out a trip a few months in advance and don't have strong lodging or airline preferences, check the deals section on a daily basis to see if your destination appears. Once it does, see what offers are available for the dates you want and pounce on whichever one suits your needs.
Virtually every major store or ecommerce site has an app these days. Unfortunately, many of those apps just aren't very good and don't offer very much value to the customer. Not so with Travelocity. The company has built an outstanding app that is well worth the hassle of downloading. It is on the App Store or Google Play store and includes exclusive offers that are only available for app users as well as an ability to book your travel and access your booking details.
There is currently a coupon code (MOBILE25) for all app users to get $25 off any hotel booking of $99 or more. This offer expires at the end of 2015.
One of the biggest headaches when it comes to making travel reservations is figuring out the cancellation policy. Travelocity makes it easy.
Here is the general overview of Travelocity's guarantees:
Cancellation Fees: Travelocity does not charge cancellation fees for hotel bookings. They say most of the hotels themselves don't charge fees, either, so long as you cancel more than three days prior to your scheduled stay.
Hotel Issues: If a hotel doesn't deliver what was advertised on Travelocity, then the site will find you a comparable hotel at no extra cost. One example of this would be a hotel that was shown to have a pool on Travelocity, but the pool has since been closed or removed. Travelocity also promises to find another hotel at no extra cost if the one you have reservations for is over-booked or lost your reservation.
Price Adjustments: Has the price dropped on the flight or hotel you recently made reservations for online? Not to worry. Travelocity pledges to refund you the difference and also give you a $50 credit that can be applied to your next trip. You must notify them about flight price drops within 24 hours of when you first booked, but you have all the way up until the day before your stay to notify them of a hotel price drop. To confirm your purchase is eligible, you must fill out a short application.
As with most price adjustment policies there are plenty of legal terms and conditions. Travelocity prides itself on top-notch customer service, so if you have any questions, just contact them directly and they will do their best to help you out.
The Travelocity email list is definitely one worth joining. Not only do subscribers get access to special email-only coupons and subscriber-only deals, they also get early access to sales. That's definitely worth the minimal effort required in giving them your first name, last name and email address. As an added bonus, email subscribers can also set alerts and receive notifications via email whenever a particular hotel, flight, rental car or cruise they are interested in goes on sale.
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