Go to the Yahoo Farechase website listed in the resources and choose whether you want to search flights, hotels or cars.
Search for a flight by puttinh in round trip or one way, from and to, your departure and return dates and times, and number of people traveling. To pull up the best fares, you need to make sure you do a check for nearby airports, which you might not otherwise have seen the option to do.
Search for additional options, such as allowing for more stops or allowing for a wider time range. This can give you more flexibility for finding the best airfare.
Pick the city and check in and check out date if you're searching for a hotel as well as number of rooms and persons staying. However, you might not notice that you can search a city or airport location, or even a specific address.
Search for a rental car, you'll choose the pickup airport, dates and times. This will then pull up the best rental car deals.
Find the airfare, hotel or car rental you wish to book, Yahoo Farechase directs you to the actual website of the airline or discount site to book. You book through that site, not at Yahoo Farechase.
Realize the limitations of the site. Since the site doesn't search every single website on the internet, you could still miss out on the absolute best price for your flight, hotel or rental car.
Know that another limitation of searching this way is you don't know if you're missing a better flight price, for example, by flying the day before or after the day you searched. You'll have to go through yourself and change the dates around to find out if you can get a better fare by doing so.
Know that the same applies for a rental car. Yahoo Farechase can't tell you that if you book the day before, you would be eligible for a weekly rental that would cost you less, for instance.
Consider that if you are looking for a hotel room, you will be limited in your options. You can't search for a room with a balcony, for instance. Things like this you would have to book directly through the hotel. However, at least Yahoo Farechase lets you know about the hotel with the best price. Then you can contact the hotel directly to inquire about balconies.
Find the best flight, hotel or rental car and you will be directed to the website that offers that fare to book the flight. When you go to the website, you should look on the website for additional deals. It may be that if you fly two weeks sooner, there's an even better deal. Or, if you rent a car for the whole weekend, you'll get a better rate per day.
Check the regular way for an airfare or hotel price, make sure to go to the link at the top of the homepage and select "Deals." This will pull up any specials that exist right now, so you will know in advance what they are. You might also be able to adjust dates if you know certain dates have special prices.
