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Listening to your airline's             told to, you're probably going to
suggestions on rebooking a              be in better shape. Anything from
cancelled flight may not be the         calling the airline directly to
best idea. Travel web site Hipmunk      waiting in line at the gate of
offers some more effective              another flight departing to your
suggestions.                            destination can help you get
Awesome flight search site Hipmunk      things done faster. No matter what 

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Web site Hipmunk re-imagines            You can still sort results by
flight search, translating the          price, number of stops,
information you're most interested      departure/arrival time, and
in to a user-friendly chart of          duration, but you also get an
possible flights.                       extra search category called agony.
Most popular flight search engines      What's "agony" entail, you ask?
are cluttered, full of text, and        Hipmunk's co-founder Adam          

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Just because you've earned a free       members, as measured over the
ticket through an airlines'             flights scanned in 2010 by
rewards program doesn't mean you        IdeaWorks. US Airways and its
can actually use it. One                Dividend Miles? More like 10.7
consulting firm checked how often       percent.
free ticket seats were available        That's not to say you wouldn't be
across 60,000 flights this year         able to get a free seat on the     

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Going overseas soon, and looking        Click on the name of a country,
for a prepaid phone plan? Wiki          and it will provide a ton of
community Wikia has a great wiki        information on the available
that lists information on getting       carriers such as transfer speeds,
pay-as-you-go data plans for your       prices and packages, special notes
SIM card (without paying tons of        on availability, SIM size,
money) all over the world.              tethering capabilities, and        

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ITA Software's Matrix is the            out of multiple cities, for
software that powers Orbitz, Kayak,     instance—the "More Options"
CheapTickets, and lots of airlines      button lets you do what you will
and travel agents' tools. But you       across the nation's airways.       

can skip all their ads and come-        The calendar view of the cheapest
ons and search Matrix itself for        days for flying is another handy
the no-nonsense scoop on flying         feature, though that's offered on  

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Signing up for free travel planner      bit off-putting to many. Here's
TripIt has a magic feeling to it,       how TripIt explains their access,
as the service instantly                and why you should trust them:
understands and organizes your          First, you establish a link
flight, car rental, and hotel           between TripIt and Gmail. That
confirmation emails. Now TripIt         link is built on OAuth, a secure
can monitor your Gmail and              protocol that lets you grant       

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Next time you're hosting guests,        guests have the information they
print out and give them our handy       need to feel at home when they
home reference guide to help them       visit. We linked to it in Jason's
get online, figure out your home        feature, but we wanted to give it
entertainment setup, find good          a little attention of its own
local eats, and more.                   outside that post.
For Jason's guide to being the          The editable PDF will work with    

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Bing Maps continues to set itself       point and destination, and the app
apart from Google's dominating          uses local fare rate disclosures
product with experiments that can       and the best possible route to
be very handy. One contestant in        figure out how much it should cost
an app competition, for example,        you to get your yellow sedan
does a great job guessing your          uptown. There will be variables,
fare and planning your taxi route       of course, but it's good to know   

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Once you've secured tickets and         ParkWhiz finds nearby lots that
made it through traffic, having to      take reservations in advance, and
find suitable parking before a          you pay for the space with a 10
concert, game, or big event can         percent service charge. Parking's
feel like drip torture. Free            already expensive on its own, of
webapp and mobile site ParkWhiz         course, but if you're traveling
lets you line up a spot in advance.     into cities you don't know quite   

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http://lifehacker.com/5473179/take-     lounging: reading, cooking,
a-modified-local-vacation-and-          spending time in the garden, and
still-get-away-while-saving-            other relaxing activities. Then,
cashThere's nothing wrong with          spend the other 40% seeing new
spending your week off at home,         things around town (or whatever
but that doesn't mean it has to be      ratio suits you best).
uneventful. Weblog Apartment            The readers over at Apartment      

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