In my first two installments, I covered how Flyspy and Farecast are changing the online airfare booking scene. In Part 3, I’m exploring the benefits of using Farecompare.com

Farecompare allows users to view graphs of historical airfares between destinations They have a helpful “advanced graph” allowing you to see the historical data over a 7 day to 2 year period, while booking the tickets 0-30 days in advanced (advanced graph shown below). Their advanced graphing system also allows users to filter the airlines that are shown on the graphs to help those actually loyal to their air line carrier.

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As I have explored in previous posts, working vacations are a great way to finance your travels abroad. Previously, I noted Help Exchange and WWOOFing as options for working abroad.

I recently ran across Michael Page recruitment, which covers everything dealing with working in the UK. It’s a helpful resource that is a great starting point for researching jobs and careers in the UK. The site has a focus on careers instead of working as a laborer. The site has listings for bankers, engineers, accountants, IT Professionals, and many others.

What sets Michael Page apart from other working vacations is the professionalism of this this way of traveling abroad. Michael Page Recruitment is more of a career first, travel second type of option which can appeal to anyone looking to travel while advancing their career.

Michael Page International also offers consulting and information dealing with everything necessary to live in the Uk, like Visas, bank accounts, and everything else imaginable.

So if you cannot afford to take a sabbatical to travel, consider working professionally in the UK.

In Part 2 of my mini series “Online Booking Revolution,” (Part 1 - Flyspy) I’m going to cover Farecast.com So what is Farecast? Farecast, put simply, is a site finds the cheapest flights, and predicts what the fares will be in the future based on historical data.

If you enter a departure date within the next 90 days from one of the available airports, Farecast will kick out a “Fare Prediction,” telling you to buy now or wait because the prices will rise. A picture is worth a thousand words, (more…)

Expect some changes with the traditional online travel booking sites like Travelocity, Orbitz, and Expedia, because of the pressures they feel from some new, young competitors. The way online travel booking happens now already seems archaich compared to the technology available.

So I’m going to make a short series reviewing the new, young competitors [hopefully] bringing on the online booking revolution (more…)