The Cost of Vacation – Part 2

Argh, I told myself to not do any last minute packing… but here I am, packing the day before the trip.

Traveling has really been made more convenient due to technology. I just experienced my first web check-in earlier this morning. Hawaiian Airlines has a web-check in feature that allows you to check in 24 hours before a departure time. This lets you assign your seats and print out the bordering pass at home, making life a little bit easier. Click on the picture below to check out the seats I got.

Nothing great, but at least we got window seats, and we’re not that close to the engine.

They even tried to tempt me to upgrade to first class for $250 each person during check-in process. No thanks.

I’m bringing $360 in cash with me along with my credit cards. As mentioned in previous post, the cost for hotel & flight will be $867.87 for each person. I’m going to try to keep the maximum total amount spent to $1350.

One way we got some money back from this trip was by using a credit card and an online referral site. We got 1% back via American Express Blue, and another 1% back for clicking on the Expedia.com referral link through FatWallet.com. We saved $69.25 in total. Nothing spectacular, but that’s a lunch or two for the four of us.

I learned a lot more about using online travel service such as Expedia.com from planning this trip, so I’ll share whatever other money saving tips I can think of when I get back.

Hope everyone has a great week. It’s going to be 90 degrees there!