discount travel reservations Even though it's getting more expensive to travel, you can still get discount travel reservations, even for air fares. Hotels are deeply discounting their rates, and you can still rent a car for $30 a day, so once you get to where you want to vacation, you will still have some spending money left over to have a good time. There are lots of places to make discount travel reservations online or through a travel agent. It's my experience, however, that the web sites for discount travel reservations give the best deals. There are databases that these web sites access to find the best prices for their participating hotel, car, and airline companies. If you call a hotel or car rental agency, you might even get a better deal than what is being offered online. So if you want to travel for cheap this summer, you still can. It's hard to skip a vacation altogether, so find one that fits into your family's budget, and get good deals when you can so you can recharge your batteries.