While I definitely did some damage on Black Friday and Cyber Monday I scored my most exciting deals on Travel Tuesday.
Travel Tuesday is the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and has become a very popular day within the travel industry to offer discounts on everything from flights, to hotels, to even cruises.
So what all did I grab? And more importantly how much did I save?
Well it was all purchases for 1 trip I have coming up.
My birthday trip to California this January.
We will be headed to the Golden State for 4 days, flying in and out of LAX and that is where my first deal starts.
After watching my roundtrip to LAX for weeks, I held and thankfully I did because I was able to save $66 dollars on my flight. While prices were fluctuating between $303 to $333 for a nonstop on Delta, I was able to book the perfect flight for $267!
Next was rental cars. While I wasn’t able to save a ton because LAX was excluded for most deals, I was able to save about $20 and get 2.5% cashback through Rakuten with a Fox Rental Car purchase.
Next was the hotels, which were my most exciting savings.
From LAX we will be traveling 2 hours Southeast to Temecula, CA, which is a small wine region between LA and San Diego.
Our original plan was to save money on the first night and stay at a Hilton Garden Inn right in town. But, I was able to score 30% off the hotel we had booked the following 2 nights and by spending $60 more in total we won’t have to change hotels in Temecula and can enjoy the beauty of the Ponte Vineyard Inn.
Pro Tip when looking for deals especially during Cyber Week, book direct with the hotel. Because while I save 15% through Hotels.com with my original booking, Ponte Vineyard was running their own deal at 30% off.
After 3 nights in Temecula we will be heading back towards the LA area and staying 1 night in Laguna Beach. As you know LA can be expensive. So when I was able to find the cutest boutique hotel in the heart of Laguna for cheaper than it would be to stay near the airport you know I had to jump all over it.
I booked us 1 night at the Laguna Beach House for 30% off with their cyber deal. Another great find!
Not only am I excited for this trip, I am excited with how much money we were able to save by putting in alittle extra work with scouting out deals. Now we can spend our money on fun adventures like a Jeep Tour through the vineyards and a Hot Air Balloon ride in Temecula.
Stay tuned next month for what I am sure will be another epic trip to the West Coast.