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Why is air travel to China currently (May 2021) 4x the usual price?
For the past 15 years, round-trip economy flights from San Fransisco to Shanghai have been close to $1000-1500 per person. Currently the summer prices are between $3500 and $4500 per person. Looking ...
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How much can I expect to pay to sleep in a non-fancy jjimjilbang (Korean onsen/sento) in a non-touristy area?
You've probably heard of onsens and sentos in Japan, which are public bath houses. Korea has something similar and here they're called "jjimjilbangs".
One major difference is that you usually don't ...
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Are the prices of short-haul British Airways flights known to fluctuate (within the Economy class), or they only ever increase? [duplicate]
I've had a flight price tracked in Google Flight for a couple of days because I couldn't yet decide if I could take it. Unfortunately it has gone up by 25% last night (~170 to ~220 EUR).
The flight ...
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Why are airfares getting cheaper or at least we have stable airfares for the last 10 years? [closed]
In the last ten years I have seen at least stabilty in airfares. How is it possible that before 10 years one had paid (in average) more for travelling than today (my own experience)? I have seen this ...
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What is the purpose of a round-trip ticket?
I had assumed that buying round-trip plane tickets saves a lot of money, but lately I've been comparing prices and the round-trips I've seen are almost identical in price to just buying two one-way ...
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Which are the cheapest supermarket chains in Cambodia?
I have landed in Cambodia yesterday so far I managed to go to Lucky's and for some goods their prices seem to be pretty ok, but for some prices are exorbitant (half loaf of bread for 2.45$ and 3.10$)
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Which are cheapest Thailand Supermarket Chains?
I have landed in Thailand yesterday all eager to try out legendary cheapness so I ran for closest 7-11 got some crisps and local beers some ice cream bug spray... and paid 880 baht, which would be ...
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Hotel Price Check Guarantee - Heyitscheaper.com? [closed]
I often use booking.com to book hotels with free cancellation, sometimes I cancel and rebook at a cheaper price because the price gets lower closer to the date.
I found the site http://heyitscheaper....
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Is an ISIC (International Student Identity Card) valid proof of student status for reduced fee Vatican City tickets?
I want to visit Vatican city and want to get a reduced entrance ticket. Is getting an ISIC card the only way, or maybe a university student identity document translated in English will be enough for ...
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What is the cheapest regular-priced scheduled flight I can book and fly?
What is the cheapest (regular priced, scheduled) flight anywhere in the world, that I can book and fly?
To be a bit more specific:
by regular priced I mean: no error fares (Allitalia once had a ...
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Is it true that I should delete search history and cookies when booking flights online?
I often hear that you should delete your search history, cookies and if possible change your IP when looking for flights online. The reason is that otherwise airline websites know that you're really ...
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Is an upgrade to Etihad's business class worth 1500 CAD? [closed]
I am flying on Etihad from Toronto to India. I have booked a round trip for business class but due to less availability, I was only booked for business on my return flight and economy on my outgoing ...
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Petrol prices in New Zealand
I am driving across / up New Zealand shortly and would like some more information on petrol prices.
Is there a resource available from which I can deduce what the travel cost will be approximately?
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Has anyone ever used the Mega Bus? [closed]
I just looked at a Mega Bus trip from anonymous, Tennessee, to New York City for 81 dollars. Is it dangerous?
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At what time frame is there a significant increase of the price of airplaine tickets?
I have already browsed through the various questions tagged [air-travel] and [budget].
In particular, I have already seen this question:
Flight tickets: buy two weeks before even during holiday ...
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Are flights (generally) cheaper on Friday the 13th, compared to regular Fridays or 13ths?
Given the superstitious nature of some travellers, are flights cheaper on Friday the 13th?
image source from Wikipedia
I have some anecdotal evidence of this, including a friend who moved countries ...
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How and where do travel agents see much lower prices?
Sometimes the prices I get from travel agents are cheaper than website like kayak and similar.
What database do travel agents use?
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Are Australian passports expensive in comparison to other western / developed countries?
I decided not to renew my passport before starting this trip because passports are very expensive in comparison to my income and my low travel budget.
But when asking people I find their passports in ...
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Wine price in a retail shop - Italy [closed]
We are planing to go beach-camping to Italy.
Since We are trying to save as much money as possible, I would like to know what is the price range for wine in Italy.
Because when We went to France (I ...
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