“Honey! I shopped The JGOOT Way at the grocery store and we saved 46 percent!” Although my wife Michelle usually plans all of our meals out in advance before making her grocery list, it was a busy week for both of us. So rather than plannin…
DFW > Durango, Mexico: $210 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
DFW > San Salvador, El Salvador: $263 round-trip – Oct-Dec
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
Two people. Same plane. TOTALLY different prices.
Meet Kari & Kelly, Kari got a $1500 Mexico lodging voucher through JGOOT, and she and her friend Kelly booked a stay over a holiday weekend. They booked their flights on the same day They’re flying on the same plane, to the same place… …
Amazon Prime day – Great day to shop for new luggage
My wife has been wanting to update our 10 to 15-year-old luggage, but I’m a notorious cheapskate and have been resisting. Since Amazon is knocking as much as 60% off for Prime day, she finally convinced my cheap-a$$ to agree. If you’re shop…
DFW > Oaxaca, Mexico: $203 round-trip – Feb-Apr (Including Spring Break)
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Montego Bay, Jamaica: $269 round-trip – Jul-Sep
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
DFW > Cancun, Mexico: $280 round-trip – Aug-Oct (Including Labor Day)
Premium subscriber benefit: Log in and click below to download a 6-night luxury vacation voucher for Mayan Palace in Mazatlan,…
“Sorry, this just seems like a scam”
For every one “Thank You” email I get from a paid subscriber, I probably get ten from free subscribers who simply don’t believe the prices I say are possible when traveling (even when I send them actual trips they can book themselves …
The best way to save big on lodging (that is overlooked 90% of the time.)
Today’s blog post was inspired by a question I get asked almost as often as “can you beat the price I found for flights to _______“? (And for the record; No – I don’t do price quotes – even if it’s for a $25,00…
DFW > Kazan, Russia: $747 round-trip – Sep-Nov
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Managua, Nicaragua: $369 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
DFW > San Juan, Puerto Rico: $302 round-trip – Jul-Sep
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Durango, Mexico: $200 round-trip – Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Mendoza, Argentina: $805 round-trip – Nov-Jan
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
DFW > Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten: $249 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
DFW > San Pedro Sula, Honduras: $338 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Mexico City, Mexico: $221 round-trip – Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
Although I’ve been to about half a dozen cities in Mexico, Mexico City isn’t one of them. Several of my…
DFW > Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands: $341 round-trip – Aug-Oct (Including Labor Day)
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
DFW > Guadalajara, Mexico: $268 round-trip – Feb-Apr (Including Spring Break)
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Melbourne, Australia: $894 round-trip – Jul-Sep
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > San Pedro Sula, Honduras: $341 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
The more often you look – The luckier you get
I’m flying my family of four across the country for only slightly more than what most people would pay for one passenger and just had to share… I was about to admit defeat and pay more than I’ve paid for a flight in over 2 years: $222…
DFW > Cancun, Mexico: $237 round-trip – Mar-May
Premium subscriber benefit: Log in and click below to download a 6-night luxury vacation voucher for Mayan Palace in Mazatlan,…
DFW > Concepcion, Chile: $697 round-trip- Nov-Jan
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
Traveling during a busy holiday week? Try these 3 strategies (in this order)
Although my awesome support team do our best to individually answer most questions we get, it’s impossible to stay on top of them all. Sometimes, however, we get questions I know a lot of people have – that haven’t yet been covered on…
Traveling during a busy holiday week? Try these 3 strategies (in this order)
Although my awesome support team do our best to individually answer most questions we get, it’s impossible to stay on top of them all. Sometimes, however, we get questions I know a lot of people have – that haven’t yet been covered on…
DFW > Riga, Latvia: $537 round-trip – Sep-Nov
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Acapulco, Mexico: $287 round-trip – Jul-Sep
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
Divorce lawyers, Taco-Tuesdays & vacationing with reckless abandon
It was 2012 and I was in the middle of a brutal divorce. Although the kids’ Mom and I were doing a decent job of shielding our kids from our disagreements, our lawyers were duking it out like the final fight scene of Rocky IV. All of my assets we…
Are these prices real, and who is this Joel guy? (Video)
Is this site real? Are YOU real? What’s the catch? I get asked those questions all the time and I’d be an idiot if I didn’t think you’ve wondered the same. It’s really simple. The trips I find are so cheap – the airl…
DFW > Monterrey, Mexico: $220 round-trip – Sep-Nov
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > San Salvador, El Salvador: $226 round-trip – Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
DFW > Cozumel, Mexico: $260 round-trip – Jul-Sep
Cozumel is a completely separate part of mexico, and if you’ve ever thought about scuba diving, there isn’t a more…
A rarely known hack that can pay for a vacation (or three) per year
As you (hopefully) know from reading my blog, I’m a big advocate of using frequent flyer points any time you have to go somewhere that is going to cost more than the prices I share on Just Get Out Of Town. I’ve used frequent flyer points to…
DFW > Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands: $362 round-trip – May-Jul (Including Summer Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
DFW > Mexico City, Mexico: $208 round-trip – Aug-Oct
Although I’ve been to about half a dozen cities in Mexico, Mexico City isn’t one of them. Several of my…
Mother & son fly to Belize for $320 to get SCUBA certified
I recently got this video from a Mother about a recent trip to Belize. She and her son flew there for $320 round-trip to celebrate their birthdays and got SCUBA certified. In the spirit of Mother’s day, I thought it would be appropriate that I sh…
DFW > San Jose del Cabo, Mexico: $214 round-trip – Jul-Sep (Including Summer Break)
When you go to Cabo, you’ll get approached by dozens of locals offering the best deals possible for snorkeling, sailing,…
DFW > San Juan, Puerto Rico: $281 round-trip – Apr-Jun (Including Summer Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.