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…
MSP > Bali, Indonesia: $867 round-trip – Oct-Dec
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Melbourne, Australia: $1270 round-trip- Jul-Sep (Including Summer Break)
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > Sao Paulo, Brazil: $913 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
“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…
MSP > Casablanca, Morocco: $729 round-trip- Dec-Feb
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. * This is a rarely found ” flight…
MSP > Algiers, Algeria: $790 round-trip- Jan-Mar
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
MSP > Panama City, Panama: $382 round-trip- Aug-Oct (Including Labor Day)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Nadi, Fiji: $1038 round-trip- Sep-Nov
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > Beijing, China: $570 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…
MSP > Shanghai, China: $570 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Belo Horizonte, Brazil: $937 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > San Pedro Sula, Honduras: $385 round-trip- Jul-Sep (Including Summer Break)
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > Sao Paulo, Brazil: $854 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > Beijing, China: $567 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Shanghai, China: $561 round-trip- Oct-Dec
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
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…
MSP > Marrakesh, Morocco: $661 round-trip- Nov-Jan
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Vienna, Austria: $706 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Sao Paulo, Brazil: $786 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
Traveling during a busy holiday week? Try these 3 strategies (in this order)
With my rather large subscriber base, it’s impossible to answer individual questions, sometimes I get questions that just haven’t been covered on my blog, FAQ page or Youtube Channel. Below is an answer to questions I know a lot of people h…
MSP > Los Angeles, California: $127 round-trip- Aug-Oct
Beaches, Hollywood, 5 amusement parks, home to the Lakers, Dodgers, Rams, Ducks, Kings, Angels, and quick access to Mexico cruises…
MSP > Houston, Texas: $103 round-trip- May-Jul (Including Summer Break)
Have friends or family in Houston? Grab this cheap flight and visit them, or check out the reverse search link…
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…
MSP > Cincinnati, Ohio: $127 round-trip- Jun-Aug (Including Summer Break)
Have friends or family in Cincinnati? Grab this cheap flight and visit them, or check out the reverse search link…
MSP > Marrakesh, Morocco: $865 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…
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…
MSP > Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands: $403 round-trip- May-Jul (Including Summer Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
MSP > Shanghai, China: $560 round-trip- Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > Dubrovnik, Croatia: $640 round-trip- Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
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…
MSP > Auckland, New Zealand: $1120 round-trip- Jul-Sep
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
MSP > George Town, Cayman Islands: $466 round-trip- Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
Meet Brooke – Our Senior Support Rep
Hi There, I’m Brooke and I’m the newest member of the Just Get Out Of Town team (abbreviated JGOOT)! I help Joel keep on top of correspondence with his blog subscribers, so if you reply to an email from us, it will probably be me who will be hel…
Players, Spotters, Whales & winnings they make movies about
In the blackjack world, there are 3 types of people at the tables: Players, Spotters & Whales. Players Players make up 99% of the people at the tables. Some win a few hundred bucks, some lose and console in the fact that at least they got free drin…
Can I pick my own dates?
For every time I get this question, I’m sure there are 1000 more subscribers wondering the same thing, so I’ll just post my response here. Hi Noah, It’s closer to the latter. I share the 100 to 150 deals a month with my premium subscr…
MSP > Nairobi, Kenya: $886 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available. **********************************For an ad-free experience (and 10 times as…
“No way these fares are real.”
Whether via email, public comments, a personal conversation, or comments on Facebook or my blog, I get the exact same objection multiple times a day. Here is my response to a “No way. I checked and it’s not on sale.” public comment o…