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…
JFK > Brasilia, Brazil: $628 round-trip- Apr-Jun
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
LGA > Moscow, Russia: $419 round-trip- Dec-Feb
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
JFK > Madrid, Spain: $226 round-trip- Apr-Jun
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
JFK > Vilnius, Lithuania: $425 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
JFK > Cluj Napoca, Romania: $468 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…
JFK > Beijing, China: $428 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…
JFK > Gdansk, Poland: $411 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
EWR > Cape Town, South Africa: $745 round-trip- Jan-Mar
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
LGA > Brasilia, Brazil: $642 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…
EWR > Vilnius, Lithuania: $406 round-trip- Jul-Sep
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
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…
EWR > Riga, Latvia: $503 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…
JFK > Split, Croatia: $493 round-trip- Sep-Nov
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
JFK > Kazan, Russia: $400 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…
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…
LGA > Algiers, Algeria: $532 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…
JFK > Melbourne, Australia: $715 round-trip- Oct-Dec
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
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 Rocky & Drago in the best Rocky movie of all-time…
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…
JFK > Luqa, Malta: $435 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…
JFK > Casablanca, Morocco: $580 round-trip- Nov-Jan
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
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…
IAH > San Juan, Puerto Rico: $227 round-trip – Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a little digging to find dates other than the dates I found, but at this price, it’s well worth digging for. Houston to San Juan, Puerto Rico: 6 night trip. (B…
JFK > Bali, Indonesia: $522 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…
JFK > Xi’an, China: $434 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
JFK > Colombo, Sri Lanka: $513 round-trip- Oct-Dec (Including Thanksgiving)
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
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…
EWR > Belo Horizonte, Brazil: $653 round-trip- Aug-Oct
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
JFK > Luqa, Malta: $430 round-trip- Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
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…
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…
EWR > Panama City, Panama: $263 round-trip- Apr-Jun
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
“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…
JFK > Karachi, Pakistan: $563 round-trip- Sep-Nov (Including Fall Break)
* This is a “fare dump” with a few alternate dates available.
LGA > Moscow, Russia: $481 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…