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A party night in Majorca including flight and hotel for 9 euros or three days Budapest in a 3 star hotel with flight for 6 euros? Is not possible? But! And with holiday pirates, holiday guru and Co. The travel bargain blogs are currently booming. And not without reason: With these vacation offers can book really cheap.
The principle is simple: The blogs constantly search the Internet for current offers. They only mediators. Errors in booking systems, coupon codes or promotions are a great find for the blogs. Flights from the Netherlands are often cheaper than in Germany. If you then also get a savings ticket for the train to Amsterdam, the booking is definitely worth it.
"There are always good offers in the Mediterranean region. But also Florida is cheap ", Daniel Krahn of Urlaubsguru knows the holiday bargains. His personal favorite destination, however, is New York. "A week in New York with a good hotel should not be more expensive than 500 euros, " advises the professional. And that's not so outlandish. Sensational example: An offer from February. 11 days in New York with flight and hotel for an incredible 293 euros.
To find such offers, grab the holiday bargain blogs deep into the bag of tricks . With the New York offer one books a flight of the Italian airline Alitalia. But not as usual on the German or Italian side, but uses a Japanese promo code. Of course, the translation guide for the Japanese Alitalia site is provided by Urlaubguru. There's also the recommendation for a cheap hotel just outside of New York and you can use the blog to book the Knaller offer . Of course that means a few more clicks, but it's well priced. And Urlaubguru and Co. make the bargain-search really easy.
If you now think that you have to sit in front of the computers for the travel bargain blogs with packed suitcases, is wrong. Already in April there are offers for New Year's Eve. "Most bargains are still quite long available. For top offers you have to be fast and must not hesitate, " says Christoph Prinzinger of holiday Hamer. Who has now packed the desire to travel: The easiest way is by the way, holiday guru, holiday pirate and Co. on Facebook to subscribe. Then you will be provided around the clock with new offers. For on the way, many of the blogs now have apps.
Holiday Pirates and Travelzoo
Urlaubspiraten.de is Germany's largest travel bargain portal. The blog is now followed by around 574, 700 followers on Facebook. In 2012, the creators of holiday pirates started with their offer search. In mid-2012, the number of Facebook likes was around 10, 000. Holidaypirates GmbH is based in Berlin. Travelzoo.de is one of the oldest providers. Since 2006, the provider is on the market. Travelzoo now has an incredible 1.6 million likes on Facebook.
Holiday guru and holiday hamster
Sensational 1.2 million followers have Urlaubsguru.de on Facebook. The blog was founded in 2012. In the meantime, around 50 employees are working to constantly search the network for new offers. And even internationally: Meanwhile, employees from other nations work in the company. Urlaubshamster is actually an Austrian blog, which is now looking for offers in Germany. So far, the blog has 50, 000 Facebook fans.
Travelcloud and Travel Dealz
A real secret tip is Travelcloud.de. The portal has been around since 2013. On Facebook, Travelcloud has around 150, 000 followers. On their blog, the makers also reveal helpful tips and tricks for traveling. For example, what's the best way to travel with a baby? How to travel to the Caribbean? Travel-Dealz.de exists since 2010. Blog founder Johannes Kinast operates the blog in addition to his studies. According to him, his blog is all about "how can I see as much as possible, as cheaply as possible from the world?".
