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With most Americans scheduled to receive a $600 tax rebate this year (which means $1200 for married couples), one of the best ways you could spend this extra money is on a relaxing vacation to take your mind off your troubles. This kind of money can go a long way when it comes to buying cheap airline tickets and other discount travel options, so why not take advantage of the opportunity? Below are some options for great discount vacations that can cost under $600 per person.

One of the best ways to get the most bang for your buck is to book all inclusive vacation, and most popular among these kinds of options are cruises. Many cruise lines are currently looking to expand the appeal of cruise holidays, and are offering discount prices on shorter cruises. For example, a Princess Caribbean 3-night cruise from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas is currently going for around 250$, an incredible price considering that food and entertainment come standard with your purchase.

Many online travel sites can help you make discount travel arrangements as well by packaging airfare with hotel accommodations into one price. Mexico vacation packages are very popular, and currently CheapFlights.com is offering a $550 hotel/airfare package for travel between Phoenix, AZ and Cancun.

Another popular vacation package destination is the Caribbean, and with deals like TravelZoo’s, hotel/airfare package to the Dominican Republic for $499 per person from Miami and New York City, experiencing this beautiful Caribbean island has never been easier.

Or if you’re more into using your money to pay for everything along the way, visiting cities domestically can be just as good an option. Las Vegas is becoming increasingly popular among travelers, and cheap airfare to New York can be found this time of year from just about anywhere in the country. Again, using online travel sites like TravelZoo.com and CheapTickets.com can be excellent ways to find the best deals.

So try using your tax rebate for something exciting instead of just seeing it as an extra chance to pay off bills!

Northwest Airlines, one of the nation’s larger airlines, announced last week that it would be raising fuel surcharges on all tickets issued, largely as a result of the rising prices of gas and oil. With oil priced over $100 a barrel, this is expected to be a move many airlines are soon to take on, but for now, travelers looking for cheap airline tickets should probably look into other options besides Northwest, unless they are flying domestically.

The airline announced that the increased fuel surcharge would probably amount to anywhere from an extra $10-$20 on flights from the United States to Asia, Australia and Europe. Domestically, flights shouldn’t change in price very dramatically at all. The airlines also said however that it would be scaling back its operation, and would probably do roughly 5% less flying this year than it has in the past, both within the country and internationally.

So what does this mean for travelers? In the immediate term it probably doesn’t mean all that much. There are still all kinds of opportunities out there for discount airfare, but it could signal the beginning of a larger trend that could end up hurting the travel industry and travelers alike. With the economic recession looming and fuel prices rising, many airlines are concerned both with the extra cost it will take to make flights, and also with the reluctance of potential customers to spend that extra money on a vacation in an unstable economy. This could result in many airlines losing money, and therefore in some cases it could lead to rising prices.

However, this could also be a benefit to discount airlines. As the average consumer looks to spend less money on airfare, airlines like JetBlue and Southwest could begin to see more customers, resulting in stable lower fares.

If you’ve been considering taking that family trip to Hawaii, now may be as great time to start planning your travel. With the recent news that ATA airlines, a main source for flights to the Pacific Islands, has declared bankruptcy, one of the leading discount airlines for Hawaii travel, Hawaiian Air, has announced they will be expanding service starting next month. Hawaiian Air could be a great source for cheap airline tickets now that they control the market.

Making the move to capitalize on the gap in the market created by ATA’s bankruptcy, Hawaiian Air has announced that they will begin scheduling daily flights between Honolulu and Oakland, CA, a convenient airport for travelers from all regions of the country. Hawaiian Air is currently the most convenient way to fly to Hawaii, as they offer flights from the domestic U.S. to nine different locations on the islands, as well as several inter-island flights within Hawaii.

While some feel that less options for travelers may mean more expensive travel to Hawaii in the short term, ultimately Hawaiian Air will be able to offer lower cost flights now that they are the cornerstone of the market, and you can look for them to be finding ways to encourage travelers to fly with them. Many of the other options for flying to Hawaii, including Delta and Continental, are traditionally much more expensive.

In order to ensure that you’ll get a good price on cheap airfare to Hawaii, you can also look into midnight flights, or flying during the week in off hours instead of on the weekends. Since the flight to Hawaii is so long anyway, many travelers who choose to fly at night get a chance to rest up before arriving, and in the process find a great way to save money.

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