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Taking the bus from Boston to New York City

You can often use the discount code NYBOSR in order to get $30 round trip tickets.

Airfare search sites

http://yapta.com will track prices and email you if the drop exceeds the rebooking fee.

http://bing.com/travel predicts fares to tell you if it's likely to fall or increase.

http://itasoftware.com helps find the cheapest days to fly.

Hotels

http://biddingtraveler.com helps with Pricelining.

http://homeaway.com helps find vacation rentals.

Cars

http://autoslash.com finds car rental discounts and applies them automatically to your reservation after you book.

The camel died quite suddenly on the second day, and Selena fretted sullenly and, buffing her already impeccable nails -- not for the first time since the journey begain -- pondered snidely if this would dissolve into a vignette of minor inconveniences like all the other holidays spent with Basil.

-- Winning sentence, 1983 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.