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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 countdown had stalled at 'T' minus 69 seconds when Desiree, the first female ape to go up in space, winked at me slyly and pouted her thick, rubbery lips unmistakably -- the first of many such advances during what would prove to be the longest, and most memorable, space voyage of my career.

-- Winning sentence, 1985 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.