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One of our recent flights to Austin, Texas that we found through Google Flights. – 2016<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My Vacation Pants takes you through a detailed tour of how to use the amazing, yet complicated features of the website, Google Flights. \u00a0Read on to find out how to book the cheapest possible flight on the internet.
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\nWhere are you going to go on your next vacation? \u00a0The fact of the matter is I don’t really know at this point in time myself. \u00a0I know when my next big vacation break is. \u00a0I’m a teacher, so my time off work is predetermined by the district calendar. \u00a0I know I am going on a trip this March, but I am not sure if we are going to go by car, train, or plane. \u00a0One of the first things I do when I am planning a trip is I look at Google Flights<\/a>. \u00a0There are many travel sites out there that claim to find you the lowest airfare on the internet, but Google Flights actually is able to do it for you without all the glitz and glam (and ads) of the fancier travel websites. \u00a0A lot of those websites charge a fee for booking through them and you end up paying more in the long run. \u00a0Google Flights is the best way to find a good deal, but it is not very user friendly, and that is why I will walk you through step by step on how to use it. \u00a0My hubbers (husband) deserves the credit for finding this amazing website. \u00a0I didn’t want to write this post without giving him a shout out for being my travel planning buddy. \u00a0So here it goes, 5 easy steps to finding where you are going to fly using Google Flights.
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\n<\/span>Step 1: \u00a0Go to the website\u00a0https:\/\/www.google.com\/flights\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At the top of the website, it has a box to put in the airport(s) you can depart from. \u00a0I live in Southern California and have my location attached to my Google account, so it automatically puts in the closest airport to your location. \u00a0Go ahead and press the + symbol in the box. \u00a0You can choose up to four more airports in the area. \u00a0Always do this, because you can get some killer deals the more airports you can select in there. \u00a0It may be worth driving a couple of hours to an airport if you can get a round trip flight for less then $150 (which we have totally done<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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Now the box adjacent to the box circled in red above, leave open if you want to see flights all over the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Step 2: \u00a0Now you need to select dates. \u00a0As I mentioned I am a teacher, I get two weeks off for Spring Break, so I will put in the window of my Spring Break and click on the destination map below the boxes shown above. Notice the buttons I highlighted in green, you can play around with these buttons as well. \u00a0You can pick the number of stops you prefer, airline you prefer, times you want to leave, but the only button I really use is the price button. \u00a0You can click on flights for under $50 and those will pop up on the map. \u00a0Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays seem to be the cheaper flight days for the most part, so if I have a 2 week break, I pick a Tuesday to Tuesday flight, or a Tuesday to Wednesday flight, so I can get the cheapest possible deal. \u00a0If you are somewhat flexible on your travel dates, you can play with the departure and return dates to find the absolute cheapest deal.<\/div>\n
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Step 3: \u00a0Browse the map for the red priced places. \u00a0I searched for the above dates and clicked on the price button to find flights for under $250 round trip.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here is what popped up on the map at first glance that were amazing deals for my travel dates.<\/div>\n
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