While catching up on the WSJ last night, I came across an article on new travel web sites and how they're making it easier than ever for the general public to find and book the cheapest flights.

I tried out two sites a few minutes ago, plugging in dates around the conferences and came up with the following fares:

Yahoo! FareChase
DC to Marrakech:  $548.76 (including taxes)

FareCompare.com
DC to Marrakech:  $706.00 (including taxes)
Chicago to Marrakech:  $906 (including taxes)
Seattle to Marrakech:  $869 (including taxes)

I can't guarantee that you'll find these exact same fares, but they provide a general sense of what's possible.  Playing around with the time of day and/or day of week of your flight can have a considerable impact on the cost (up or down), so experiment with different days.  The added hotel/food costs of arriving a day early or leaving a day late might just end up being more than covered by the savings you'll realize in the cost of your plane ticket.

Below are links to several online travel sites.  Take a look at a few and see what you find.  I know there have to be countless other sites out there, but these are the ones with which I have personal experience and which have been good to me in the past.  Please share your online travel web site recommendations by leaving a comment to this post.

FareCompare:  http://www.farecompare.com
Yahoo! Farechase:  http://farechase.yahoo.com
Kayak:  http://www.kayak.com
Travelocity:  http://www.travelocity.com
Orbitz:  http://www.orbitz.com
Expedia:  http://www.expedia.com
Cheaptickets:  http://www.cheaptickets.com

 

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