Over the last decade the internet has revolutionized travel. These days it's hard to

imagine planning a trip without getting online.

Hi I'm Rick Steve's and today on travel with Rickeeves we're joined by an expert in using the internet to plan and to book affordable travel.

John Deskala used to be afraid to fly, but then the travel bug bit. Now this Globetrotter spends more time overseas than at home and he's dubbed himself Johnny Jet.

Coming up, he shares some of his favorite tips, such as deciding when to use a travel agent

flying business class for the price of coach and finding better deals on hotel

rooms than you'll get by booking direct. His advice might just surprise you.

There's not one website out there that has the cheapest deal.

So you want to go to all the big players.

Sometimes you want to go to the airlines websites.

You have to shop around.

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More and more these days if you're not online, you hardly exist when it comes to booking travel.

For a lot of companies, it's like we're not even worth a stamp.

You've got to pay extra fees and stand in a long line if you want to talk to a person

and they're pushing us all into the internet. Boy, you just got to get with it when it comes to the internet.

I've seen that in my travel. So we're joined today by a guy named John Deskala.

Actually, his web name is Johnny Jet.

And he runs a website called Johnny Jet.

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