Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Once upon a time, we had travel agents. Travel agents were friendly people who would book our travel

and make sure everything went smoothly. They would even give us an itinerary, showing us where we had to go and when. Back then,

the airlines remembered that passengers were human beings. They treated us nicely, and they didn't

nickel and dime us when it came to pillows or legroom or snacks. On the other hand, we didn't

have the TSA, which now offers a few lucky winners, a free body massage before they get on the plane.

Along came the internet, and some bright young geek out there decided that our lives would be

better off if we had to spend our own precious time and attention looking for every aspect

of travel for ourselves. Yeah, I know some people are really into that kind of thing. Not me.

I like being places, not getting places.

And I especially don't like doing the clerical work needed to get me getting places.

Comparison shop? Excuse me? I don't have the time. I'm late for my manicure.

It's the 21st century guys. Get with the program. Manicures for men are totally hip. Here are my four

quick and dirty tips for using the web to make your air travel easy. Tip number one, use

kayak to find flights. My favorite travel site is kayak.com. Kayak is like that nice travel agent,

except that kayak doesn't actually care about you and

won't make nice conversation.

What it will do is ruthlessly help you to find the best flights ever.

You give Kayak your travel dates and times.

Kayak then searches a gazillion databases and comes back with the best deals.

It gives you a control panel where you

can play with the travel dates, decide how many stops are okay on the flight, and find the combinations

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