the Cost of Online Travel Agents

This is a competitive travel pricing service. There was no direct charge for use of the service but to get the listed price I had to buy the tickets through the service so they probably take a commission or get paid by airlines to list their prices.

They offered ticket pricing in a variety of currencies and flights with any major airline and most of the minor and local ones.

Took all of 20 minutes to book the trip. We selected the origin and destination, the departure and return dates, the number of transfers we were willing to accept, the flight times we were willing to take, the class of the seats, and it gave us a list of prices. The search was even easy to tune after the fact if we wanted to change, say, the number of connecting flights. It also offered general "shortest travel time" and "cheapest flight" options. I wouldn't have minded being able to request cities for connecting flights, or specify the layover times, but neither is really necessary.

Once we selected the flight we wanted, we paid and were the option to print out our boarding passes at home if we didn't want to wait. We even got confirmation emails from each of the airlines.

International travel is funny. Passports are needed and vaccinations abound, even for countries you'd think are "friendly." Airport security is a pain, but you might get extra special consideration (and not the good type) when flying abroad. If you're a regular traveler, you already know how to get through the security stuff with a minimum fuss. If you're not a frequent traveler, ask someone who is for tips.