A direct flight from Boston to Lisbon $480, San Francisco to Bangkok $580, Beijing to Paris $580, better yet New York City to London only $340. To many travelers these deals seem far to good to be true, and even if these deals did exist who has the time to find them? The answer, everyone. Each of these flights was found by yours truly in under ONE minute, and I'm about to show you how!

The Tools

When it comes to finding a cheap flights skip skyscanner, and screw those "budget" sites. Go with the gold standard Google! Google flights that is(https://www.google.com/flights/).

Travel Types

Now you need to decide what type of travel you want to do. Do you want to go to a general location, a specific location, or a specific location at a specific time? This matters!

The General Location

If you want to go to a general location this method is for you! First in the box labeled "Where from?" put in your origin then scroll down and click the map. Once there in the top left hand corner set your to and from dates. Wait for the calendar to load, and then start the search! For details on a specific flight just click the location and checkout the sidebar to your left. Getting started is that simple.

The Location Based Search

If you know your location to begin with(maybe your going to steemfest) or used the above method to find a decent flight to the perfect location now its time to get an even better deal! If you're going from the explore page click the "find flights" button on the left side bar. If you're starting from scratch enter your starting and ending locations. Now click the dates. You should get a calendar, which after waiting a few seconds to multiple minutes will display the cheapest flights for each day of the month! Once you select a start day the calendar will update to show you the pricing for each end day. This is round trip, so no fancy addition is needed to find a final price. Tax is usually pre-calculated to!

The Location and Time Based Search

Now either you've just entered your location, destination, and dates or you've followed the steps above. Either way you'll be looking at a list of airlines and flights. Not every airline is listed here(some don't let Google crawl them for pricing), but 9 times out of 10 the best deal is here. Take a look at the flights list. Account for the time. Can you get to the airport via subway or will you need to take an expensive Uber because its an early flight? Look into layovers. Do you want to spend 13 hours exploring Dubai, a few hours laying around at the airport to save a buck, or would you rather go direct? Checkout the airline. Does the airline charge for the first checked bag, is the seat spacing even that good(Google lists this!)? Then click the link, and book your flight!

That's it for now, but more travel tips are coming soon so give me a follow! If you're interested in Steemfest check it out here(https://steemit.com/steemfest/@roelandp/save-the-date-steemfest-2017-creamy-and-delicious-1-2-3-4-5-november-lisbon) and if you're a smaller user and interested in getting an ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP checkout the minnowsupport community post here(https://steemit.com/steemfest/@aggroed/steemfest-minnow-all-expense-paid-trip-to-steemfest). If you need some help, have any questions or just want to say hi please do. Happy Travels!