hotel for free. carol casone is here with the tips we need. sounds too good to be true, cheryl. it is not believe it or not. according to aaa leisure travel index. the average nightly stay is 6 percent higher this year than last year. 45 bucks on average. there are ways to get good deals as we near the end of the summer travel season. besides airline fare deals that may soon begin to show up tips from money watch. use credit card points. most have great introductory offers. you can rack up points quick. you can trade-in frequent flyer miles. you can ap tend time share presentations. you have usually a two-hour sales pitch. web site let s you swap homes with others. check out home exchange.com or home link for that possibility. you can also check out house
e-mails from everybody deals right, that s what s going on? they re sending you the deals. they are sending the deals to you. you know, at the end of the day a lot of people think the best deals happen late in the season. i don t really agree with that. you check your inbox and you look at it, you know, a lot of times during the year we get so many that you don t pay attention to them. i think it s time to start clicking on some of them, because most of these deals that you see are probably for one, two, three days tops. you might want to take a look at them and see if there s something there for you. we ve been rolling some of the tips there on-screen as you were talking including check your credit card points. you might be able to get some purchases there. and make sure items are in stock. also, of course, have a budget. just talk about some of the tips that people should keep in mind once they start clicking away come monday, michael? you know when you start shopping onl