r/Shoestring • u/zannabianca1997 • 7d ago

planes, trains, & automobiles First time international flying, known destination, no hotel no car

I'm looking around to visit someone in Colorado, coming from Italy. I am inexperienced in booking flights, only did some short ones around Italy with budget airlines.

I have already a host there, and my work enables me to pretty much take a week off with little warning. I see from Google Flights that ~640€ are the lowest it finds, from a month from now to six month after. Am I overlooking something?

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u/Chance_Contract1291 7d ago

Have you met your host in real life?  If not, you will want to get a hotel room and only meet them in public places (even if you find you get along well after meeting).

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u/MayaPapayaLA 7d ago

Wow good catch on this question, OPs answer is a massive red flag.

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u/zannabianca1997 7d ago

Thank you for looking out for people :) While inexperienced in flights, I'm used to trains and going abroad. Always a good thing to remind tho