Planes, trains, no automobiles

Hipmunk

Now that airfare is lodged in the arm-and-a-leg category with no signs of coming back down in price, it’s important to put a little time into finding the best deals. Compared to Travelocity and Priceline.com—discount travel sites that present a rundown of flights one by one and can be a chore to click through—Hipmunk shows you every flight available to your destination on your travel day in a single, easy-to-digest spreadsheet, either ranked by “agony” (total duration of flight), price or time of departure. One of the cooler features is that it also includes train trips, which are invariably the cheapest and most scenic routes, for intra-California trips. www.hipmunk.com.