Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming year? I didn’t think so. At some point, you have to stop trying to find every new tool for and shortcut to bargains as they appear and just wait to see which ones stick. By now, you surely know some basics: You probably use meta-search sites to compare airfare and hotel prices; you’ve either tried or consciously avoided “sharing economy” services like Uber; you know that most domestic car rental reservations can be canceled with no penalty should you find a better rate even on the day of the trip.
在新的一年里，有37个新奇的app能给你省0.01%的旅费。你有兴趣吗？我觉得你不会。在某个时刻，你必须停止努力寻找每个新出现的工具和讲价捷径，等等看哪些app能存活下来。到目前为止，你肯定知道一些基本情况：你很可能使用元搜索网站来比较机票和酒店价格；你可能尝试过或有意避免Uber这样的“分享经济”服务；你知道如果找到了更便宜的租车价格，美国国内的大部分租车预约服务可以取消，且没有任何惩罚，即便是在旅行当天取消。
So instead of offering wacky tricks, here are eight ways to take strategies you already know and do them better — with, O.K., a few new appealing tools thrown in.
所以，我在这里提供的不是怪异的窍门，而是如何利用你已经知道的策略，以及如何更好使用它们的八个方法。好吧，里面也包括几个吸引人的新工具。
Uncomfortable with strangers living with you? Equally unexcited to bunk with strangers? Or simply hesitant about Airbnb’s legal struggles? Take a baby step into the sharing economy by renting out your car while you’re away and get free airport parking to boot. Or rent someone else’s car for less than most traditional companies and forget about monitoring the ebb and flow of daily rates as your trip approaches. FlightCar.com is now operating in Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington and Los Angeles, among other cities. If you’re leaving your car at an airport, you will get between $0.05 and $0.20 per mile driven, plus that free parking if you are renting out your car. Savings can be significant: As of late December you could rent from FlightCar in Boston in January for as low as $19 a day (including tax and insurance), more than 40 percent less than the cheapest listing I found on Kayak (not including insurance).
和陌生人住在一起会让你觉得不安？也不想和陌生人睡上下铺？或者就是对Airbnb的法律纠纷心怀疑虑？你可以初步尝试一下分享经济，在外出旅行时把车租出去，这样还能免费在机场停车。或者试试租别人的汽车，价格比大多数传统公司都低，这样就不用在旅行临近时关注每日车价的涨跌。FlightCar.com现在在波士顿、旧金山、费城、华盛顿和洛杉矶等城市运营。如果你把车留在机场租出去，你的车每跑一英里，你就能赚0.05至0.20美元，另外还能省去机场停车费。你能省很多钱：在12月底，通过FlightCar你能以每天19美元的低价约到1月份波士顿的汽车（含税费和保险费），比我在Kayak上找到的最便宜的价格（不含保险费）还低40%多。
If even cars are a bit much for you, how about renting someone’s bike? Spinlister.com started in 2012 and has since spread across the world; last December it added skis and this past summer expanded to surfboards and standup paddle boards.
如果连租车你都嫌贵，那租自行车怎么样？Spinlister.com网站于2012年开创，后来扩展到全球。2013年12月它增加了租滑雪板业务，去年夏天扩展到冲浪板和站立式划桨板租赁。
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