Times have changed in just about every respect. Making travel plans is no exception. In fact, few things are as easy to master and as enjoyable to do as becoming your very own online travel agent. With sites like Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, Orbitz.com and so many others, you will find all the help you could ever need to be your online travel agent. And the best part, you won’t have to pay anyone else!

Travelzoo.com, for example, is an online company that keeps you, the online travel agent, in the know about travel deals from different travel companies. Travelzoo.com sends out a weekly e-mail of its Top 20 list every wednesday. About 12 million subscribers receive this newsletter. In it, you will find out airline, hotel and cruise information, vacation package and car rental deals, and offers on shows and event tickets. Travelzoo.com also offers a search engine called SuperSearch that allows for a quick comparison of multiple flight and hotel providers, without the need to re-enter your travel information every time you want an update on prices. How’s that as a tool for an online travel agent! By utilizing Travelzoo, you will get updates about interesting deals, and you do not have to do any of the work. Who said being an online travel agent had to be exhausting? Let Travelzoo.com be your travel partner who is always updating you on what deals are out there.

Another web site that continually monitors the lowest fares to a specific city, or to many particular cities, that you personalize is Yahoo!. My Yahoo! will always keep you in the know of the best deals at any definite time. This service provides you with this information on your own Yahoo! page everyday along with news, weather and stock prices. Once you’ve selected which cities you want to keep an eye on for cheap air fare, you will get the best deals listed for you each time you log in to your My Yahoo! account. You won’t even have to navigate through any other web pages.

As you can see, being your own travel agent can not only be easy, it can be fun! And these are more advanced features. Whether you keep it simple or go all out, save time and money by being your very own online travel agent.