Travel trends in 2009 (Canoe Travel) If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be "the year of travel deals."

BARGAINS AHEAD (The Buffalo News) NEW YORK –The value of the U. S. dollar is surging, gas prices are at their lowest levels in four years, and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be “the year of travel deals,” predicts Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of Travelocity. “As long as the economic slowdown continues, deals will abound for people who do have discretionary income to travel.”

Deep discounts will make travel tempting this year (Louisville Courier-Journal) The value of the U.S. dollar is surging, gas prices are at their lowest levels in four years, and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be "the year of travel deals," predicts Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of Travelocity.