The budget traveler normally looks up at various sources over the Internet for best deals on airfares, hotel stays and special holiday packages.

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Responsible Travel, a UK-based travel agency selling sustainable holiday packages, reports a 23 percent increase in customers buying trips to Malaysia from 2009 to 2010.

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Historically, January is the month when tour operators, both online and offline, run the greatest number of deeply discounted holiday packages, where flights are sold along with hotels.

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While airlines might offer best airfares, they do not offer the convenience of bundling hotel stays and holiday packages, which is where online travel agencies still have an edge.

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The fourth quarter includes the all important holiday season, where UPS reported that it managed to ship 440 million packages.

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