When booking your flight it’s important to consider what type of traveler you are.  Is getting the cheapest airfare the most important factor?  Will ticket promotions, and discounts determine the journey; or is ease of the trip your main concern?

When taking advantage of cheap airfares or off peak promotional rates many travelers find them selves buying tickets that included a long stopover in exchange for the bargain of discounted tickets.  At the end or beginning of a long journey this sort of add on to your adventure can become annoying.  

Sure on a short trip it can be nice to have time pick up that one last bag of Vancouver’s yummy “moose droppings” chocolates or your CN tower Toronto tourist mug, maybe your even desperately thankful for the time you had to pick up your new favorite bobble head of a Newfoundland dog.  Yes airport shopping, and restaurants can be helpful pass times for someone who has an hour.  For someone that has longer time killing options are often pricey and many airport shops offer the same items you could buy at a local mall. For travelers who are being faced with these stopovers as a trade off for a well priced ticket it may not be worthwhile.

In many cases thrifty shoppers will opt to purchase slightly more expensive tickets to cut down on time wasted in airports.  Stopover time can become quite expensive when you begin to pay airport prices for items you would not have needed had you paid the standard price of an economy class ticket instead of holding out for the extra savings that comes with extra stops.  Time in airports can become an unwanted and trying adventure causing you to long to be back in the air, in transit to your destination.  Getting a great deal on travel is more then just the price.  Value should be considered.  Travelers should look for a ticket that balances perks and functionality with airfare price.  Dirt-cheap airfares may lead to higher travel costs when all is considered.