To help you vacation like a veteran this year, we’ve collected some of the best cost-cutting strategies for navigating the travel landscape. By discovering wholesale hotel discounts, tips for saving cash on flight changes and learning the value of foreign transaction fees, the perfectly planned vacation is now within reach.

Learn to Love the Layover

Get two trips out of just one airline ticket by taking advantage of some of the free stopover programs offered by several airlines. There are programs that encourages travelers to stay on for up to five nights in a layover city and explore everything from its food scene, the local art culture or its historic architecture.

Other companies offer an overnight hotel stay and airport transfer for just $60 if you decide to stick around for the day, and others  will let you stay in a layover city for up to seven nights and even arrange for a tour guide during your stay.  And, if the shopping turns out to be utterly amazing in your layover city, take advantage of the free shipping many local retailers extend to tourists in some of the world’s top destination cities by letting them ship your gifts and souvenirs home for you to avoid extra wait times at airports and the burden of additional baggage fees.

Harness the Power of Social Media

Facebook is your friend when you’re planning a vacation. To stay up-to-date on the lowest hotel deals and explore trending destinations, follow sites such as the travel aggregator TravelSetGo on Facebook to always be in the know.

Airlines are great about inviting travelers to follow them on social media platforms by offering to keep their registered users apprised of promotions and here-today-gone-tomorrow sales. And, some flight companies like JetBlue, invite travelers to sign up for email newsletters because they often send out flash sale notifications right out the blue.

Now May Be the Time to Consider London

Voting to leave the European Union last year, Britons watched the pound sterling plummet to around $1.17, which was exchanging at around $1.60 just two years prior, so the UK is suddenly in the unique position of being considered a value-travel destination for a change. Imagine seeing the Big Ben, London Eye, Buckingham Palace and St. Paul’s Cathedral for a fraction of the price you would have paid at this same time last year.