Me & my wife  want to travel following  countries starting from New
Zealand.I have 4 months time from Sepember 05 to December 05.I would
like to see Newyork/Washington/Los angeles/Las Vegas/Sanfrancisco/
orlando/Atlanta in USA.I have my relatives in Atlanta to stay  there
for  @10 days.I also would like to visit
Toronto,Nigrafalls & other near by site seeing places inCanada
.In Toronto ,I can stay with my friends..From here I would like fly to
India Via Dubai for three days .I would like to stay in India
for @75 days being my home town.From India ,Iwould like to  go New
Zealand/ Wellington through Honkong and Bankok.Now I need following
Informations
1) You are at your option  to give the cheap & best route during this
four months period.So I would like you to give me the best
sequence of routes so that I can avail  lowest air tickets with best use of
free stoppage/milage whatever with recommened  optimum no of days stay
except whereever I mentioned my stay.
2)I also would like  you to give me alist of budget grade tidy hotels 
particulasrly in USA,Dubai ,Hongkong & Bankok  as I have no relatives
there,The hotels should be cheap & bestlocated for local site seeing.
3)The  best informations related to this trip that you would like to
give to a a new traveler  like me
Your earliest reply will be appreciated
Thanks
Amitji

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Clarification of Question by amitji-ga on 15 May 2005 23:37 PDT

Thanks Myoarin-ga,Yuo have genuinely tried to help me.I appreciate your gesture.
I further provide following clarifications.
1)As regards price ,you seem to be right but this being my first
question ,I am not much aware.Still I don't know how much I should pay
for the BEST ANSWER even after reading the 'Pricing  guide'.I am
prepared to pay $10 probably.
2)Sept 5 -Dec 5 ,I meant  Sept 2005 to Dec 2005.ie Four Full months
3)I have spared 10 days for Canada & will be staying in toronto with
friends.So nothing much to worry about the sight seeing details in
Canada.I can manage myself.
4)Similarly, I don't need any Information Regarding India aswell.
5)I am curious more details only about USA,Dubai,Honkong,and Bankok to
be more specific.
6) I have given wide period from Sept  to Dec ,to enable you to start
/finish in cheap & best season particularly for USA & Canada.For rest
of the places ,Any period  will be convinient to me
Thanks once again
Amitji

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Clarification of Question by amitji-ga on 17 May 2005 01:30 PDT

Thanks Myoarin
You are just fantastic! The links being given to me are extremely
useful. My accomodation problem is solved 100%.Sight seeing problem is
solved by 70%.
However 100% problem that is to be resoved is cheap & best air Route.I
can tentatively plan like this
New Zealand   >LA   >West coast  round trip tour  by bus for 11days
from LA >Fly to atlanta for 15 days including return tour by bus/car
to Orlando >One way  East cost  8 days tour by bus up to
Nigrafalls>Nearest (?)air port for Toronto for 10 days stay.> fly to
Dubai for 3 days >fly to India for 75 days.>Fly to Bankok for ? days>
fly to Hongkong for ? days> fly to NZ
  Now the problem is If I have to travel like this which will be the
cheap & best air lines?
Thanks
Amitji

Thank you for your question.
 
I believe that to answer it well, your question will require more time
and effort than the average amount of time and effort associated with
this price. Here is a link to guidelines about pricing your question,
in the pricing guide: https://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Amitji,
Anyone can appreciate that you want to save as much money as possible
before starting such a great trip, but as you see elsewhere in
questions and under FAQs,
you are asking for a lot more information than a price of $2
justifies, especially when one considers that it is all information
that has to be searched for.

A couple of points:  Sept 5 to Dec 5 is only three months, which
affects the no. of days you are mentioning for stays:  10 days in
Atlanta and 75 in India, plus...
Sightseeing places in Eastern Canada is pretty vague, especially
considering as you may have to adjust your distribution of time
available.

Do you want to travel around in India?  I would think that you as an
Indian or family or friends there could best look into what
accomodations you want, expecially as prices and what is offered can
very so much.

I would expect that your basic route would start in LA or SF, going on
to Vegas (Grand Canyon?) and then on to SF or LA, respectively. 
Travel bureaus offer standard tours for this (at least from Europe
including the round trip flight), maybe two weeks with arranged
sightseeing.
Then Atlanta, Orlando  (include in the 10 days in Atlanta?),
Washington, New York.  The rest is obvious.

Looking back at your questions:
Flights:  Since there are so many open points, maybe it would be an
idea to post a clarification or a new question asking for links to
airtraffic sites that would allow you to find flights and prices when
you have your dates outlined,
maybe asking for hints about using the sites, and whatever else
relates to this.  That would be more than $2 question.

Accomodations:  a similar question on this subject.

Sorry if it sounds like I am criticising your question, but someone
had to point out the error on days available and then one thought led
to another  - helpful ones, I hope.  :-)
Myoarin (just a commenter)

PS:  Maybe someone else will have other and better suggestions about
how to frame questions that will be most helpful to you.

i was considering working in a travel agency but i just imagined you
walking in and wrote an email to the agency to cancel the job
interview!
Thank you!

Bichinho,
But that is what travel bureaus are for, to help the people who need
more than just a package tour or simple flight  - which we can order
via internet.

Amitji,
Bichinho has raised a good point, however, you will probably use a
travel bureau for at least part of your planning.  When you get your
itinerary planned, you might talk with several in the hope of finding
someone who really shows interest in trying to help you.

Amitji,
Before, I missed your clarification as I scrolled down to see the new comment.
Yes, I would like to help you, but I am an not a Researcher with
special skills on using the web, hence my suggestion that you direct
your question(s) towards that.

As an American who is now only a tourist in the States, I will limit
my comment to personal suggestions about what I would do if I were
following your itinerary.  I am not counting days or considering what
your budget allows.

As mentioned already, you might want to book a tour that took you from
LA to Vegas and on the SF, showing you the sights, maybe with a night
at Grand Canyon and better scenery between SF and Vegas than the
fastest route lets you see.
Or you could rent a car and do it on your own, in which case I would
spend and extra day and drive up or down the coast between LA and SF.
The following link to mapquest.com may not work if you paste it. This
is a great site, as it allows you to enter starting point and
destination and gives provides a detailed route plan with miles and
times plus a map.  This link is for LA to Vegas, the next for Atlanta
to Orlando, the third for NYC to Buffalo.
 
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?mo=ma&2si=gaz&un=m&go=1&1c=Los%20Angeles&1g=3nkZedLN4JOwTPpaJ8s0aw%3d%3d&2tabval=address&1l=8nImm4KrXJU%3d&2c=Las%20Vegas&1rc=A5XAX&1n=Los%20Angeles&cl=EN&2g=9TOj1N5Qt8EIx%2bPNqpNKZw%3d%3d&1s=CA&2l=nFmezGA6%2bmc%3d&ct=NA&1v=CITY&2n=Clark&1y=US&1tabval=address&1si=gaz&2s=NV&2rc=A5XAX&2v=CITY&did=1116239541&2y=US&rsres=1&ovi=0

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&1gi=0&un=m&1da=-1.000000&1rc=A5XAX&1n=Los+Angeles&cl=EN&ct=NA&1si=gaz&rsres=1&1ahXX=&1y=US&1a=&1c=new+york&1s=ny&1z=&2ahXX=&2y=US&2a=&2c=Buffalo&2s=ny&2z=

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ahXX=&1y=US&1a=&1c=atlanta&1s=ga&1z=&2ahXX=&2y=US&2a=&2c=orlando&2s=fl&2z=

There are also long distance bus services (not just this link):
http://www.ivymedia.com/bus/losangeles_sanfrancisco/

and for backpackers:
http://www.adventurehostel.com/backpackerbus/

which reminds me that in New Zealand there are probably good sources
for travel planning for budget travellers.
Here is a 3 day  bus tour that is interesting, and also reminds me
that to visit Yosemite National Park and Hearst Castle (included in
this tour), one has to book ahead.
http://www.ivymedia.com/bravotravel/tours/sanfrancisco.html
I also found an 8 day bus tour on a German site:  LA, Vegas, SF, for a
price of Euro 649/person (hotels, meals, etc. included).

I was suggesting returning to your starting point in California by the
coast road, for the scenery.   But it could be that it is convenient
and cheaper to book your flight continuing from there (But that is
just a big Maybe!)

From NY to Buffalo, there are also buses, or you could rent a car and
have your friends pick you up there.  Mid October is a lovely time of
the year in the area north of NYC when the autumn colours of the
turning leaves are usually at their best.

You can tell, I want you to see some of the countryside.  :-)
But on the other hand, it may turn out that and around the world
flight with one airline has real advantages: flying to Atlanta, and
then to NY, Toronto and on, whereby maybe Atlanta - Orlando - NY is
also possible, and if Toronto could not be included, you could return
to NY.

But this is all speculation, maybe helpful or not.
I hope it is, and hope that the links will lead you to try to find
further information.

Regards,  Myoarin

Amitji,
It's my pleasure.  Sounds great!  Glad to have been of help.

Now you have the basis for a more specific question about flights, and
that is a research task that I am not up to, but someone should be
able to help you.

Good luck!
Myoarin

You could visit Niagara Falls and Toronto in one shot.  There are few
day tours <a href="http://etours.to/alltours.html>from Toronto</a>. 
You don't even have to sleep over in Toronto.  Some tours pick-up
directly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (yyz).

Here are a few sites that offer tours to Niagara Falls from Toronto:
http://etours.to/index.html
http://www.niagaratours.ca/index.html
http://kingtours.ca/index.html
http://torontotours.ca/index.html