Bleow are some of my favourite links, plus useful links for readers:
Podcasts (here are my favourites!):
Visit My Las Vegas: http://audio.visitmylasvegas.com - this podcast is one of the best put together, he has regular guests, mixes in some great music and intros and gives you heaps of valuable, interesting news on the most amazing city in the world - Las Vegas baby, Yeh!
Tokyo Calling: http://www.tokyocalling.org - this guy is great, his podcasts are rich in content and talks about life as an ex-pat American in Tokyo. Really interesting and highly recommended!
New York Minute: http://www.podcastnyc.net - an New Yorker of Italian heritage, takes you through everything and anything you would want to know about New Yawk! right down to how to get from the airports to town, where to eat, what to do. Highly recommended if you're thinking about visiting NYC.
Airline Programs:
http://www.airnewzealand.com.au
Hotel Programs:
Useful Bidding Sites:
So, if you think you'd like to consider bidding on an opaque site for your next hotel room or car rental (lesser so for flights though), consider these two, then follow it up with the actual companies (priceline and hotwire) to actually bid:
http://www.biddingfortravel.com
And to bid (kind of with hotwire - it's opaque but a set price)...