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Since 1875, people have been converging on Louisville, Kentucky for an annual event pitting some of the fastest horses anywhere against each other in what’s become known as the “most exciting two minutes in sports.” The Kentucky Derby is a Louisville institution, and today it serves as something of a throw-back to days gone by – complete with overly fancy hats and drinks.

While you may not attend the event every year, if you’re a horse-racing fan it’s definitely something to see at least once in your life. If this is your year, then we’re here to help make sure you don’t spend a fortune on your airfare. You’ll need all the extra cash you can come up with for the anachronistic attire you’ll be wearing just to stand out from the hoi polloi.

Some of the tips in this article are good things to know to help you find cheap airfare no matter when or where you’re traveling – but in particular when you’re traveling for a specific holiday or going to a major event (like the Kentucky Derby) it’s even more important to exhaust all options for finding cheap tickets because the airlines will have been more likely to raise prices on those flights to begin with.

So, here are our tips on how to find cheap airfare to the Kentucky Derby.

>> The Kentucky Derby falls on May 5, 2012.

Budget travelers are always looking for ways to save money when they venture out into the world – and smart budget travelers know that sometimes booking a vacation package is the best way to do just that. Anytime there’s a big event – in this case, I’m talking about the World Cup – the travel industry comes out in force to provide more vacation package options than you can shake a stick at, and many of them look really tempting. But are they really the great deal the ads say they are?

Vacation packages make travel shopping easy, it’s true – you get everything booked for your trip in one fell swoop. Vacation prep, done and dusted. But they’re counting on you thinking like that instead of stepping back for a moment to compare package prices with what it would cost to book each piece of the deal individually. Unfortunately, as boring as this might sound, it’s exactly what you need to do to make sure you’re actually going to save money by booking the package.

In the end, if the convenience factor means more to you than the budget factor, then a package might still be the way to go regardless of the savings (or lack thereof) – but this is definitely something to be aware of when you’re shopping around.

>> The next World Cup events are: Women’s World Cup in 2011, Men’s World Cup in 2014