You, too, can fly the 'less expensive' skies.

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Saving on airfare is a popular topic these days. While airfare and lodging represent the biggest chunk of travel costs, there are a host of other expenses that beg to be reduced as well.

Andrea Woroch, a consumer and money-saving specialist who helps people live on less without radically changing their lifestyles, travels frequently for business and has family on the opposite coast. She constantly is looking for ways to shave costs and has come up with the following advice for saving on travel extras:

Airport parking. This usually is no big deal during quick trips, even when rates run from $12 to $30 per day. For long trips, however, there are many affordable parking lots often overlooked at your home airport. Many of these inexpensive parking places offer direct shuttle service with rates as low as $3.99 per day.

Rental cars. Be sure to broaden your search when looking for rental cars. "I recently reserved a standard car for less than the cost of an economy car, something I'd have missed if I'd searched for economy prices only."

Passport services. The government does not offer discounts on the pricey process of...