. >> to go to the main sites travelocity, expedia those chases, convention bureaus of those cities own individual hotels and any of these places will give you good deals, i'm talking 30, $40 a night in orlando and las vegas. and use hot wire or price line if you don't care where you want to stay and you want the best price possible. >> i found you can call a hotel and say what is your best price. and do you have any discounts. do you have any specials. sometimes you can't find it on- line but if you pick up the phone and call them they will tell you. >> do all of these things before you book and you will find the best price. >> of course we know more women are traveling alone because they are living longer than their spouses and loved ones. and so what word do you have for women who have traveling -- who are traveling either with another woman or alone. >> we have an article on that topic. it is full of websites and i can't go through each right now. but there are useful information and some funny ones. there is wonder woman, which i think it is a great site. you go girl and all kinds

what you do on that computer, book a trip, expedia up 2.7%. research in motion, not taking part. it's just been a rough five-day stretch, down some 20% inside of a week for rimm after those earnings. down another 2.9% today. ouch. in terms of advances in the climbs, we are better than 3-1 at the moment. let's go to sharon epperson. >> we have a bit of a rally going on here in the energy complex as well. oil prices off of their highs of the session. keep in mind today, the oil rally had a lot to do with the strength in the stock market we saw today. as well as those missiles being test fired by iran and concerns over their nuclear ambitions. of course, obama will meet with the six major powers in geneva to talk about the nuclear plans that iran has on thursday. and as those tensions continue to heat up, we are likely to see oil prices here supported above the $65 mark, which has been the low end of the range. we've seen oil prices in for the last couple of months. keep in mind we continue to watch inventories as well. inventories continue to grow. reuters poll has u.s. inventories

the travel website expedia says hotel prices fell 17% in the first half of the year.ooms in new york and las vegas to name a couple cities. >>> are you shopping around for a lower interest rate on the mortgage you hold? hln money expert clark howard tells you how to qualify for the best deals. >> in the topsy-turvy world on what to pay on the mortgage, the rates earlier this year that were low went away for much of the summer but now came back down. you won't get the rates as low as they were this past spring but the opportunities available if your credit standing is good and especially for people with some equity in their home, for you to refinance really solid opportunities again. the best opportunity in the market right now is on 15-year fixed rate loans. normally there's a spread between 30-year and 15-year loans that is about a little less than half a percent. right now with a lot of lenders, that spread is just about three-quarters of a point lower. again, for people with good credit, you should be able to get a 15-year fixed rate loan right now at 4.5% or below

the travel website expedia says hotel prices are down 17% in the first half of the year because they many rooms back in the boom. some of the best deals, four and five-star rooms especially in new york and las vegas. >> okay. that's the secret. thanks so much. >>> we have video of a disturbing fight on a school bus. that boy getting punched and choked right here isn't the only problem you're seeing here. >>> good morning. let's salute our troops together. today's salute is from allison hernandez to her army sergeant luis hernandez. allison says he's extremely missed. >> this is allison hernandez sending a salute to my husband in afghanistan. sergeant luis hernandez. he's serving with the 10th mountain division. i'm so proud of you, babe. you're extremely missed. i love you. i'm so excited to see you on r&r. you are my soulmate, my love and my best friend. i can't wait to be with you again. me and the kids love you and miss you so much. >> if you have someone in the service and you want to salute them, we would like to help you. go to cnn.com/robin. you've worked all your life. as the