Here is the original item:
Searching travel websites
(A) to compare room
and flight rates,
(B) Shaquita
fantasized about a spring break vacation to
Hawaii. (C)
As her unfinished algebra homework lay ignored on her desk.
You wanted to do this:
Searching travel websites to compare room and flight
rates Shaquita fantasized about a spring break
vacation to Hawaii. As her unfinished algebra homework lay ignored on her
desk.
Removing the comma after rates is an error. Searching travel websites ... is an introductory participle phrase. Use a comma to connect it to the main clause that follows.
You might want to review the rules.