Flexibility can help cut vacation costs
We’re all feeling the pinch of the current economic climate. Everything costs more, while many of us have less ready cash, so how do you have a good holiday anyway? Here are some tips for reducing the cost of your vacation - not just at this time of year, but all year round.
Grab That Fare Now!
If you see an unbelievably low fare on the dates you want to travel, book it immediately. You can almost guarantee that it won’t be there when you return. The word from travel agents (just in case you hadn’t already noticed) is that fares have gone up and seat numbers have gone down. That means it’s a seller’s market for air fares and there’s no incentive to discount.
Sacrifice Some Of Your Holiday
It’s great to be there on the key holiday dates, but you could save a fortune if you sacrifice some of that family time and travel on the holiday itself. The cost of your ticket will fall, and if you’re not going too far, you could still be there in time to enjoy the holiday festivities. Whether you’re traveling for Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving or Labor Day, this will make your trip more economical.
Stretch Those Dates
Even if you can’t travel on the holiday itself, a bit of flexibility about when you DO travel helps to cut ticket costs. Surprise, surprise - everyone wants to travel on the days immediately before or after the actual holiday date. If you can be flexible and travel a couple of days before or after that, you will save money - guaranteed.
Change Of Direction
Not every flight to New York lands at JFK. Wherever you’re going, the chances are that there are other airports nearby that are not as busy as the most popular one. Fly to one of these and you could save money, as well as have more options for travel dates. It may take you a bit longer to get to your final destination, but you may find that an hour’s extra drive is worth the savings you could make.
As you can see, the key way to save money on holiday travel is to be flexible about dates, times and destination. If you’re willing to do that, your holiday will be even happier because of the money you will save.
(photo: clarita)
译文:
五种减少假期旅游开支的建议
Flexibility can help cut vacation costs
我们都感受到当前的经济状况给人的一点压力。每件东西都比以前昂贵，而我们许多人都没有准备好的现金，那么你怎样有一个良好的节日呢？这里有一些减少假期成本意见——不仅在每年的这个时候需要注意，而是一年四季。
把握现时优惠
在你需要旅游的日期，如果你看到一个令人难以置信的低票价，要立即预定。你几乎可以保证，当你返回是价钱将不不会保持这个价格。从旅行社所获信息（以防万一你有没有注意到）票价上升和座位数量下降。这意味着这是一个卖方机票的市场，那并没有得到折扣。
牺牲你的一些假日
在度假的关键日期，你将很高心到那里旅游，但如果您选择不和家人在节假日旅游的话，你会省下很多财富。机票价格将下降，如果你不是去太远的地方，你还可以随时去享受节日欢快气氛。无论你是为圣诞节，为新年，为感恩节或为劳动节旅游还是什么，这将使你的旅行更加经济。
延长那些日期
即使你不能在假期去旅游，关于你何时去旅游的灵活性，有助于帮你降低票价。惊喜，惊喜——每个人都希望节假日之前或之后去旅游。如果您可以灵活一些，在节假日旅行几天之前或之后，您保证可以节省金钱。
改变路线
并非每一个去纽约的航班都降落在肯尼迪机场。不管你去哪里，总会有这样的几率，其他附近的机场总不会比最受欢迎的一个机场忙。往其中一个机场飞行，你可以省下一笔钱，同时你有更多的选择旅行日期。这可能需要你多一点的时间到达你的最终目的地，但你可能会发现，你所省下的储蓄值得你多花多一个小时的旅程。
正如你所看到的，假期旅行省钱的关键方法是采取灵活变化的日期，时间和目的地。如果你愿意那么做，你的假期将会更加愉快，因为你将省下很多钱。
(photo: clarita)