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Solo Travel Tips for Holiday Savings

Nov 28 2018
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Elizabeth Avery

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Solo Travel Tips for Holiday Savings:  It is time you start considering alternatives to “Home Alone for the Holidays”. Be aware that flights are selling out already. Prices are moving up rapidly.

I discovered this myself. Having booked a SE Asia river cruise in early August, I researched airfares. I saw an Air China special from the West Coast to Ho Chi Minh City. It was less than $1,000 good through Dec. 9. However, rates thereafter were moving ahead daily if you could even find an available flight.

Research shows the best airfare deals come out around Tuesday-Wednesday. Top deals were typically found on the latter. On a Tuesday I carefully researched Air China flights. I would then go through Bangkok to Cambodia and back from Vietnam to Bangkok and home again to DC. On the Bangkok round trip economy I saw prices from $1300+-$1500+ on my chosen Air China flight. Holding out for Wednesday, I found no seats left on Dec. 25 on Air China’s own website. On a major discounter’s booking engine, I paid just over $2100 for economy on the same flight.

There are 3 lessons I learned:

Solo Travel Tips for Holiday Savings: Tip One:

Book as early as possible.

 

Solo Travel Tips for Holiday Savings: Tip Two:

When you see a great price, take it and don’t wait.

 

Solo Travel Tips for Holiday Savings: Tip Three:

Think about taking your year-end celebration before Christmas and New Year’s prices sky rocket. In both Canada and the US Thanksgiving would have been a better price.

The longer you wait the more you will pay with fewer options left.  Dust off your bucket list today. See where you can welcome the holidays!

 

 

 

 

About the Author
Elizabeth Avery founded Solo Trekker 4 U in 2012, to provide fellow solo travelers with well-priced top travel packages and global lodging from 5-star hotels to economical bed and breakfasts. Elizabeth has visited all 50 US states and more than 66 countries around the world.

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