7 Things To Avoid To Save Money Booking Travel
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Tips That Will Help You Save Booking Travel
Airlines will never tell you what you’re doing wrong when it comes to booking airfare. But if you don’t want to pay more than you should, avoid these seven booking errors at all costs.
Shop at nightÂ
Airlines generally release a limited number of inexpensive coach-class seats in the morning or early afternoon. From a consumer standpoint, that means the early bird gets the worm. If you’re booking late at night, you stand a greater chance of finding only the leftover (read: more expensive) seats. Search early in the day for the best prices.
Fly on a weekendÂ
The least expensive days to fly are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. The means that if your departure or return flight falls on a Monday, Thursday, Friday, or Sunday, you’re paying more than you need to. It may take some creative use of your vacation time–such as a trip that runs Tuesday to Tuesday rather than Sunday to Sunday–but what you lose in flexibility you more than make up for in savings.
Depart in the afternoonÂ
Want to cost yourself some extra money? Book a flight that departs in the afternoon. That’s the travel industry’s version of rush hour, and for the privilege of flying when the skies are most congested (and delays are most common), you’ll pay more than if you selected an early or late departure. Higher fares and more delays? Talk about adding insult to injury.
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