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FLEXIBILITY

I want to talk about how to get the best prices and schedules for your vacation. The more flexible you can be will help you get the best deals.

First let's look at when to travel for the best deals. The lowest priced time-frame is in the Fall, Sept - Dec 15th. This is when the air and the resort price will be at their lowest. The second lowest time-frame is the month of May. These are the lowest because they are the least traveled times of the year. You will see more specials and deals during these time-frames.

Also if you can be flexible on the days you can travel you will get a better deal. A great example of this is when you see special deals for Las Vegas. If you read the fine print you will see that those special deals are always for Monday - Thursday. If you stay in Las Vegas on Friday, Saturday & Sunday you will pay a premium price. The same applies to the Caribbean Mexico, and the airlines. Flights are always the least expensive if you can travel midweek. Sunday is the most traveled day so the prices will be highest at that time. A number of airlines have also reinstated the Saturday night stay rule for lower fares domestically.

The main point is that when asking for a quote, the more flexible in the time of year and the days of the week you can travel the more special deals will be available to you.

In closing the most expensive times to travel are, Christmas/New Years, Presidents week, Spring Break, and Thanksgiving week.

Posted by Geoff on June 24, 2008 | Permalink

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Dannis van IJpen, September 22, 2008

Dear Geoff and Sharon, On invitation of Mark Petti and Kim Caisse, who are going to marry in Mexico next January 23rd 2009, we would like to book a hotel room (2 persons) in the beautiful Barceló Maya Palace All-Inclusive Resort, located in the Riviera Maya area of Mexico, south of Cancun. We would like to make a reservation for 4 nights, January 21st ‘til January 25th 2009. According to Mark and Kim the price is $ 1540,-, airfare excluded. Please let us know if you are also able to manage the airplane tickets Amsterdam-Cancun for us. We checked the internet for the dates as mentioned above and have found a lowest fare of $ 1334,- for a return ticket a person (direct flight, with Martinair Airlines). If you are able to get a cheaper one, please let us know. We prefer a direct flight, because flights with stopovers (for example USA) will take many hours longer from Europe. Sincere greetings, and thank you in advance for your help, Jacky Jee & Dannis van IJpen Vivaldistraat 152 2901 HC Capelle aan den IJssel Tel.: 0031-10-7851011 E-mail: dwevanij...@tiscali.nl





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