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Lowest and Highest Priced Times to Travel to Caribbean and Mexico

Some people are confused as to when the lowest and highest priced times to travel are. Prices do change all the time and are not consistent throughout the year. As a rule of thumb, the highest priced times to travel are when families with children can travel. The lowest priced times to travel are when families with children are not traveling. The reason for this is that the families with children are the airline's and the resort's largest market.

The highest priced times of the year to travel are #1. Christmas and New Years (prices can double and triple at this time). #2. Spring Break (Mid March - Mid April). #3 Presidents Week in Feb (usually around the 20th). #4. Thanksgiving Week.

Naturally prices do go up slightly all winter as this is the high season for the Caribbean and Mexico. Summer prioes tend to start out low in the beginning of June to the highest summer prices in August.

The lowest priced times for travel in the spring, last 2 weeks of April and the month of May. This is the period between Spring Break and Summer Vacation. It is an ideal time to travel as the weather is very nice and it is outside the Hurricane season which starts the beginning of June.

The lowest priced time to travel during the whole year is from the beginning of September. until mid-December, excluding Thanksgiving Week. During this period it is high Hurricane season and also the children are back in school. Hurricane season runs from the beginning of June until the end of November but hurricanes are more likely to happen in August, September, and October when the ocean waters are at their warmest. There is travel insurance to cover traveling during hurricane season. The best time in the Fall to travel is the first 2 weeks of December. Children are back in school and everyone is focused on Christmas.

As you can see, there are some great times to travel at great prices if you can plan around the high priced portions of the year.

Posted by Geoff on February 7, 2011 | Permalink