Are you thinking of traveling during the holidays? In the travel industry, the time from Thanksgiving week until New Year's is called Festive season. Festive season travel is a little different than other times of the year. Let's consider three things you need to consider when booking your holiday vacation.
Book far in advance. Clients love to travel during the holidays because everyone in his or her family is already off work and school. Guess what? This is the case in most other families as well. Availability can be an issue because it's the most popular time to travel. Festive season can also bring minimum stays are resorts and hotels.
Adjust your budget accordingly. Since this is the most popular time to travel, it is also often the most expensive time to travel. Adjust your budget for airfare, accommodations, tours, and transportation. Sometimes adjusting dates on the front end or back end can greatly affect price.
Expect crowds. Expect possible delays. Pack your patience on travel days. What can you do at home? If you are traveling over the holidays, it may serve you well to adjust your timeline of gift buying and wrapping. You may want to bring the decor down a notch. Who wants to come home from a fabulous vacation to have to undecorate every room in the house because the holidays are over?
Not up for holiday travel? Here's a thought. Wrap a trip up and put it under the tree. The trip doesn't have to be during the holidays--it can be anytime in the next year. I love the thought of giving memories!
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