Catch to finding hot travel deals this summer
AUSSIES chasing a last-minute summer getaway can still score some hot deals but there is a catch.
Holiday-makers will have to wait out the super busy period and choose their dates carefully, with cheaper flights and accommodation deals offered later in the season.
Flight Centre corporate affairs manager Haydn Long said it was going to be a “very busy” Christmas-New Year holiday period with demand for travel high and expected deals to be hard to find.
“You can improve your chances if you travel late in the school holiday period or in February, when demand starts to drop off,” he said.
“If you’re travelling to a holiday hot spot, you may also find cheaper fares if you fly on less popular days, Tuesday for example, given more people will try to travel on the weekends.” Goldman Group joint managing director David Goldman agreed everything was a “premium” because people globally wanted to travel.
He said travelling outside of school holidays or to more remote, less popular destinations could help those on a budget.
Aussies’ favourite overseas destinations this summer will be Bali in Indonesia, Auckland and Queenstown in New Zealand,
Heathrow in the UK and Haneda in Tokyo, reports Flight Centre.
For domestic travellers, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Coolangatta and Perth were the top five destinations.
Sydneysiders can escape to destinations such as Singapore or Bali from $297 and $307 one way, respectively, if you travel on January 31. If you can’t wait that long, you could find yourself forking out twice as much for flights.