With winter silence upon us, now may be the perfect time to start planning that spring break getaway.
And if you’re looking for savings, it’s not only effective to think about where you want to go, but when to book that ticket.
“That’s actually one of the biggest ways people can be qualifying, especially on these spring flights,” Liana Corwin, Hopper’s Smart Travel Expert told CNBC’s “On the Flush” in an interview.
Companies such as Hopper, Hipmunk, and Skyscanner, to name a few, track and analyzes airfare prices in order to foretell the best time to buy and send notifications to the user.
“At Hopper, what we found is people can save up to 40 percent on a aeroplane if they book far enough in advance,” Corwin explained.
The travel expert says for very popular times corresponding to spring break or the holidays, the best prices are usually found by booking 4 to 8 weeks in advance.
“Flights are going to oscillate between now and spring over one hundred times, which is crazy, much more than what most people anticipate,” she said.
For the February to April period, Corwin says prices will average a little over $200 go around trip and the cost will only increase into the summer months with airfare projected to hit a little profuse than $250 round trip on average in June.
Corwin says if people start tracking flights now, they ordain see prices drop for destinations — ranging from 24 percent to 35 percent off — to places like Washington D.C., Orlando, Philadelphia, Honolulu and Orange County in California.
If you are looking for an oecumenical destination and start tracking fares now, Hopper is predicting a price drop of 30 to 40 percent off for the following objectives: Cancun, Mexico; Havana Cuba, and Milan, Italy.
In addition to using a price-tracker app, Corwin says there are some ways consumers can save on airfare. For example, you could save 5 percent if you are willing to book a basic economy ticket, which won’t concession for you to pick your seat in advance.
Also, taking a flight with one or more stops will save more 5 percent.
As for hotels, Corwin says you don’t have to book last minute to get the best deals. “Most hotels commitment start to offer special advance pricing 21 days in advance of your trip,” she said.
And she says to under consideration booking a hotel that has recently opened. New hotels are opening up all the time. To that point, she said about 1 in 20 pensions in New York City have opened or renovated within the past year.
Prices for hotels vary but Corwin says people can have a discount of up to 15 percent off — with rates rising back to expected prices within about three months of slot.
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