Choosing The Best Time Of The Year

It is not same if you travel in the midst of the tourist season and if you visit a place when there's a sparse of tourists. As you've probably figured out, people like to visit beach destinations during summer and ski resorts during winter. But, some destinations are worth visiting any time of the year.

According to Farecompare.com, the cheapest month for traveling around the northern hemisphere is January. It seems that at that time of the year, there aren't many people who are going to vacations, so airplane tickets are much cheaper. New Year's Eve and Christmas have past, so most people need to get back to work. Most people, but not you - you need to travel!

Telegraph, on the other hand, advises British travelers to take advantage of cheap prices of hotels during the month of November. In fact, going on luxury cruise trips is the cheapest in the weeks before the Thanksgiving Day.

When it comes to cheap hotel deals, you need to aim the periods between big Holidays. Still, it all differs a lot from one destination to another.

Luckily, traveling experts from kayak.com have done a research to find which months are the cheapest for visiting some very popular destinations. Here is the list:

  • Sydney, Australia - August
  • Calgary, Canada - October
  • Medellin, Colombia - February
  • Lisbon, Portugal - October
  • Cartagena, Colombia - January
  • Tokyo, Japan - January
  • Bali, Indonesia - November
  • Auckland, New Zealand - June
  • Reykjavik, Iceland - October
  • Havana, Cuba - November

On top of everything, booking a hotel on time can also save you quite a lot of money. If you do it in advance, that is, at least a couple of weeks before the trip, you are bound to get a better deal than if you did a late booking.