Where are the cheapest travel destinations, and how to save money when booking your travels and how to find cheap accommodation? Just follow these budget-saving tips to find out and you’ll be able to travel more for less! If you are looking for ways to save money for travel check out How to Save Money for Travel – 15 Tips to Get Started Now
1. Flexibility for Travel Dates
If you are willing to be flexible on travel dates, you can possibly save hundreds of dollars on your flight. Flights may be cheaper if you fly on the weekend as opposed to flying on Monday morning.
Shop around and compare. We have found business class flights on one day for the same price as economy flights on another. (by flying on different dates, we got a business class flight for the same price!)
It pays to look at different days up to 5 or 6 days before or after your desired dates of departure. We use Skyscanner and punch in our dates as flexible. It does a comparison of flight prices a couple of days before our preferred flights and a couple of days after.
All you have to do is click on the arrows to see what prices are the next day or the day before your desired departure.
Check Different Airports for Departures
If you live in a city not far from other hubs, check out their rates to see if there is a better deal at a nearby airport or even a different city airport. We live in Toronto, but sometimes flying out of Hamilton (which is about a 40-minute drive from TO) can be cheaper than flying out of one of the Toronto airports.
Do the same for your destination airport. For Example, Flying into Tokyo’s Narita Airport may be more expensive than Hanita. Plus Narita is much farther out of the city than Hanita, so you may spend a lot more on taxis and shuttles to the city that may end up costing you the price you might have saved on the flight.
Flights out of a city in the United States may be cheaper than flying out of a Canadian departure city for Canadians. If you live near the border, it is worth checking departures from the closest American airport.
Many American airports offer shuttle services from Canada as well. These are all things to consider.