As college football nears its bowl season, many commentators are discussing the fact that bowl committees make decisions based on how a team’s fans travel. Whether you agree or disagree with that rationale, from a profit or even breakeven perspective, they have a point. No one wants to hold a game in a half-empty stadium.
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TripAdvisor through a survey of its millions of members had compiled a picture of America as it travels this Thanksgiving. More of us are traveling over this weekend than ever before. This survey is more than a simple look at airline transportation and coming problems. It looks at the total travel picture including automobile travel as well as other modes of travel. Here are the highlights.
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Much is made this time of year of the dangers of procrastinating in booking holiday travel. Admittedly, it’s definitely easier and almost always cheaper to start early. But that doesn’t mean early bookers avoid all reservation issues.
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Janice Hough gives us her ideas about getting the best holiday for travel. Basically, she says, “At this point, the best deal is found when you don’t travel during the season; save it for later.” Does that help. Find out.
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Labor Day is traditionally the time of year when Americans pack up the summer stuff and get ready for the fall. It’s not a bad time to do a little travel housekeeping too.
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Yes, the after-Christmas sales are in full swing. With particularly good deals on candy, cards, and decorations. But no, this post is not a joke. Travelers planning a vacation for next year’s Christmas break, especially the week between Christmas and New Year, should consider making plans soon, because this year is going to be especially tough.
Here’s the 2010 calendar wrinkle. December 25, 2010 is on a Saturday.
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Consumers can be forgiven for being mystified by airfares these days. Just after the airlines added holiday surcharges of up to $50 for certain days, the airlines announced the suspension of advanced-purchase requirements for the same holiday period.
One day, the airlines are socking it to passengers for what might be an additional $100 per round trip. According to Bestfares.com the next day some airfares being slashed in one case, between Atlanta and Seattle, from $1,198 to $258. Another example was a round-trip ticket between Dallas and New York City that was cut 79 percent to $388 from $1,858.
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Some believe travel is something that any intelligent person can book for themselves online. Others believe you should never travel without a travel agent or online agency as potential backup.
Whichever side you come down on in this argument, holiday travel is one time when even the best “do-it-yourselfers” might want to consider making an exception.
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At the time of writing, British Airways workers are considering a strike to start Dec. 21. The strike vote has already been taken, but results will not be announced until Monday. The issues are reasonably standard: crew cutback and pay freezes.
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Another Hawaii hotel sales representative came into our office last week to talk about her property. And as so many others have done in the past month, she said “We even have holiday space, tell your clients.”
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