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Originally Posted by oxygen
Chris,
Since you're the travel guru, what are some sun destinations you would suggest for a New Years trip, leaving Dec. 26/27 and coming back Jan. 1/2? We want to go somewhere warm with nice beaches, but not Mexico or Hawaii. That is probably one of the most expensive times to travel during the year, but have you seen any decent deals?
Thank you for keeping us updated on travel deals through this thread and your emails.
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There's no doubt about it, it *is* the most expensive time of year to travel, and it's guaranteed to stay that way, unless we all decide to start taking Christmas holidays at different times of year. There's peak travel periods that are expensive (long weekends) and then there's Christmas, a whole different level.
It's extremely rare to see much price movement in the downward direction around those dates. One notable exception this year were the flights to Belize, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Not sure if you saw those or not. They dropped drastically and actually have stayed that way. There were even Christmas and New Years dates available at cheap prices. Seems like the faster flights are more expensive now though.
If you think of how many thousands of destinations there are out there, and how many millions of prices there are, and then think about how I've only posted a handful of notable price drops over Christmas this year, it gives some indication of how rare an event it is. Whenever a price drop looks to have affected Christmas dates I make a point of mentioning it.
Looks like there are some decent flights into SJO, Costa Rica for $750, but coming back on Jan 5 looks to be the earliest you can come back at the cheap price.
http://www.kayak.com/flights/#YYC-SJ...01-04-flexible
The story is similar to Roatan, Honduras (RTB) for $625 - but there doesn't appear to be any of the ones that are both cheap and fast around those dates.
http://www.kayak.com/flights/#YYC-RT...01-04-flexible