Affordable Airfare: Google Tells You the Best Time to Get Cheap Flights
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Let Google’s data guide your flight purchase rather than hoping for luck.
With summer behind us, the holiday season is on its way, which can skyrocket travel costs. If you’re planning to fly home this year, it’s worth taking a peek at the latest travel report from Google Flights. With four years of price data and airfare trends, it makes it easy to find when tickets are the most affordable.
Mid-sized cities appear to be on the rise, compared to 2024.
Christmas and New Year’s Eve: The top-searched destinations for trips departing between the dates of Dec. 21 through Jan. 4 include Rio de Janeiro, St. Lucia, Marrakech, Curaçao and more.
Travelers seem to be opting for palm trees over fir trees this Christmas.
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