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Christmas holidays:when should you book your plane tickets to get the best prices?

More than a month before the official arrival of fall and starting in October, we all agree that the end of the year is going by at breakneck speed. The trees are barely beginning to be bare when it's already time to celebrate Christmas with the family. So to avoid being taken aback about the December festivities, we are now looking at booking plane tickets to join your family for New Year's Eve. And that's good because the current period is the best if you want to get the lowest prices according to the comparison site of flights, hotels and car rentals Skyscanner. The company has indeed revealed a study on the most advantageous times to book low-cost flights around the Christmas holidays, and it turns out that 17 to 18 weeks before the trip is the ideal timing. This therefore corresponds to the week of August 20 to 27 (yes, yes, it's this week!) where it is possible to make up to 30% savings.

Choose a flight on December 23

So of course, it's not easy to plan everything 4 months in advance, but it's worth making 4-5 phone calls to your loved ones this week so that the matter is cleared up. As for the precise day to favor to travel, it is December 23rd. Conversely, December 21 is the day when people travel the most and therefore cost more. Obviously, prices go up the closer you get to Christmas, so the advice is to avoid bookings a week or two before Christmas Eve. And if not, there is the Hopper application which calculates which is the cheapest day to book your ticket. It costs nothing to try ! Ok, the sun is still shining and the temperatures exceed 20 degrees, but it still makes us want to quickly reconnect with the magic of the holiday season... Don't you?