Summer Holidays Travel Deals

Even if you didn’t know about all the summer festivals taking place during the busiest travel season of the year, you wouldn’t be alone if you thought that the summer would be the perfect time to take a vacation. Once you make the decision, however, it’s even better to learn that there are so many great holidays and events that take place during the summer – events that can give an otherwise aimless road trip direction.

Not that there’s anything wrong with an aimless road trip, of course, but you know what we mean.

If you’d like to string together stops at a few summer festivals to make up one long summer vacation, here are some summer holidays and events that you might want to include. Additionally, you’ll find links to more detailed articles to help you save money on trips to each event, too.

June Travel Deals

• Bonnaroo Music Festival Travel Deals – Kick off a summer of music festivals with a trip to Tennessee for Bonnaroo.
• Glastonbury Festival Travel Deals – The Glastonbury Festival is one of the oldest, and it’s about more than just music (although the music is top-notch).

July Travel Deals

• Independence Day Travel Deals – Traveling over July 4th in the US is a great way to see a country in true celebration-mode.
• Bastille Day Travel Deals – You might have to go to France to celebrate Bastille Day, but there are worse places to spend July.

August Travel Deals

• Lollapalooza Music Festival Travel Deals – Lollapalooza used to be a touring festival, but it now has a home in Chicago (and in August).
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe Travel Deals – Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival is famous the world over, and the city fills to capacity. Book your trip early.
• Burning Man Travel Deals – One part festival, one part rite of passage, Burning Man sort of defies definition.

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