We hear so often that we should avoid traveling during the high season – which is typically summer – that you’d have every right to feel smart when you start planning your next vacation for the fall. The autumn, after all, is one of the two “shoulder seasons” most destinations experience – that ideal combination of still-nice weather, smaller crowds, and lower prices.
Unfortunately, you’re not the only person who has clued into the benefits of shoulder season travel, so you might find it more difficult to score a bargain-basement travel deal this fall than you have in years past. The deals are still out there, and the prices remain more appealing overall than high-season prices, but it definitely pays to do your homework in advance.
The articles linked below are all geared toward helping you find travel deals for the fall, whether you’re going to the popular autumn destinations or not.
There are many great excuses for a road trip in the United States, and seeing the glorious colors in New England as the leaves turn from green to all sorts of fiery shades is definitely one of them.
For most people, a vacation is built around a desire to see a place – whether it’s sweeping vistas or specific attractions – and while nice weather is a plus, it can be easy to plan attraction-driver trips at any time of year.
While it can be tough to talk about vacation planning to a worldwide audience – winter in one part of the world being summer in another, after all – there’s no confusion when you’re talking about September. September is the start of one of the two 
Savvy travelers know that in order to get the most bang for your vacation buck you’ve got to avoid the seasons with the highest prices and, at the same time, avoid the seasons with the worst weather. In most parts of the world, those two seasons to avoid are summer and winter – leaving the so-called “shoulder seasons” as ideal times to travel for many people.
