Whereas Christmas is (for many) a time when family obligations require any trips to be in the direction of “home,” New Year’s Eve is a holiday that’s much more associated with friends and parties that you want to attend – whether they’re family-related or not. It’s not surprising, then, that traveling for New Year’s is a popular thing to do.
There are plenty of spots around the globe that make a very big deal out of New Year’s Eve, and since it’s a holiday that comes only once a year you’d be smart to plan ahead for your trip. Advance preparation will help you save money on your flight, for one thing, and it’ll save you from the disappointment of missing out on an experience if you’ve got your eye on a particularly popular destination for New Year’s.
The articles listed below will all help you plan for your New Year’s travels, no matter where you want to go.
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Christmas is one of the holidays many people consider synonymous with travel. For some, it means an annual trek home to see family. For others, it’s an excellent excuse to visit a new destination and celebrate the holiday in their style. Either way, it’s a season when enough people are traveling that it means you’ve got to do a bit of research in advance to prepare.
When most of us think about the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s images of family dinners, great feasts, football games, and general happiness that probably come to mind first. For anyone who’s not within driving distance of all that stuff, however, the famously horrendous crowds at the airport follow closely behind.
Holiday travel can be a royal pain, from busy airports to higher ticket prices to weather delays – it all adds up to increased frustration if you let it. Some of the things that make holiday travel annoying are beyond your control (sudden snowstorm, anyone?), but there are a few things you can do to make any extended time you need to spend at the airport less irritating and perhaps even reasonably enjoyable.
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While some people focus on the family-oriented holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas at this time of year, others prefer to focus on the fun-filled party-oriented holiday of New Year’s. If you’re lucky enough to have a party night to look forward to at New Years, and luckier still to have vacation time leftover after your other holiday trips, then your next step is to look for ways to save money on an airplane ticket at New Years. Because even if you’ve got the time, your wallet is likely to be a bit thinner after buying all those Christmas gifts.
Those of us who aren’t lucky enough to live within driving distance of the place where we’ll spend Christmas will likely be passing through one or more airports this holiday season (if you see me, stop and say hi, wouldja?). Airports at Christmas aren’t necessarily as busy as they are at Thanksgiving, but it’s hard to tell when you’re stuck in the long lines at check-in or security. Yeah, the holidays may be all merry and bright, but getting there usually isn’t.
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For most people, Christmas is all about family and spending quality time with people you love (and may not get to see much during the rest of the year). It’s a pity, then, that getting home for the holidays without spending a fortune can be such a royal pain in the you-know-what.
Anyone who has paid attention to the news in November each year knows that Thanksgiving is, by a long shot, the busiest time to travel in the United States. Every local TV station has its own crew at the airport on the day before Thanksgiving, hoping they’ll catch some irate traveler on camera who’s just been bumped from their third flight. But despite knowing it’s one of the worst times to travel each year, thousands of us still file into airports across the country and cross our fingers.