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Maybe you’re super patriotic and you never miss celebrating America’s birthday in style. Maybe you’re just a big pyromaniac who’ll take any excuse to see fireworks. In truth, you don’t need a reason to want to fly somewhere special for the 4th of July – just the desire for a summer trip is enough in my book.

But when you’re looking for Independence Day travel deals, you have a few things working against you. Summer travel tends to cost more in general, and because it’s a holiday there are more people traveling. But that doesn’t mean you have no options to find better travel deals or to avoid the hassle of holiday travel.

In fact, you’re in the right place to find all the 4th of July travel information you’ll need. We’ve published a few Independence Day travel articles over the last week, and we didn’t want you to miss them – so consider this your table of contents to July 4th travel tips.

>> July 4th is a Wednesday in 2012. 

Road trips may seem made for summer, and the 4th of July may be the ultimate summer party, but if you’d rather not limit yourself to just the Independence Day celebrations you can get to by driving then you’re going to need to pay attention to a few things when you’re booking your airline ticket. Because although most people still do stay close to home over July 4th, enough people are flying to make it worth the airlines’ while to raise prices on tickets – which means you’ve got to be a savvy traveler to find the deals.

And in this case, being a savvy traveler, you’ve found this article giving you the tips you’ll need to find cheap airfare for 4th of July travel – lucky you!

Most of the tips you’ll find here will be handy whenever you’re looking for airfare deals – but they’re especially key when you’re traveling around any holiday, since fares are more likely to be higher at that point and more people are apt to be flying.

Here, then, is what you need to know to get cheap airfare for Independence Day.

>> July 4th is a Wednesday in 2012. 

For many people, Memorial Day weekend travel plans usually include nothing more than heading to the backyard of whichever friend or relative hosts the best barbeque in town. But if you’d like to have grander plans for this kickoff-to-summer weekend, then you might want to consider some places you can’t easily drive to. Which means you’ll want to figure out how to find cheap airfare on Memorial Day weekend.

Getting a deal on a Memorial Day weekend airline ticket usually involves some of the same tricks and tips as finding cheap airfare at any time of year does – but it’s even more important to pay attention to those tricks and tips when you’re talking about traveling over a major holiday like Memorial Day. You won’t be the only one traveling, or the only one trying to finagle a deal on a flight, so you can’t approach this quest without some knowledge in your back pocket.

>> Memorial Day in 2012 is on Monday, May 28.

Here are the tips you’ll need to find cheap airfare for Memorial Day weekend.