How late to book our hol

Princess_Jane

My fella and I are planning a week away in Dec - cheap and cheerful all inc in Spain or similar.

We have the time booked off work, well I do, he's self employed, we have the funds, and don't have kids, so we could literally book one day and leave the next.

I am wondering if anyone has any experiences of REALLY late deals? We have seen a couple are good value now, but are wondering if we'll grab even more of a bargain leaving it, say, a week before.

I've played about with dates on a few of the main holiday sites and it doesn't look like prices come down that much the closer you leave it to the departure date.

Thanks

crocodileteeth

I have never left it as late as booking a day in advance. I've found with package hols they tend to be at their cheapest 4-6 weeks before. After this time they tend to creep back up again. If there is a lowcost flight involved it will almost definately go up in price nearer to the time.
However I have never had a holiday in Spain in December either so Spain might be cheaper. Not sure what the weather will be like. Have you considered somewhere hotter?

richardw

There is no guarantee that there will be a holiday available at a bargain price.

Princess_Jane

crocodileteeth wrote: »

I have never left it as late as booking a day in advance. I've found with package hols they tend to be at their cheapest 4-6 weeks before. After this time they tend to creep back up again. If there is a lowcost flight involved it will almost definately go up in price nearer to the time.
However I have never had a holiday in Spain in December either so Spain might be cheaper. Not sure what the weather will be like. Have you considered somewhere hotter?

Yes, Barbados, Caribbean:rolleyes: etc etc, but our budgets don't stretch that far.

The temperatures look to be reasonable, better than the frozen North.

And it will be my OH first time off all year, poor sausage.