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When is the best time to book a tour?
Professionals! Tell me, when is it more profitable to book a tour: three months before departure (earlier) or is there a chance that prices will be lower one and a half to two months before departure? Who has experience, share?
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If the hotel is not important for you and the main thing is to invest in the budget for the dates you need, then you can wait for some "burning" offers and abandoned tours. Just sit on your suitcases and be ready to fly today for today.
If the requirements for the hotel and the region are certain, if you are flying with children and want to have a good rest, you need to book in advance. Good hotels NEVER burn out.
If the requirements for the hotel and the region are certain, if you are flying with children and want to have a good rest, you need to book in advance. Good hotels NEVER burn out.
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answered 7 years ago
Prices for tours to Egypt should be constantly monitored on the websites of operators. Very attractive offers may pop up. For example, last year we booked a tour for 11n 2.5 weeks in advance. Two days later there was an offer to the same hotel for 13 days cheaper than ours by 2000 UAH. The offer hung for only 1 day. Usually we buy tours 2.5-3 weeks before departure.
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answered 7 years ago
As a rule, three months before departure, the prices are cosmic. Early booking for Egypt practically does not work. Well, it also depends on the season, of course.
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answered 7 years ago
I agree with travelsita, you need to constantly, twice a day, look at the prices on TO websites and, with a suitable offer, immediately call TA. January. The same trend last year. But you are from Belarus, so I won’t tell you exactly how it is with you.
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answered 7 years ago
mindguru, that's why I asked for advice, because our travel agents are "confused in the testimony"))
Some say that it is better to book dates and a hotel in advance... Others think that you should not fuss and be afraid of prices in advance, because 1.5-2 months before departure, prices are slightly reduced..
I don’t consider “burning tours”, because certain dates are needed - the last week of April (for 12-14 nights, but there are usually no “burning” ones for such a number of nights))
Some say that it is better to book dates and a hotel in advance... Others think that you should not fuss and be afraid of prices in advance, because 1.5-2 months before departure, prices are slightly reduced..
I don’t consider “burning tours”, because certain dates are needed - the last week of April (for 12-14 nights, but there are usually no “burning” ones for such a number of nights))
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answered 7 years ago
I never booked in Egypt in advance, I bought 1-2 weeks before departure
there have been cases of successful RB in Turkey
but if you want dates "the last week of April" captures the May holidays and tours to Egypt and Turkey are popular, maybe you should monitor the occupancy of flights in advance
there have been cases of successful RB in Turkey
but if you want dates "the last week of April" captures the May holidays and tours to Egypt and Turkey are popular, maybe you should monitor the occupancy of flights in advance
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answered 7 years ago
The author, in your case (Belarus), we are not talking about last-minute tours at all.
Yours are already trying to travel through Kyiv. The year before last, in the fall, we flew to Hurghada on a flight on which 30% of your compatriots were. I can answer for my words with my soon 15 years of experience of annual trips to Egypt. Good hotels don't burn. Never. Now there is a special price for Sharmovsky Rixos. 6 nights for 560 USD per person. But who needs it now, when it will be impossible to raise one's head in Nabq? Are you sure that such "burning" tours will not interest you? Moreover, you want to fly in the hot and high season. If you become available in February for earlier bookings for interesting dates, interesting hotels, with a good flight program - don't even think about it. I can give my example of RB to Turkey 2015-2017. Our savings from the Republic of Belarus, in comparison with the prices that were a month before departure - from 11,000 hryvnia in 2015 to almost 1,000 USD. in 2017. Belarus (August) this year on Egypt (November) saved us more than 200 USD. Decide))
Yours are already trying to travel through Kyiv. The year before last, in the fall, we flew to Hurghada on a flight on which 30% of your compatriots were. I can answer for my words with my soon 15 years of experience of annual trips to Egypt. Good hotels don't burn. Never. Now there is a special price for Sharmovsky Rixos. 6 nights for 560 USD per person. But who needs it now, when it will be impossible to raise one's head in Nabq? Are you sure that such "burning" tours will not interest you? Moreover, you want to fly in the hot and high season. If you become available in February for earlier bookings for interesting dates, interesting hotels, with a good flight program - don't even think about it. I can give my example of RB to Turkey 2015-2017. Our savings from the Republic of Belarus, in comparison with the prices that were a month before departure - from 11,000 hryvnia in 2015 to almost 1,000 USD. in 2017. Belarus (August) this year on Egypt (November) saved us more than 200 USD. Decide))
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answered 7 years ago
An interesting mantra: "good hotels never burn".
Either I don't know what "good hotels" are.
Either I don't know what "last minute" is.
Or I don’t know anything at all, since this is inaccessible to a purely limited male understanding.
Either I don't know what "good hotels" are.
Either I don't know what "last minute" is.
Or I don’t know anything at all, since this is inaccessible to a purely limited male understanding.
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answered 7 years ago
Twice flew with the Belarusians in the plane. They asked why not from Minsk, they were flying. Through Boryspil it was 280 dollars cheaper (for two people). We got to Boryspil by car (4 people)
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answered 7 years ago
We ourselves, last year, flew from Kyiv, because tours from Minsk were only for 10 nights and more expensive by $ 400 (for two) or equal in cost to tours from Kyiv for 14 nights.
This year the situation is a little different. Kyiv offers for 12 nights - 1300 $ + 130 $ (transfer for 2) total - 1430 $
From Minsk they offer the same hotel for 11 nights for $1500. The difference is not so significant.
This year the situation is a little different. Kyiv offers for 12 nights - 1300 $ + 130 $ (transfer for 2) total - 1430 $
From Minsk they offer the same hotel for 11 nights for $1500. The difference is not so significant.
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answered 7 years ago
I bought a tour for two 7 nights, all inclusive in September at the end of March through the Taz tour. Now it is more expensive by 600 euros.
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answered 7 years ago
Then carefully monitor on the websites of tour operators acceptable offers for you somewhere 3 weeks before departure .. Partial payment should be on the same day.
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answered 7 years ago
natashal1, here it is difficult for the public to prove that RB is profitable. Most will stand their ground. Perhaps people fly to the ever-burning Sunny Days, Rose Dessert, Amouages, Le Jardin Festival, Golden Five, Dominos and other "five", the best years of which fell on the end of the nineties of the last century ....
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answered 7 years ago
Then how far in advance should I book? I don't want to get into a hole. Greece for June was booked in March.
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answered 7 years ago
L_ena, well, it so happened that I won a gift card for a trip in September and my hands itched to buy it. Now I, konchno same, rejoicing for myself, watching the rise in prices for our tour. And this is already 35% and only until the beginning of February, the fixed price is already + 60%. Yes, and I managed to order all sorts of different things for a trip to Ali.
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answered 7 years ago
No one can say when is the best time to buy. But if you want a certain hotel for certain dates, then in the season for 2-3 weeks it may turn out that there are no places either in the hotel or on the planes :)
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answered 7 years ago
In November 2017 (Charm- 10 nights) was booked in August. Savings - 400 USD Three weeks before departure to a not too demanded hotel, so to speak, there were no more places
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answered 7 years ago
travelsita is optimal for 5-7 days, but you need to monitor the availability of seats on the plane. Friends took the Baron in 2017, its price just dropped 7 days before departure by 400 USD. on their tour, and 2 days before departure it increased by 500. From observations, not always, but in 80% of cases the price is the lowest the closer the date to departure. this applies to all hotels, do not listen to what they "rub" you. early booking for egypt is stupid, maximum that you will get the same price as if you bought a ticket two weeks in advance! Even in May it’s like this, but there may be a problem with the availability of seats on the plane, last year there were no tickets 1 week before May, but there were still calm two weeks before!
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answered 7 years ago
By the way, yesterday I also booked the hotel I need for April 21 for 2 children + 2 children (5 and 11 years old) at an interesting price with a departure from Kharkov. waited, maybe the price was not happy. Yesterday suddenly there was an offer to the teztura + made a discount in the Albatross for our warehouse for 11 nights for 2100 ue. And so it was the cheapest in Join Apa for 2370 (the same departure date for 11 nights) and in the thesis tour 2550 ...... so you need to monitor. with their travel insurance ...... and in the contract with a 100% penalty in case of cancellation of the tour if it falls in high season or under Belarus !! And I'm sure that the Albatross Aqua Blue is unlikely to be cheaper for our team. I think I caught a good price for this hotel.
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answered 7 years ago
I support Pavel1900 in the Republic of Belarus in Egypt, the only exception is the May and New Year holidays, and even if on March 8 the weekend dates go 3 days in a row
In Turkey, RB is also such a roulette, you can book it, then look at the price of the tour for several months to think that you saved money, and 1-2 weeks before departure, the price can drop significantly and turn out to be minus
Last 2017 prices in Turkey for tours fell when a mysterious virus appeared
In Turkey, RB is also such a roulette, you can book it, then look at the price of the tour for several months to think that you saved money, and 1-2 weeks before departure, the price can drop significantly and turn out to be minus
Last 2017 prices in Turkey for tours fell when a mysterious virus appeared
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answered 7 years ago
Last year, in January, I booked for 2800 for a 2vz + 2 reb in Sherwood Club Kemer on June 26 for 11 nights for 2800, and by the time of departure the price reached 4500 for it ........ I freaked out a bit. This year, this hotel declared itself to be a VIP hotel and in Belarus set a price for our staff of 3400 ...... I looked at other Turkish hotels ..... somehow the price did not please and switched to Egypt, and then we'll see by September, maybe we’ll go to Turkey if the prices are adequate
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answered 7 years ago
Vika284 I had quite the opposite in Turkey last summer, I bought a hotel in Oludeniz, there, in principle, an expensive resort (because the British mostly chose it) at a normal price, I bought exactly 1 month in advance (in July to the beginning of August), but what the closer was the departure, the more expensive it became. As a result, 2 days before departure, I looked at this tour, it was already more expensive than mail for 600 dollars, here!
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answered 7 years ago
If we go on vacation together with my husband, then I don’t worry about RB at all .... But in fact I buy what is more suitable and go. But when the rest with all the children (the eldest last year already sailed away from us, so now with only two), then we need animation and a beach and a water park and a room and meals and a flight from Kharkov and the necessary dates ...... of course I book everything in advance and choose a hotel very carefully. Because vacation with children is sacred and they are waiting for it and believe that mom will find the coolest hotel!!! And the Republic of Belarus in Turkey did not justify itself only in 2016, or rather, we did not win anything, but we did not lose anything either. During the rest of the year in the Republic of Belarus, there are always savings and in some places very weighty !!
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answered 7 years ago
Last year 2017, my neighbor bought a tour of 2 at Papillon Zeugma in Belek 5 days before departure $ 1350 for 10 days from May 23, the second person refused and I went with her
the hotel is now in Belarus for the same dates 2000$
Parents gave the newlyweds a tour to Bodrum La Blanche Resort & Spa 5 for 14 nights from June 9, 2017-$1200, they also bought 2 weeks before departure, they could not decide for a long time which hotel they would go to. Now on RB 1700$
I booked a new Bodrum hotel for 5 nights for June 2018 back in November 2017, not a self-booking tour. The risk is big, the hotel will open only in April 2018, but the savings are significant
the hotel is now in Belarus for the same dates 2000$
Parents gave the newlyweds a tour to Bodrum La Blanche Resort & Spa 5 for 14 nights from June 9, 2017-$1200, they also bought 2 weeks before departure, they could not decide for a long time which hotel they would go to. Now on RB 1700$
I booked a new Bodrum hotel for 5 nights for June 2018 back in November 2017, not a self-booking tour. The risk is big, the hotel will open only in April 2018, but the savings are significant
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answered 7 years ago
We took a tour to NG for 2.5 months, there was a day when the price for our tour fell by $ 200. It's a shame, but what is the chance to buy on that day on our dates? Lottery.
Our conclusion is the best prices in 14-12 days. If you don't care what hotel - for 3 days.
Our conclusion is the best prices in 14-12 days. If you don't care what hotel - for 3 days.
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answered 7 years ago
And I am faced with the fact that if I am looking for a tour in 2-3 weeks, then often hotels in which I have a priority either in the foot or the price is not ice. And this year they will also open Russia, Cairo has already been opened, I think that the resorts will not be the case, then the chains will definitely not fall. But it will definitely not be April ..... later, maybe in the summer, perhaps closer to September, and then the prices will definitely not be low.
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answered 7 years ago
one). early booking is for those who plan their holidays in advance, tourists with children, large companies (you can choose the hotel you need with a significant discount of a good level)
2). in 1.5 - 2 weeks there will be optimal prices + a good choice of hotels
3). in 2-5 days, tours are usually more expensive than with option 2), since the planes are already half loaded and prices are rising + there is practically NO choice
4). Option 1-2 days or today / tomorrow is suitable only for those who do not care where and how long to fly, since there is no choice - this is 1-3 offers, usually not in the best hotels, + you need to pay in advance or negotiate with a travel agency in advance, if you know
If anything, please contact me, I will help with the rest: my viber is 0672743456, Kyiv
2). in 1.5 - 2 weeks there will be optimal prices + a good choice of hotels
3). in 2-5 days, tours are usually more expensive than with option 2), since the planes are already half loaded and prices are rising + there is practically NO choice
4). Option 1-2 days or today / tomorrow is suitable only for those who do not care where and how long to fly, since there is no choice - this is 1-3 offers, usually not in the best hotels, + you need to pay in advance or negotiate with a travel agency in advance, if you know
If anything, please contact me, I will help with the rest: my viber is 0672743456, Kyiv
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answered 7 years ago
especially if the rate is growing, it is better to book in advance, since payment is in hryvnia at the current rate
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answered 7 years ago
If the hryvnia exchange rate against the dollar and the euro falls even more, then the Republic of Belarus is profitable
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