How to make early bookings for tours. Life hack: when is the most profitable time to buy a tour abroad? Early booking of tours for holidays
Today I want to touch on a topic that interests many - early booking tours Many tourists often ask the question: What’s better - buy a tour in advance or wait until the last minute and get a last minute ticket?
In my experience, in many cases, purchasing tours in advance is more profitable than waiting until the last minute. And I can at least name 5 reasons why you should take advantage of the early booking promotion.
When is it better to think about vacation in advance?
So, let's figure out in what cases it makes sense to buy tours with an early booking promotion.
When vacation is strictly by the hour
Firstly, this is definitely suitable for those tourists who can travel only on strictly defined dates. For example, you know for sure that you will have a vacation on certain dates in June - for example, from the 15th to the 30th. And the chances of catching a last minute tour on these dates, to be honest, are not great - it is in the summer that most people with school-age children go on vacation. So you should definitely look for tours in advance.
When we go on holidays
The same is true with holiday dates. D You know, you’re the only one who doesn’t want to spend these 4 weekends in May (November) in your native city, which is a little tired of you? Therefore, if your trip is already planned and tied to certain holidays, it makes sense to book a tour and make an advance payment.
When we book something specific
Purchasing a tour by early booking is also convenient for those who are used to to a certain level (conditions) of rest. If you are looking for a vacation in a specific hotel , then it would be more profitable and practical to take a tour there with an early booking promotion, which offers prices 25-35% lower than the price at the height of the season. And sometimes (and quite often!) those who come to buy a tour 2-3 weeks before the start of the trip are surprised to discover that they liked the one they liked so much according to descriptions on the Internet or from last year’s vacation the hotel is already booked for the required dates . That is, the hotel is on the “stop list” - this means that there are no available rooms for the selected dates.
The same thing can happen if you intend to rest in a very popular hotel . And some hotels that are especially popular among tourists are put on the “stop list” a month, a month and a half, or two months before the start of the season! This popularity of the hotel is based primarily on a reasonable price-quality ratio, as well as on such important “little things” as location of this hotel regarding the sea/slope/attractions, the attentiveness of the staff, the quality and quantity of dishes in the restaurant, the level of animation programs...
That's why the probability of purchasing a tour to a decent hotel at a good price shortly before departure is practically zero(not counting random last-minute offers that arise in the event of someone’s refusal, etc.). That is why experienced tourists who know a lot about travel use early booking services.
When exchange rates rise
The early booking service is also beneficial in that by using it you can don't worry about currency fluctuations. As a rule, all high season the exchange rate is rising). Once you have paid for the tour in full, any changes in the foreign exchange market no longer affect the cost of the tour. You will not need to make any additional payments if prices for hotels and air flights increase.
In my experience, only due to the increase in the exchange rate, hotels can rise in price by 5-10% in 1.5-2 months. And it’s always very unpleasant for me to see how the hotel that I selected for tourists last week with a budget of up to 100 thousand rubles began to cost 108-110 thousand this week.
Track by yourself prices online from different tour operators The most convenient way is on aggregator sites.
For example, here: Selection of tours online
So, if you find an acceptable option, go for it!
When we travel in a large group
Well important information for those tourists who have 2-3 children and those who are used to going on vacation in large groups. After all, in hotels the number of spacious family rooms is usually limited. And the rooms themselves in some hotels, especially in Europe, are not so many. And if your company doesn't want to end up in different hotels, then you also need to take care of purchasing a tour in advance. In addition to guaranteed accommodation in the selected room stock, in this case you will also receive bonuses in the form of a discount for early booking.
Why early booking prices are better
Many people probably have a question: why in general in the travel industry are prices so tied to the booking date? How can the price for the same hotel with and without an early booking promotion differ by 30-50%?
The specifics of business dictate their own rules. The fact is that it is much more convenient for hoteliers (hotel owners and managers) to timely plan the occupancy of the room stock and receive in advance the money that is necessary for the normal operation of the hotel.
Therefore, it is more profitable for them to make a significant discount to tour operators for early booking and distribute between them most rooms than to solve the problem of unfilled rooms during the peak season, or to allow “overbooking” (when, by mistake, in a hurry or due to the manager’s carelessness, the same rooms are sold to different tour operators).
When booking early, it is also easier for the hotel to analyze which countries the bulk of tourists will come from, which means which menu to choose, which animators to invite for the summer season.
The cost of the flight is another important factor influencing the size of the discount that the tour operator gives on the tour. It is very important for tour operators to calculate the required number of charter flights for the season, which is why they encourage early bookings with lower airfare prices.
An additional, albeit small, discount for tourists is sometimes added by the final sellers of tours - travel agents themselves, interested in attracting tourists and increasing sales before the onset of the season. Because I, as a travel agent, also like it when tourists come with their wishes in advance, and I have time to calmly choose for them a good option tour, and not frantically poke around the websites of tour operators, catching last places on flights and choosing something not very terrible from those hotels that are not yet in the “stop”.
So, as you can see, there are more than enough reasons to buy a tour with the early booking promotion.
Have a nice holiday and see you on the blog, friends!
What is early booking and does it really help you save? What are the pros and cons of early booking? Who benefits from it? In this article I will tell you everything in detail and give advice.
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Early booking of travel packages is gaining more and more popularity every year. Travel agencies offer tourists to book in winter summer tour, and in the summer book a trip to New Year and promise huge discounts. Everyone wants to have a good vacation, but no one wants to overpay for their vacation, and this is quite logical.
What is early booking and who benefits from it?
Early booking is booking a tour at least 21 days before departure (usually these are not very popular destinations). This special offer with an attractive price and the ability to pay for the tour in several stages. IN tourism business, like any other, it all depends on demand: high demand — high price, low demand — low price. The “winter season” is considered a “low season” in tourism; after the “New Year’s boom,” the tourism market freezes. Of course, tourists are relaxing all year round, many go to warm up, others go skiing or fly to sales in Europe. But still, February and March are months when there is no huge tourist flow. What should be done to “invigorate” the tourism market?
Let's first remember what a tourist package (tour) consists of. The cost of the tour consists of the cost of the accommodation facility (the main part of the tour), air travel, transfer and medical insurance. Many Mediterranean hotels operate in the red in winter, and, naturally, they need funds. Where can I get them? It's simple: hoteliers give good discounts to tour operators, subject to receipt Money Here and now. Accordingly, the tour operator has the opportunity to reduce the price, the tourist will book a tour and pay part of it now at a “low » season. Everything is quite simple.
Everyone benefits from early booking, starting with hoteliers who can “survive” the winter: in any case, they will not work at a loss, because there is a “high season” ahead, during which they will earn very good money. The tourism operator is also satisfied; even during the low season, he has the opportunity to earn money and be confident that there will be income. And the tourist gets his discount.
And now about the most important thing: is it really worth running to a travel agency or tour operator in February-March and booking a tour for the summer? Below are the pros and disadvantages of early booking for tourists.
Advantages of early booking
1. Choosing a convenient flight.During the “high season”, there are often several flights per day to the most popular destinations. By booking a tour in advance, you can choose a flight and departure airport that is convenient for you (in most cases you will have to pay extra to specify the flight). But during the season, mostly charter flights fly, which means that even if you have specified the flight, the flight may be rescheduled.
Advice! If you are dependent on departure times, book tickets for regular flights - this will help avoid unpleasant surprises. But regular flights are always more expensive than charter flights.
2. Wide selection of accommodation facilities.By booking your tour in advance, you have the opportunity to choose exactly the hotel you need. This is the main advantage, because the choice is huge, you can choose among thousands of hotels, apartments and villas. You can choose the required room category - this is important when vacationing big company or with children. Some tourists prefer to vacation in the same hotel year after year. If choosing an accommodation is a priority for you, then early booking is for you. After all, during the “high season” there may simply not be room in the hotel.
3. Tour cost and tour payment.The cost of early booking is lower than in the season (of course, last minute tours “nobody canceled, but they may or may not be, and remember that a “last minute tour” is almost always leftovers that could not be sold). The cost of an early booking tour is fixed in currency (dollar, euro) and is paid at the tour operator’s rate on the day of payment. This means that the cost of the tour will change only depending on changes in exchange rates. Tour operators pay for the tour in different ways, but most often you first need to pay 50% of the tour cost, then you can pay in installments, and 2 weeks before the start of the tour, payment must be 100%
4. Planning.Many tourists like to plan everything in advance and know that they will fly on vacation on a certain day, to a certain hotel. We booked a tour in February and relaxed until August. During this time, you can plan, for example, excursions of interest. Or if you are flying with the same company, but from different cities, then it is very important that the whole company vacations in one place at the same time. Many vacations take place on fixed dates, and if you don’t take care of the tour in advance, then there may simply be no seats on the flight that day.
Disadvantages of early booking
1. Cancellation.Many tour operators apply very strict penalties for tour cancellations. And some even fine you for making changes to the application, for example, changing your last name. Or, let’s say, you decide to remove/add a tourist to your application. Although every year tourist operators are becoming more loyal. In any case, carefully read the service agreement, especially the clause with the terms of fines.
2. Last Minute Tours. TO As I wrote above, this is most often what is left, for example, a plane flies, and 70 seats are purchased from tour operators, and 68 are sold, money is paid for the seats, and the tour operator gives it back at “cost”, accordingly, the price is reduced. The same goes for rooms in accommodation facilities. But good tours sometimes they also burn, but again, this is a matter of luck.
3. Exchange Rates. The question is ambiguous. The cost of the tour is fixed in foreign currency, and the exchange rate is not always stable. For example, tourists who booked tours for the New Year in the summer of 2014 did not save money, but rather overpaid, because the exchange rate more than doubled in the fall of 2014. This happens infrequently, but nevertheless we are not immune from it. In any case, most often the tourist immediately pays 30-50% of the tour cost, and recalculation is carried out for the remaining amount.
1.Tourism is a business, and no one will engage in charity and “give” vacations to the detriment of their business. Therefore, when you are promised discounts of up to 50%, this is nothing more than a marketing ploy. Yes, you can really save money by booking early, but not much.
2.Buy early booking tours only from a trusted travel agency.
3.Check the tour operator, go to the Rostourism website, make sure that the tour operator really exists and conducts tourism activities. In principle, good travel agencies do not work with unreliable tour operators. Alas, not a single tourist operator is immune from bankruptcy, and we have clearly seen this over the past few years.
4.Carefully, no, very carefully read the terms of the contract.
5.Keep the contract for the provision of tourist services and all payment documents until you return to your home country, so that in case of unpleasant situations, for example, checking into the wrong room, you will have evidence in court.
In any case, it is up to you to decide what is best for you. Early booking is really beneficial, but is it really reliable in today's economy? We need to rest in any case, because traveling helps us take a break from Everyday life, see the world and get incredible emotions.
Known for their pragmatism, Europeans have long appreciated all the benefits of organizing their upcoming vacation in advance. Is early booking of tours profitable in domestic realities?
In the modern world, the time to organize the upcoming summer holiday can begin at any time. Someone is already on New Year holidays, armed with a map, goes through the names of hotels and reads reviews about them. This approach allows you to carefully plan your trip and reduce the risk of an unsuccessful choice of holiday destination to a minimum. If your life is measured and stable, if you know exactly the date of your upcoming vacation in six months, then you can also use the early booking service, which really has some advantages. In fact, early booking is the exact opposite of the so-called, when a ticket is purchased a few days before departure. Here, on the contrary, the tour is sold long before it starts. Moreover, from year to year the start of the action is shifted to earlier and earlier dates. Now many hotels open early bookings in January, and some even earlier. It usually ends in April.
First of all, this is, of course, saving on the cost of the trip. When purchasing in advance, the tour operator usually provides a discount of ten to forty percent from full price tour. As the tourist season approaches, the cost of trips to popular hotels inexorably creeps up, and the cost of plane tickets also increases. And you have already fixed your price, and now you, as the happy owner of a ticket purchased back in February, can only count the savings and catch the envious glances of your not so far-sighted colleagues...
The next advantage of early booking is the ability to choose a hotel that suits you or your family in all respects. Indeed, in February, for example, almost any hotel offered by operators is still available for reservation. When purchasing travel packages closer to the departure date, in most cases you have to “take what you can get,” and it would be very naive to expect to get a suitable room in a hotel with positive reviews.
After all, walking one and a half kilometers in the heat to a dirty city beach, and, leaving the hotel, immediately finding yourself on clean sand are two big differences, as they say in Odessa. Families who are going on holiday choose hotels especially pickily. It is important for them that all meals are included, that entry into the sea is convenient, that the hotel is clean, that cultural and entertainment events are held...
If you want to go during the "high season", i.e. in July, August or the first half, or you are interested in one of the special popular destinations, such as Turkey, Greece, Spain or Cyprus, then you, like no one else, can experience the advantages of early booking.
What's the catch?
He's gone. In fact, everything is explained quite simply. In the “low season,” when hotels are half empty, it is most convenient for their owners to modernize infrastructure, repair work, expand, etc. And for all this we need working capital, which hotels receive by reducing prices. Thus, they also benefit from opening early bookings.
But to be honest?
Well, okay, there is one minus, and quite a significant one. It consists in the risk of losing invested funds if it is impossible to complete the planned trip. In this case, you may receive only part of the cost of the trip back (usually from 50% to 90%), or sometimes nothing at all. Therefore, if you are often plagued by force majeure, then you are unlikely to experience the benefits of early booking. If you really want it, then it’s better to issue the so-called ““. In any case, you need to very thoroughly ask the travel agent about the possibility of changing the departure date, names on the vouchers and the duration of the vacation.
Current last minute tours
Overall, this is a convenient method of buying a trip, which has more advantages than disadvantages. You get a discount, choose best hotel, you think through all the details of your vacation in advance... Whether early booking of tours is beneficial for you personally depends only on the circumstances. Risky, you say? Of course, there is a certain amount of adventurism in this, but those who don’t take risks don’t drink cocktails on the sea sand...
Tips for tourists
The most joyful thing in advance booked tour- this is the knowledge that you are definitely going on vacation! But the benefits of planning travel in advance don’t stop there. Let's figure out why early booking is becoming increasingly popular among tourists - even those who were skeptical about the offers of travel agencies.
Early booking is considered to be purchasing a tour before the start of the season, that is, 1-3 months in advance. But in practice, a truly profitable booking is 4-5 months before the vacation or even earlier. If you are lucky, you can save about 50% of the final cost of the trip. Agree, not bad?
There is no catch here, the benefits of early booking are easy to explain. Resorts, hotels and air carriers actively make money from tourists during the hot seasons, which different countries happen in different time. But in order to prepare for the influx of travelers, during the low season all participants in the tourism industry try to find resources for this. Hotels and airlines are looking for funds to repair rooms, planes and other needs - they sell tours to tour operators at a low price, and tour operators immediately begin to sell them in order to immediately return part of the invested funds. Everyone benefits immediately, including the traveler.
The ability to plan trips in advance will allow you to save significantly on travel!
What to do before booking:
Coordinate vacation with management
Even if you do not know specific departure dates before booking a tour, discuss with the management at least the approximate time of your vacation. It will be incredibly unpleasant if you buy great tour at the end of August, and the boss will say that in last month In the summer you have to be in the office because it’s not your turn to rest, this time is occupied by another employee. Always be one step ahead of the rest and remember that in the phrase “early booking of tours” to Europe, Asia and anywhere else, the key word is “early”.
Decide exactly how you want to relax
Literally everything depends on how you want to spend your time on vacation: where you should go, what region of the country, what months, and even what hotel to stay at. Decide what you prefer - noisy streets in the city center or relaxing holiday on the coast away from civilization, all-inclusive or only breakfast and a large package of excursions. If you are going on a trip with a warm family circle, simply choose the most comfortable apartments, and if you want to establish contact with locals, communicate and make new acquaintances, think about the fact that residents of other countries also go on vacation. For example, in Madrid, as in many other European cities, at the end of summer it is much more difficult to meet a local than a tourist.
Solve all problems with documents
If you dare to book early tours to Europe, the USA and other countries where a visa is required, check all your documents. The passport must be valid for at least another period three months after the end of your trip. If you neglect this condition, you may be denied a visa. In addition, any tour is issued according to your current documents. And if you bought a trip, planned everything, and then suddenly lost your passport or decided to get married and change your last name, and then all your documents, then problems cannot be avoided. For making any changes to the information about the persons who booked the tour, hotels and airlines will ask for a substantial surcharge.
Collect enough money
Most often, early booking of tours for holidays and not only involves 100% payment within a fairly short period of time, up to three days. When planning to go on a trip and contacting a tour operator for offers, you should at least roughly estimate beforehand how much the trip will ultimately cost, whether you have that amount of money or whether you can quickly collect it.
How to book a tour in advance
There are two key points in planning a trip: travel time and destination. It’s worth starting from them when it comes to early booking tours for 2018.
If you have decided on your vacation dates or direction, it's time to act! The rules are simple: it is best to plan in winter or early spring summer rest, and in summer and early autumn - winter.
The travel agency will select options for you according to the requested criteria. In the summer they will offer to book a trip to , in , in , and on ski resorts for the coming winter season. And in winter, you can think about holidays in, on and in other countries popular for summer holidays. The best thing is that it will cost you several times less than a few weeks before departure, and in addition, you will be able to choose exactly the travel option that suits you perfectly. Early booking guarantees a wide choice of offers: all the scarce hotels that are booked during the high season will be available, and you will not have to sacrifice your comfort and be content with what is left.
All travel agencies actively practice early booking of tours, so do not hesitate to contact us even six months in advance
Tour cancellation and travel insurance
If you buy a ticket in advance, you will most likely have to pay the entire amount for it in a fairly short time. And the only disadvantage of early booking tours for holidays and vacation periods is that if the trip is cancelled, you will lose a significant part of the money, if not the entire amount. For refusing a trip or replacing one traveler with another, you will be subject to a large fine - from 40% to 90% of the total cost of the tour. And in some cases, according to the rules of the concluded contract, the tour operator may not return anything to you at all, so always carefully read the conditions stated in the text.
Unfortunately, the risk of trip cancellation always exists. In the 4-6 months that separate you from your trip, anything can happen: you change your job, move to another city, decide to have a child, or, in the end, you simply change your mind.
It is incredibly difficult to cancel a trip with minimal losses, so some people decide to take out travel insurance.
The list of insurance events for which you may be compensated for damage will include:
illness of close relatives or yours, requiring only hospital treatment;
refusal of a visa;
military training;
death of a relative requiring your return;
subpoena;
contraindications to vaccination, which is mandatory for entry into the country.
But if you attempted suicide, ended up in the hospital due to alcohol intoxication, cannot travel due to work, pregnancy or quarantine, became a victim of fraudulent tour operators or found yourself in the epicenter of a terrorist attack, insurance against travel restrictions, unfortunately, will not help you in any way.
Early booking of sea tours
Holidays at sea - early booking. This is almost always the case, even if you are gathered in . By the way, what is stopping you from planning a trip to Russian resorts, to Crimea or Krasnodar region? If you think that booking a trip is logical and makes sense only abroad, and on the shores of Loo you will somehow find refuge for yourself, then you are very mistaken. Even the most pessimistic travelers, confident that they are always being scammed, cannot deny that package tours and tours are not evil, but a guarantee that you will get what you wanted, because tour operators would not be able to sell so many unprofitable offers every year.
Most people prefer it in summer beach holiday, therefore it is very important to take care of purchasing a sea tour in advance
If you are going to the sea in the summer, like most tourists, then the deadline for early booking is usually April. And if your plan is to hide from the New Year’s snow somewhere on the beaches, then you can plan a year in advance, but certainly not later than November.
Early booking of tours for holidays
When the question arises about early booking of tours for holidays, it is important to understand: these are global holidays or only Russian ones. For example, with the same New Year, everything is quite clear - it is, one way or another, celebrated almost everywhere in Europe and even in some Asian countries. Therefore, flights not only from Russia, but also around the world in late December - early January are always expensive. Accordingly, the cost of tours also increases.
And if we are talking about May holidays or Orthodox Easter, then everything is not so simple here, and you will probably be able to find a ticket without much markup due to calendar dates.
Booking tours to Europe
Early booking of tours to Europe also has its own nuances. When planning a trip to the country, be sure to check the schedule national festivals, religious holidays and other events that may enrich or detract from your stay there. By obtaining such information in advance, you will be able to catch those events that interest you and avoid those that you would not like to encounter. For example, in some European countries In autumn, spring and even summer there are significant floods and storms that recur from year to year. Also, all capitals are flooded with tourists most of the year, and if you want to walk through museums and narrow streets freely, and not jostle with elbows, choose the least popular months with tourists - February or November.
The practice of early booking of tours is very common today, and if you manage to plan your vacation competently and clearly, then feel free to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to save money and plan for everything. For many Europeans who like to plan everything in advance, for example, Germans, this has long become commonplace and commonplace.
Even experienced travelers regularly ask the same questions. Should I buy a vacation package now or wait until it becomes last minute? What if the tour I want is sold out for my dates? What if they don’t sell out, and closer to the departure date you can buy it at half the price? What if they sell out? (at this point the circle closes). How you should answer these questions for yourself is in our life hack.
Ellin Tolstov, co-founder and technical director of the company selling online tours Level.Travel, talks about the peculiarities of pricing.
Prices for tours at the start of the trip may either increase or decrease. It all depends on availability on a charter flight and demand for a particular resort. “If the operator sees that the plane is filling up quickly and there are few seats left, the price may rise,” says Ellin Tolstov. “At the same time, if the flight is due in a few days, and the plane is still not full, then so-called “last minute tours” appear "They are often sold below cost only so that the tour operator does not lose the money spent on buying back seats on the plane and hotel."
Risk factor
The decision at what point to buy a tour is influenced by many factors: the composition of vacationers, the country, and the time of year in which tourists plan to go on vacation. It is obvious that those traveling with children or a large group with the intention of staying in a room for several people should not delay in choosing a tour. Such tours rarely become cheaper closer to the travel date. On the contrary, there is a risk of not finding a worthy offer at all. It makes sense to purchase tours in advance for those people who cannot reschedule their vacation days at the last moment.
"The employees large companies, as a rule, vacation dates are very strict, and it may be impossible to change them, says Ellin Tolstov. – In such cases, it is better not to take risks and book a trip in advance - and the sooner the better. In this case, the tour operator will have enough time to confirm seats and tickets, and tourists will not have any unwanted surprises."
But couples who are ready to postpone their vacation date by a few days at the very last moment have the opportunity to save significantly. Double rooms, as a rule, fall in price the most. And there is a chance to redeem very cheap offers with departure literally in a day.
Comfort discount
Expensive hotels, oddly enough, do not lack guests. They can be busy even in the off season. And this is understandable - otherwise they would have to reduce prices, but tourists are ready to pay for comfort and attentive service at any time of the year. Therefore, you should not hope that an expensive hotel will lower its prices at the last moment and you will be able to relax in a five-star hotel for the price of three rubles. However, you can get a discount per room increased comfort in a mid-price hotel. Luxury offers in such hotels may wait for guests until the last moment, and then their price may drop, if not to the level of a double standard, then at least close to its cost.
Seasonal variations
During the high season, there are practically no last-minute offers. Therefore, it is better to buy tours for the summer months in advance. Prices may increase by the date of travel. “The cost of “package” offers changes in real time,” says Ellin Tolstov. “Someone bought a tour - and the price increased. Tours in European cities. There is no seasonality, hotel prices are strictly regulated, and they hardly change throughout the year. But on beach destinations price fluctuations can be significant. Hotels on the coasts, as a rule, operate on specific dates and they have a price schedule - for low, high and super high seasons. Therefore, the cost of tours is on the same beach resorts will always vary depending on the dates."
At the same time, on such routes prices always decrease after long holidays or children's holidays. A classic example in this sense is Egypt. The resorts of this country welcome tourists all year round. Charters fly there all the time, and thanks to this you can track that the cost of tours there in the low season is guaranteed to drop.
Force Majeure
It is a misconception that you can buy a tour at a bargain price to a resort where a natural disaster or tragic event has just occurred - such as the flood in Sochi or the terrorist attack in Tunisia. The cost of the tour, if it decreases, will be very small. At the same time, in competitive directions, demand will increase – and, accordingly, prices. For example, tourist interest in Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey and Egypt has now increased, but Sochi and Tunisia are showing a decline. The cost of the trip is also affected by the exchange rate. For example, as soon as the ruble stabilized against the euro, tours to Europe began to be sold more actively. And their prices went up.
Rest longer - more economical
A significant part of the cost of any tour is the flight. For a tour operator, the cost of a place on a charter stays the same – the trip takes three days or two weeks. Therefore, the longer a tourist spends at the resort, the cheaper each day of stay costs him. Thus, a three-day vacation at a resort based on the cost of one day will always be more expensive than a week-long vacation. Sometimes the total price of three and seven days turns out to be comparable. At the same time, on some days the plane may be slightly full, and it is on these dates that tour operators create last-minute offers to justify the cost of the flight. They usually appear at the very last moment.
Tourist preferences
According to statistics from Level.Travel, most tours are sold exactly one month before the expected travel date. A little less of them are booked two weeks before departure and the same number are booked 11 days in advance. At the same time, Russians continue to actively book trips almost until the day of departure.
In June, a significant portion of decisions regarding vacation arrangements were made on the second and penultimate days of the work week—Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tours were purchased least often on weekends.