Summer time is vacation time! According to a tourism survey by the BAT Foundation for Future Questions, around 65 percent of Germans are planning to take a trip of at least five days in 2023. The best time to book is 27 weeks before departure or departure, and the cheapest day of travel is Saturday.
According to Skyscanner, travelers save "an average of 85 euros by booking at the right time, and 89 euros per person by choosing the cheapest travel day". However, the savings depend on the destination and month, according to an analysis by the online travel company.
Skyscanner has analyzed some of the most popular connections and found the following: Holidaymakers planning to fly to Palma de Mallorca from Frankfurt in July should travel on a Wednesday and book ten weeks in advance. The average price for a return flight is around 164 euros. If you want to swap the German capital for the Italian capital in August for 134 euros, do so on a Wednesday and book 22 weeks in advance. A trip from Cologne to Lisbon should be planned 24 weeks in advance. To get to Portugal in August for 207 euros, it is best to fly on a Thursday.
If you choose smaller airports and are more flexible in your choice of destination and choose a destination away from the classic summer travel destinations, you often save even more money. A flight from Memmingen to Tirana on a Tuesday in June costs just 127 euros on average. After Sofia it is 133 euros in the following month. Additional plus: It is enough to book six or four weeks before departure to get the best price. Longer-term planning requires a trip from Hamburg to Dublin. But being early pays off: traveling on a Wednesday in July and booking 14 weeks in advance will be rewarded with a bargain price of 116 euros.
With the help of the savings calculator, travelers can calculate their individual cost savings themselves and independently determine the best booking time and the average price on the selected route. The monthly view on Skyscanner.de, which shows particularly cheap travel days, as well as the "Price Alert" function by e-mail help you to find the cheapest price. "Despite the busy summer travel season, there are still plenty of cheap flights," says Friederike Burge, travel expert at Skyscanner. This applies "above all to travelers who are open to new destinations and flexible when it comes to travel dates".
