So what else will be new in the wacky world of travel to Europe? A friend of mine recently had an experience that proves that "truf is stranger than diction" or something like that. He bought a ticket mere hours before he flew from Central Europe to the West Coast of the US and got one of the best deals he has ever gotten in his life! And this person is no stranger to travel and knows how to find a good deal. So what does it prove? Not much other than "you never know." Do I recommend waiting until the day of to book your flights? Not usually. If there is any principle that we can find for cheap travel to Europe , I guess it would be that there are three things we need to have: Flexibility, Flexibility and.... gumby-ness. It is economics 101 that flexibility will allow you to find the cheapest flights to the cheapest locations with the cheapest connections and when you don't have any options, you will pay what they want you to pay when they want you to pay it. I have recently read at least one place that waiting until close to the date will work well IF you will go where-ever. Now if you have a specific place and dates you have to stick with, I wouldn't recommend waiting too long. If you can get your tickets on cheaper airlines within Europe, I would definitely recommend buying those ahead, because the law of supply and demand will make them get more expensive as time goes by and more people fill up the flight. Even having said that, some carriers will drop the price once the flight is 7 days out and still very empty to get some people into the seats. So see how you do. Set your limits and look for something that suits you. I will soon be flying to London with tickets that I bought a couple months ago just because I couldn't pass up the deal to get away for super cheap.
There will be some people paying more for travel to Europe this summer and some people paying significantly LESS. My hope is to be among the latter group and that you will be too. I hope you have all the luck finding cheap travel to Europe this year and once you get there, to have cheap travel in Europe. After all, it is worth it to save some of the money getting there so that you can spend it on things that will make your time in Europe memorable and enjoyable.
