{"id":14913,"date":"2019-11-21T14:03:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=14913"},"modified":"2020-02-21T04:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T04:28:54","slug":"new-research-reveals-flying-on-christmas-day-can-save-up-to-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/new-research-reveals-flying-on-christmas-day-can-save-up-to-80\/","title":{"rendered":"New research reveals: flying on Christmas day can save up to 80%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>ABTA says 7MN holidaymakers have taken flights on Christmas day last year<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Air travellers can save up to 80% by jetting off during peak days<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Most of the Brits spend festive seasons in overseas<\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">December\nis a busy time for holidaymakers who jet off with festive vibes to celebrate\nChristmas or to reunite with loved ones after a long break. Though December\nholidays often come with a hefty price tag as most of the airlines increase\nairfares during this season due to high demands of air travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">According\nto ABTA\u2019s latest figures, approximately seven million travellers have been\njetted off for holidays during the season of Christmas and New Year last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">An online\ndelivery platform recently did a research and revealed that Christmas Day is\nthe ultimate day for budget-savvy travellers to bag a bargain and make\nimpressive savings. Where people can save up to 80% on flights for certain\ndestinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">When it\ncomes to travelling in December, flying off-peak days and during off-hours will\nbe the best way to save money. They also mentioned the day after Christmas is\none of the most expensive days of the year to fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Proving the statement, they have emphasised that flight costs on <a>25<\/a><sup>th<\/sup> December last year are on average 32.5 % which is lower compared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"flights (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">flights<\/span><\/strong><\/a> taken before the big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The research\nwas done by examining the prices of a single, direct one-way ticket, classes,\nand checked bags including taxes through a survey of 100 direct short and\nlong-haul routes from Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The new\nresearch also highlights a significant change in certain destinations with a\nprice drop showing 50% on flights. For travellers who are looking for the best\nsavings on airfares could be made on flights to Germany, with the price of\nflights to Cologne, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf shows an impressive reduction from\n80% to 71% and 70% respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Surprisingly,\nshort-haul flights to the Finnish capital of Helsinki, 75% cheaper, and Coru\u00f1a\nin Spain, with savings of 71%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">According to the research, flights from London to Lisbon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/holidays\/europe\/spain\/madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Madrid, (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Madrid,<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Oslo, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Warsaw shows a half price on Christmas Day compared to other routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Long haul flights like direct flights to Vietnam, holidaymakers could bag up to \u00a3,1000 in savings when travelling to the city of Ho Chi Minh and Britons who wish to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/flights\/australasia\/australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"flight to Australia (opens in a new tab)\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">flight to Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/a> can save a whopping \u00a3600 when travelling to Perth in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">A\nspokesperson says: \u201cThough it\u2019s still traditional to have all the family round\non Christmas Day, more Brits than in previous generations will spend the\nfestive season celebrating in major cities overseas, on ski slopes or at warmer\ndestinations further afield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor those\ntravelling at one of the busiest times of the year, picking the right day for\nfamily finances and stress levels can be a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShopping\naround will normally get you a better price on your flight and having the\nflexibility to depart on Christmas day itself so your festive getaway could\nmake a huge difference to your personal finances at one of the busiest times of\nthe year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur\nresearch shows that you can expect to save around a third when compared to\nleaving just a couple of days earlier, but prices can go up and down all the\ntime so act quick if you spot a bargain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">However,\nfor those heading from Abuja, Cape Town, Marseille, Mexico City and Nairobi\nthere are no changes in the prices on Santa\u2019s big day. You will find flights\nfrom London to Kiev, Marrakech, Nice, Paris and Tenerife cost more compared to\nother dates during the Christmas period, based on prices between 20th-31st December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABTA says 7MN holidaymakers have taken flights on Christmas day last year Air travellers can save up to 80% by jetting off during peak days Most of the Brits spend festive seasons in overseas December is a busy time for holidaymakers who jet off with festive vibes to celebrate Christmas or to reunite with loved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":14914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[612],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14915,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14913\/revisions\/14915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}